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ABC Household (earlier than it rebranded as Freeform) caught lightning in a bottle when it premiered Pretty Little Liars on June 8, 2010. The pulpy teen drama had viewers returning to the fictional city of Rosewood, Pa., every week to examine in on besties Aria (Lucy Hale), Spencer (Troian Bellisario), Hanna (Ashley Benson), and Emily (Shay Mitchell) as they tried to maintain their darkest secrets and techniques from being unexposed by an nameless, all-knowing messenger named "A" — brief for Allison (Sasha Pieterse), their Queen B who disappears within the first episode.
Whereas the bonkers-yet-addictive storylines had been extra responsible pleasure than critics' catnip, the present immediately grew to become a popular culture sensation after seven twisty seasons, one spinoff present, and an HBO Max reboot. It constructed a loyal fanbase who had been, sure, dying to unmask A's many identities — but in addition stayed for the ultra-2010s, business-casual suits and the irresistible chemistry between its main women, all of whom have gone on to thriving careers.
In honor of Fairly Little Liars turning 15 (the identical age Allison was when she disappeared…), meet up with the place the unique Liars are in the present day. FYI: No burner telephones had been used to get the information.
Lucy Hale (Aria Montgomery)
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Shortly after her sequence Privileged was canceled in 2009, Lucy Hale grew to become one of many first actors forged on Fairly Little Liars, touchdown the position of Aria Montgomery — the artsy hipster of the group, recognized for her long-running affair along with her English trainer. However, enjoyable reality: Hale nearly ended up on a special present.
“I used to be supplied one other pilot, however my intestine stored telling me to go in the direction of Fairly Little Liars,” the actress told Cosmopolitan in November 2017. “There was simply one thing about that title that stored replaying in my head, and I knew that that was most likely the best choice to make.”
After taking part in Aria for seven seasons — throughout which she received seven Teen Selection Awards and a Individuals’s Selection Award — Hale continued appearing on the small display screen, taking part in the lead characters on the CW's Life Sentence, the Riverdale spinoff Katy Keene, and AMC+'s Ragdoll.
Her résumé consists of films, as properly. Following a bit look in Wes Craven’s Scream 4 (2011), Hale additional established herself within the horror scene with lead roles in Truth or Dare (2018), Fantasy Island (2020), and F Marry Kill (2024). Extra lately, she headlined romances like The Hating Game (2021), Puppy Love (2023), Which Brings Me to You (2023), and Working on Empty (2024).
In March 2025, Hale reportedly started relationship TV character Harry Jowsey. She additionally commonly celebrates her sobriety by encouraging her social media followers that they don’t seem to be alone.
Troian Bellisario (Spencer Hastings)
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Because of her father, screenwriter and producer Donald Bellisario, Troian Bellisario grew up round present enterprise, with considered one of her first gigs being a visitor star on his hit present Quantum Leap in 1990. After a slew of impartial brief movies, Bellisario auditioned for Fairly Little Liars and landed her breakout position as Spencer Hastings, a wise, pushed overachiever with a aggressive edge that often will get her into unsavory conditions.
Throughout her seven seasons as Spencer, the actress starred in the web series Lauren with Jennifer Beals; married Suits lead Patrick J. Adams in 2016; and made her directorial debut the next yr within the final season of Fairly Little Liars. Plus, her character’s boldness even carried over into the actress’ press runs. (Sure, she straight-up spoiled the ultimate season’s huge ending, however to her credit score, nobody believed her.)
Bellisario advised EW in Might 2017 that the final desk learn was “actually emotional,” noting that the forged returned to the room the place they first learn the pilot years earlier. Saying goodbye was tougher than she anticipated, however issues seemed up for the newlywed when she and her husband attended the royal wedding ceremony in 2018, displaying assist for his former Fits costar, Meghan Markle.
Put up–PLL, Bellisario has acted in a number of TV tasks, costarring alongside her husband within the 2023 miniseries Plan B and taking part in the lead on Amazon's short-lived procedural On Call. She additionally appeared in a few movies like The place'd You Go, Bernadette (2019) and Doula (2022).
Bellisario and Adams share two daughters, the youngest of whom she birthed in a automobile parked at Cedars-Sinai Medical Heart in Might 2021.
Ashley Benson (Hanna Marin)
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Ashley Benson had a strong TV résumé when she auditioned for the position of Hanna Marin: a snobby, outspoken, and difficult lady who later turns right into a loving and constant good friend. She had beforehand performed Abigail Deveraux on daytime cleaning soap Days of Our Lives from 2004 to 2007 and Mia Torcoletti on Eastwick in2009.
Fortunately for Fairly Little Liars followers, Eastwick was canceled throughout its first season, which led Benson straight to showrunner I. Marlene King’s casting name. And for those who’ve ever discovered your self buzzing the catchy theme tune, "Secret" by the Pierces, you could have Benson to thank — she was the one who launched it to King and the remainder of the forged.
Throughout her PLL run, Benson booked a 2013 visitor look on How I Met Your Mother and reprised Hanna for 2 episodes of the present’s supernatural spinoff, Ravenswood. On the massive display screen, she costarred alongside Vanessa Hudgens, Selena Gomez, Rachel Korine, and James Franco in Spring Breakers (2012).
After the Liars bid the sequence farewell, Benson landed a significant supporting position within the Elisabeth Moss-led rock-star drama Her Odor (2018), the place she met and started a two-year relationship with costar Cara Delevingne. She has since appeared within the British miniseries Wilderness (2023)and the psychological thriller McVeigh (2024).
In 2023, Benson married oil and fuel inheritor Brandon Davis, with whom she shares daughter Aspen.
Shay Mitchell (Emily Fields)
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Shay Mitchell shines as Emily Fields — a shy, emotional, and considerably timid lady who followers first meet as a not out lesbian. Emily’s ever-changing moods and rising self-assurance allowed Mitchell to showcase her vary because the seasons progressed.
With only one small half in Degrassi: The Next Generation (2009) and a Sean Paul music video below her belt, Mitchell auditioned for the position of Emily and nearly didn’t get it. The showrunner later admitted one other actress had been hooked up to the venture, however — in keeping with I. Marlene King — Mitchell “nailed” her last audition and finally acquired the half.
Throughout their final days of filming, Mitchell publicly grieved with followers in a heartfelt goodbye on social media. As an onscreen consultant of the LGBTQ+ neighborhood, Mitchell advised PEOPLE in June 2021, “It’s the most effective characters that I’ll ever play due to the [impact] she had on so many various individuals. So I'm very lucky I used to be in a position to be the one to carry Emily to life."
Mitchell has stored busy since Fairly Little Liars ended, starring in season 1 of You in 2018 earlier than engaged on the comedy sequence Dollface from 2019 to 2022. In 2024, she started internet hosting the Max journey present Thirst, the place she explores specialty drinks in different nations.
Mitchell has two daughters along with her boyfriend, TV host Matte Babel, and even had a YouTube sequence documenting her first being pregnant. She’s additionally launched the baggage model Béis and a glowing tequila drink, Onda.
Sasha Pieterse (Alison DiLaurentis)
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Sasha Pieterse was solely 13 years previous when she was forged as Alison DiLaurentis, the vindictive, egocentric, and crafty (and presumably lifeless) ringleader of the Liars. Although virtually a child in comparison with her costars, the actress had already constructed a strong résumé along with her movie debut in Robert Rodriguez’s The Adventures of Sharkboy and Lavagirl (2005), adopted by elements on House, CSI: Miami, and Heroes.
After uttering the road that made your complete forged cry throughout their final desk learn, she competed on Dancing With the Stars in 2017 and misplaced 15 kilos throughout the course of. Whereas on the present, Pieterse had gained 70 kilos attributable to a hormone situation referred to as polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS), and has since been open about her well being journey.
"The modifications that had been taking place to me had been documented on digital camera," Pieterse stated of her PCOS expertise whereas on Fairly Little Liars, in an August 2023 episode of The Squeeze podcast. "It's been fairly the journey, and I really like speaking about it as a result of I simply need ladies to know extra about it. I simply really feel just like the louder you’re about it, the extra individuals know."
Pieterse notably reprised the position of Alison for Freeform’s spinoff Pretty Little Liars: The Perfectionists, by which followers lastly discovered what occurred to her character. She additionally starred in two Ivy + Bean movies (each 2022), The Picture of You (2024), and A Carpenter Christmas Romance (2024).
The actress married actor Hudson Sheaffer in 2018. Collectively, they’ve a son named Hendrix.
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Janel Parrish (Mona Vanderwaal)
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Janel Parrish performs Mona, the present's predominant antagonist-turned-ally who goes from "Loser Mona" to widespread It Lady after Alison's disappearance. Earlier than her Fairly Little Liars position, Parrish started her appearing profession as Younger Cosette in Les Misérables on Broadway, later showing in episodes of The Bernie Mac Show, Zoey 101, The O.C., and Heroes, in addition to movies like Geppetto (2000) and the live-action Bratz film (2007).
Parrish didn’t safe a sequence common spot on PLL till the third season. She notably portrayed considered one of 2014’s most stunning TV moments when Mona (supposedly) dies, sending followers right into a frenzy. “I believe if Mona was going to die, that will be the best way to do it,” Parrish advised EW in August that yr. “She goes to exit with a bang.”
She reprised Mona for the spinoff The Perfectionists; performed Margot Music-Covey in Netflix's To All the Boys movie sequence (2018, 2020, 2021) and an episode of its spinoff sequence, XO, Kitty; and starred in TV movies like Falling for Football (2024), Sugarplummed (2024), and Return to Workplace (2025). She additionally dominated the fact tv competitors scene by putting third in each Dancing With the Stars in 2014 and The Masked Singer in 2023 as Gazelle.
In 2018, Parrish married chemical engineer Chris Lengthy in Hawaii.
Bianca Lawson (Maya St. Germain)
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With credit for Saved by the Bell: The New Class, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Dawson’s Creek, The Secret Life of an American Teenager, and The Vampire Diaries, Bianca Lawson was already a teen TV professional by the point she joined Fairly Little Liars as Maya St. Germain — the brand new lady on the town who stirs the pot by transferring into Alison's previous home. Emily quickly bonds with the talkative insurgent, and their connection ultimately blossoms right into a full-on romance.
"[Maya is] very decisive and has this type of fearlessness about her the place she’s simply type of transferring on the earth who she is," Lawson told Vulture in November 2021. "She at all times felt cool to me."
Though Lawson’s arc on PLL nearly wrecked us, she stored up the momentum after her departure. She landed recurring elements on Teen Wolf, Witches of East End, and Rogue earlier than taking part in a key position as Darla in Ava DuVernay's acclaimed sequence Queen Sugar from 2016 to 2022.
Enjoyable reality: Lawson is the daughter of actors Denise Gordy and Richard Lawson, the latter of whom married Tina Knowles in 2015 earlier than divorcing 9 years later. Their union made her a stepsister to singers Beyoncé and Solange Knowles. She’s additionally the grand-niece of Motown founder Berry Gordy via her mom.
Ian Harding (Ezra Fitz)
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Ian Harding performs Ezra Fitz, an English trainer at Rosewood Excessive who falls in love with a pupil, Aria — a fictional relationship that sparked loads of controversy amongst viewers. Nevertheless, Harding approached his character's storyline with a extra nuanced take.
"For me, there wasn’t lots to recover from. You simply stated, 'OK, properly, it is a love story.' It’s made simpler by the truth that Lucy Hale is a really stunning, twentysomething-year-old lady. You simply play the love of those two individuals, and it’s the identical type of trials and tribulations that some relationships have," he told Glamour in Might 2017. "The truth that it’s the trainer relationship is an added taboo that’s both titillating or gross, relying. However I attempt to play the love story to the perfect of my talents."
After Fairly Little Liars, Harding had a notable arc on Chicago Med in 2019 (reuniting with former PLL costar Torrey DeVitto) and led the short-lived basketball drama Lengthy Sluggish Exhale in 2022. He’s additionally appeared in main movies — together with the Jake Gyllenhaal/Anne Hathaway romantic drama Love & Different Medication (2010) and Greatest Image nominee Ford v. Ferrari (2019) — in addition to TV films like Ghosts of Christmas Always (2022), The Magic of Lemon Drops (2024), and Our Little Secret (2024).
In 2019, Harding quietly married his girlfriend, photographer Sophie Hart. Collectively, they’ve a son. Exterior of appearing, he wrote the 2017 memoir Odd Birds, chronicling his life in Hollywood (and, in fact, tales from the Fairly Little Liars set). He's additionally an envoy for elevating consciousness and assist for the autoimmune illness lupus, which his mom has lived with for many years.
Tyler Blackburn (Caleb Rivers)
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Tyler Blackburn performs Caleb — Rosewood's dangerous boy with dreamy hair — and identical to Hanna, followers rapidly fell in love along with his sarcastic and compassionate character. Enjoying the recurring position in seasons 1 and a pair of, the actor was quickly upgraded to a sequence common position in season 3.
Earlier than Fairly Little Liars, Blackburn had a 17-episode stint as Ian on Days of Our Lives in 2010, and through, he starred as Peter Pan on the 2011 net sequence Wendy and joined the PLL spinoff Ravenswood earlier than it was canceled after 10 episodes. Blackburn later starred as Alex Manes on Roswell, New Mexico from 2019 to 2022. The actor defined in a put up on X that he was absent from the sequence' last two seasons attributable to “intense psychological well being points.”
In 2019, Blackburn got here out as bisexual, telling The Advocate, “I simply wish to reside my fact and really feel okay with experiencing love and experiencing self-love.”
Though Blackburn doesn’t at present have any appearing jobs lined up, he’s lively on social media as an influencer for quite a few manufacturers.
Keegan Allen (Toby Cavanaugh)
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Keegan Allen is Toby Cavanaugh, Rosewood's shy loner who’s initially accused of being a stone-cold assassin however finally ends up being a terrific ally to the Liars — and a brooding love curiosity for Spencer.
Throughout his PLL stint, he appeared in movies like Palo Alto (2013), The Sound and the Fury (2014), King Cobra (2016), and In Dubious Battle (2016), in addition to episodes of CSI: Crime Scene Investigation and Young & Hungry.
Put up–Fairly Little Liars, Allen has earned credit for Major Crimes, What/If, Rick and Morty, and Comply with Me (2020). From 2021 to 2024, Allen performed Liam Walker on the CW’s Walker, Texas Ranger reboot, Walker.
Along with engaged on digital camera, the actor loves going behind it — having revealed two pictures books and commonly sharing his pictures on Instagram.
Brant Daugherty (Noel Kahn)
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Brant Daugherty is the character followers like to hate: Noel Kahn, the spoiled, wealthy dangerous boy who first serves as Aria's placeholder boyfriend till she's "sufficiently old" thus far Mr. Fitz. Whereas on the present, the actor additionally appeared in episodes of Days of Our Lives, Military Wives, and Anger Management.
After Noel's brutal exit in season 7's summer time finale, Daugherty went on to play Anastasia’s (Dakota Johnson) bodyguard in Fifty Shades Freed (2018). Like Sasha Pieterse and Janel Parrish, he additionally competed on Dancing With the Stars, ending in seventh place.
Lately, Daugherty has discovered his groove on the Hallmark Channel — much like his former castmate Ian Harding — starring in TV films like The Baker's Son (2021), Parked for Love (2021), and Trivia at St. Nick's (2024), amongst others.
When he’s not taking part in charming strangers who fall in love in small cities, Daugherty spends time along with his spouse, actress Kimberly Hidalgo, and their two sons, Wilder and Aero.
Tammin Sursok (Jenna Marshall)
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Not like lots of her castmates, Tammin Sursok was a relative star earlier than becoming a member of the Fairly Little Liars forged as Jenna — Toby's youthful stepsister, whom Allison blinds with a stink bomb. Her breakout position was on the long-running Australian cleaning soap opera House and Away,showing in practically 300 episodes from 2000 to 2004, and she or he had stints on The Young and the Restless and Hannah Montana.
After scaring the Liars (and audiences) along with her signature black glasses and sinister smile for seven seasons, Sursok joined the forged of Australian cleaning soap Neighbours for an 18-episode arc as Montana Marcel. She additionally starred in movies like Braking for Whales (2019), Blood, Sweat and Cheer (2023), and Trivia at St. Nick's (2024) — the latter of which she reunited with former PLL costar Brant Daugherty.
In April 2024, she started cohosting the podcast Fairly Little Liars: True Crime with fellow Fairly Little Liars alum Lindsey Shaw, discussing the twisted secrets and techniques and behind-the-scenes grime.
Sursok has been married to actor/producer/director Sean McEwen since 2011. Collectively, they’ve two daughters.
Torrey DeVitto (Melissa Hastings)
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Earlier than Torrey DeVitto was Spencer's ridiculously sensible, perfectionist older sister, Melissa — whose boyfriends had a nasty behavior of constructing out along with her youthful sibling — she had elements on the drama sequence Stunning Individuals from 2005 to 2006 and One Tree Hill from 2008 to 2009.
Along with Fairly Little Liars, DeVitto is understood for her roles as Meredith Fell on The Vampire Diaries and Dr. Natalie Manning on Chicago Med. She’s additionally starred in a handful of vacation romantic comedies.
Beforehand married to Vampire Diaries actor Paul Wesley from 2011 to 2013, DeVitto tied the knot with director Jared LaPine in September 2024 — 4 months earlier than welcoming their daughter, Lyle-Josephine Alina.
Drew Van Acker (Jason DiLaurentis)
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Drew Van Acker had a handful of appearing gigs below his belt earlier than moving into the position of Alison’s half-brother, Jason DiLaurentis — changing Parker Bagley after season 1. Early on, he landed elements on Castle, The Lake, Greek, and Tower Prep. Whereas starring on Fairly Little Liars, he additionally pulled double obligation as Remi Delatour on Devious Maids.
After his run as Jason, Van Acker joined the 2017 small-screen adaptation of Training Day (2001) and acquired into the superhero enterprise with a three-episode arc as Garth/Aqualad on Titans in 2019. Along with movie credit for Life Like (2019), Spy Intervention (2020), and Final Survivors (2021), Acker made a notable look in Addison Rae's music video for "Weight loss plan Pepsi."
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