Audrina Patridge

Audrina Cathleen Patridge (born May 9, 1985) is an American television personality, actress, and model. In 2006, she rose to prominence after being cast in thereality television series The Hills, which chronicled the personal and professional lives of Patridge and friends Lauren Conrad, Heidi Montag, and Whitney Port. During its production, she held positions with Quixote Studios and Epic Records. As the series progressed, Patridge resumed an on-again/off-again relationship with boyfriend Justin Brescia. Consequentially, it became a central focus of the series, and was carried through each subsequent season. Upon the series' conclusion in 2010, Patridge was established as the only cast member to appear in all six seasons. Later that year, Patridge competed on the eleventh season of the American version of Dancing with the Stars, and finished in seventh place. In 2011, she was commissioned her own television series Audrina, which documented the lives of her and her immediate family. However, the series proved unsuccessful and was canceled after airing one season. Patridge entered the film industry with starring positions in the Direct-to-DVD movies Sorority Row (2009) and Into the Blue 2: The Reef (2011). She was additionally featured as a supporting character Honey 2 (2011) and Scary Movie 5 (2013), though her scenes were ultimately removed from the latter film. --- Audrina Cathleen Patridge was born May 9, 1985, in Los Angeles, California, the daughter of Lynn (née Clelland) and Mark Patridge. She is of English, Belgian, Italian, Polish, and German ancestry, and has three younger siblings: Casey (born 1986), who is 14 months her junior, Marky (born 1988), and Samantha (born 1995). Patridge grew up in Yorba Linda, California. After moving to Los Angeles, Patridge was hired for a job at Quixote Studios as a receptionist. In 2005, Lauren Conrad and her best friend and roommate Heidi Montag moved into her building to shoot their MTV show The Hills. Patridge was cast in the series as a friend of Conrad and Montag. In the second through fifth seasons of The Hills, she had been working for Epic Records. On May 28, 2009, she confirmed during an interview on On Air with Ryan Seacrest that she was leaving The Hills to star in her own reality program documenting her life outside The Hills. Her final episode of the series was supposed to be on December 1, 2009. However, she later signed on for the series' sixth (and final) season while her new series, produced by Mark Burnett, set to air on MTV in mid-2010, was put on hold due to The Hills. Patridge appeared in more episodes of The Hills than any other cast member. Patridge launched her Hollywood career appearing on the reality show The Hills and then landed a minor role in Into the Blue 2: The Reef. The movie was released straight-to-DVD on April 21, 2009. Patridge has made appearances on Mad TV and Do Not Disturb. --- In March 2008, nude pictures of Patridge were published online. "They were taken when I was just out of high school and beginning to model," Patridge has explained. "I was naïve, overly trusting of people, and inexperienced."