The O.C.

The O.C. (O.C. stands for Orange County, California) is an American television dramedy/soap opera program broadcast on the Fox Network.

Notable Recurring Cast

Season One

• Bradley Stryker played Trey Atwood for two episodes as Ryan's older brother.
• Samaire Armstrong played Anna Stern, a female version of Seth who initially appeared for one episode but was brought back at fan request for several episodes. Her character left in season one for Pittsburgh but there has been rumors that she might return in season three.
• Bonnie Somerville played Rachel, a colleague of Sandy's.
• Rosalind Chao played Dr. Kim, the dean at Harbor High School where Ryan and his new friends attend.
• Navi Rawat plays Theresa, an old girlfriend of Ryan's.
• Taylor Handley played Oliver Trask, a mentally unbalanced teenager who infatuates over Marissa after meeting her in a therapy clinic.
• Amanda Righetti plays Hailey Nichol, Kirsten's spoiled sister and love interest for Jimmy, who eventually left for Japan to pursue a job in the fashion industry. The end of season 2 showed reason to believe that she would become a better person.
• Shailene Woodley played Kaitlyn Cooper, Marissa's rarely seen younger sister.
• Eric Balfour played Eddie, Theresa's abusive fiancee.
• Linda Lavin plays Sophie Cohen, Sandy's overbearing and obnoxious mother, referred to as "The Nana".
• Michael Nouri played Dr. Neil Roberts, Summer's father.

Season Two

• Michael Cassidy played Zach Stephens, who had an on-again/off-again relationship with Summer after Seth left at the end of Season 1. He eventually decided to let the two be together after realizing that they still loved one another. Creator Josh Schwartz has said "He's off in Marin County working for Lucasfilm."
• Nicholas Gonzalez played D.J., the Nichol's gardener and one of Marissa's love interests in the beginning of season two.
• Shannon Lucio played Lindsay Gardner, a fellow student and Ryan's love interest, who lives with her mother, Renee Wheeler, in Chicago, Illinois.
• Kathleen York played Renee Wheeler, Lindsay's mother, who had an affair with Caleb Nichol.
• Olivia Wilde played Alex Kelly, who worked at the Bait Shop, who is Seth's, and later Marissa's, love interest.
• Kim Delaney played Rebecca Bloom, an old flame of Sandy's who started to come between his marriage with Kirsten.
• Billy Campbell played Carter Buckley, the former editor of Newport Living Magazine, he left after he got a new job and came close to having a sexual relationship with Kirsten.
• Johnny Messner played Lance Baldwin, an opportunistic man from Julie Cooper's past.
• Logan Marshall-Green played Trey Atwood, Ryan's older brother who is released from jail. At the end of season two Trey is shot by Marissa. He survives the gunshot and eventually leaves the hospital and heads for Las Vegas.
• Marguerite Moreau played Reed Carlson, the executive of the graphic novel company for which Seth and Zach pitched their graphic novel.
• Nikki Griffin played Jess, a sexy cocaine-addicted blonde to whom Trey was attracted.

Season Three

• Jeri Ryan plays Charlotte Morgan, a con-artist Kirsten Cohen meets in rehab, she seemed to share a lot of the same traits of Kirsten, but uses this to try an manipulate Kirsten.
• Eric Mabius plays Jack Hess, the extremely vindictive and devious new Dean of Discipline of the Harbor School.
• Autumn Reeser plays Taylor Townsend, an overachieving and conniving student who's even more superficial and vain than Summer, and who battles her for full control of Harbor School's social scene.
• Blake Robbins played Don, a mafia soldier who badgered Jimmy for money, when he failed to pay back the money, Jimmy was severely beaten.
• Ryan Donowho plays Johnny Harper, a 17 year old student at Marissa's new school who is into the beach and skateboarding.
• Kayla Ewell plays Casey, Johnny's girlfriend.
• Johnny Lewis plays Dennis "Chili" Childress, a student at Marissa's new school who is infatuated with her.
• Delta Goodrem will play Marissa's estranged Australian cousin.