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Rachel Gatina[edit]

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Danneel Harris joined the cast as a recurring guest in season three. The following season her character had been moved up to series regular status.

Danneel Harris portrays Rachel Gatina, who moves to Tree Hill at the beginning of senior year. She joins the cheerleading squad, becomming a fast rival to Brooke—engaging in a physical fight—when Brooke accidently sets her up with Lucas.[1] She releases the school's time capsule recorded the previous school semester, hoping to create drama, which results in tragedy when a student takes a hand gun into school with them.[2] A more sensitive side to Rachel is seen when Brooke discovers that she suffers from low self esteem, resorting to plastic surgery to attain the body she desired.[3] She enters a relationship with Nathan’s Uncle Cooper, lying about her age, which he later discovers. He ends the relationship however the two have sex one final time.[4] Disappointed with herself, she smashes a shop mirror with Cooper not taking her calls.[5] When Cooper returns for Nathan and Haley’s wedding, Rachel gets drunk and the two take a limo to talk in. The two drive off a bridge after Rachel lies that she is pregnant and grabs the steering wheel,[6] being saved by Nathan.[7] Cooper leaves town upon learning that she lied about being pregnant.[8]

Putting an end to their dispute, Rachel invites Brooke to live with her.[7] Having lost Cooper, she sets her sights on Nathan,[9] however he is not interested.[10] She learns that Brooke is failing calculus causing the two to steel past test papers from the school’s archives.[11] When the school discovers that the tests have been stolen, they make all the suspects complete another test, to which Rachel places her name on Brooke’s test, taking full blame for the cheating.[12] This causes her to be expelled,[13] go on a road trip with mouth[14] and eventually leave him during their travels.[15] She graduates in absence of being at the ceremony after Brooke confesses that she was the one who cheated.[16] Rachel returns in season five, having been fired as a model by Brooke after becoming difficult to work with. When Brooke visits New York she finds Rachel in her apartment having overdosed on drugs.[17] She returns to Tree Hill with Brooke who tries to rehabilitate her, however she leaves —stealing money—after Brooke’s mother Victoria tells her that she is incapable of overcoming her problems.[18]

Anna Taggaro[edit]

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Daniella Alonso portrays Anna Taggaro in eleven episodes during the second season.

Daniella Alonso portrays Anna Taggaro, who moves to Tree Hill to escape rumors that she has been having a relationship with another girl.[19] She is first introduced in season two’s "I Will Dare", when she helps Lucas escape the security guards at the local mall. The two then go to a pizzeria together.[20] She and Lucas watch a meteor shower which her brother Felix disapproves of.[21] They decide to take things slow becoming ‘friends with potential’, [22] however she offers him sex after a formal dance, which he turns down due to not being in love with her.[23] Lucas ends the relationship after realizing that he has feelings for Brooke,[24] however the two remain friends as she confides her sexuality to him. Anna forms a strong relationship with Peyton and kisses her after misreading the signs.[19] When she discovers that Felix wrote ‘dyke’ on Peyton’s locker she turns him in getting him expelled. She comes out to him and states how hurt she is by his use of the word.[25] Anna decides that she should stop running from who she is and comes out to her parents, and eventually leaves Tree Hill to re-join her previous school.[26]

"Her use of the word 'gay' instead of 'bisexual' wasn't meant to imply that Anna is not bisexual. If I had known the word bisexual was more taboo, we may have gone in that direction. For me, it seemed like Felix was so homophobic, that for her to say 'I’m gay' to him felt even stronger for her."
— Mark Schwahn on the decision for the character to come out using the word 'gay'. [27]

When creating characters for the second season, Mark Schwahn had wanted to add a family, which the addition of Anna and Felix allowed him to do. Once casting Daniella Alonso, he refrained from telling her that the rumors were true, however once informing her on her character’s back story it was like “flipping a switch” as she knew what to play.[28] The character was made bisexual as opposed to a lesbian so that her past could be kept secret. Anna was presented as a romantic interest for Lucas, “[Schwahn] thought if she was strictly a lesbian character, that would be really out of nature for her, and a little disingenuous to lesbians," and they needed to hide what her journey was going to be.[27] Alonso feels that the audience was not receptive to the character initially—especially with a large portion of the audience wanting Brooke and Lucas to be together—however over the course of her arc they began to accept Anna.[28]

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  3. ^ William H. Brown (writer) & Moira Kelly (director) (2006-04-12). "I Slept with Someone in Fall Out Boy and All I Got Was This Stupid Song Written About Me". One Tree Hill. Season 3. Episode 19. The WB.
  4. ^ Mark Schwahn (writer) & Billy Dickson (director) (2006-04-19). "Everyday is a Sunday Evening". One Tree Hill. Season 3. Episode 20. The WB.
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  6. ^ Mark Schwahn (writer and director) (2006-05-03). "The Show Must Go On". One Tree Hill. Season 3. Episode 22. The WB.
  7. ^ a b Mark Schwahn (writer) & Greg Prange (director) (2006-09-27). "The Same Deep Water as You". One Tree Hill. Season 4. Episode 1. The CW.
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  9. ^ Mike Herro, David Strauss (writers) & John Asher (director) (2006-10-11). "Good News for People Who Love Bad News". One Tree Hill. Season 4. Episode 3. The CW.
  10. ^ Mark Schwahn (writer) & Stuart Gillard (director) (2006-10-25). "I Love You But I've Chosen Darkness". One Tree Hill. Season 4. Episode 5. The CW.
  11. ^ Dawn Urbont (writer) & Michael Lange (director) (2007-01-17). "Everything in Its Right Place". One Tree Hill. Season 4. Episode 11. The CW.
  12. ^ William H. Brown (writer) & Janice Cooke (director) (2007-02-14). "Sad Songs for Dirty Lovers". One Tree Hill. Season 4. Episode 14. The CW.
  13. ^ Mike Herro, David Strauss (writers) & Paul Johansson (director) (2007-02-21). "Prom Night at Hater High". One Tree Hill. Season 4. Episode 15. The CW.
  14. ^ Terrence Coli (writer) & Thomas J. Wright (director) (2007-05-02). "You Call it Madness, But I Call it Love". One Tree Hill. Season 4. Episode 16. The CW.
  15. ^ Mark Schwahn, Jim Lee (writers) & Greg Prange (director) (2007-05-09). "It Gets the Worst at Night". One Tree Hill. Season 4. Episode 17. The CW.
  16. ^ Mark Schwahn (writer & director) (2007-06-13). "All of a Sudden I Miss Everyone". One Tree Hill. Season 4. Episode 21. The CW.
  17. ^ Willian H. Brown (writer) & Clark Mathis (director) (2008-03-04). "Running to Stand Still". One Tree Hill. Season 5. Episode 10. The CW.
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  19. ^ a b Mark B. Perry (writer) & Matt Shakman (director) (2005-01-25). "The Heart Brings You Back". One Tree Hill. Season 2. Episode 11. The WB.
  20. ^ Mark Schwahn (writer) & Thomas J. Wright (director) (2004-10-19). "I Will Dare". One Tree Hill. Season 2. Episode 5. The WB.
  21. ^ Terrence Coli (writer) & Sandy Bookstaver (director) (2004-10-26). "We Might as Well Be Strangers". One Tree Hill. Season 2. Episode 6. The WB.
  22. ^ R. Lee Fleming, Jr. (writer) & David Paymer (director) (2004-11-02). "Let the Reigns Go Loose". One Tree Hill. Season 2. Episode 7. The WB.
  23. ^ James Stoteraux, Chad Fiveash (writers) & John Asher (director) (2004-11-16). "The Trick is to Keep Breathing". One Tree Hill. Season 2. Episode 9. The WB.
  24. ^ Mark Schwahn (writer) & Lev L. Spiro (director) (2004-11-30). "Don't Take Me for Granted". One Tree Hill. Season 2. Episode 10. The WB.
  25. ^ Mike Herro, David Strauss (writers) & Paul Johansson (director) (2005-04-19). "Something I Can Never Have". One Tree Hill. Season 2. Episode 17. The WB.
  26. ^ John Norris (writer) & Thomas J. Wright (director) (2005-04-26). "The Lonesome Road". One Tree Hill. Season 2. Episode 18. The WB.
  27. ^ a b Warn, Sarah (2005-04-18). "One Tree Hill's Anna Finds Courage--and Romance?". AfterEllen.com. p. 1-3. Retrieved 2009-02-23. {{cite news}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  28. ^ a b "Change Is Good" featurette (DVD). Warner Bros. Television. 2005.
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