Trivia

She did almost all of her own stunts for The Hitcher (2007), including the full spin.

She and Milo Ventimiglia are very close friends. They are members of charity for children.

She is constantly rescuing dogs and, at one point, she had 13 living in her house. She has 2 dogs named Penny and Griffin. She adopted a rescue puppy named Frankie in late September 2016 after the death of her dog Patch, but gave Frankie to a friend in July 2017.

She has a Concealed Weapons license.

She attended the University of Southern California for three years as a Journalism major.

Her favorite television series is Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (1999).

Has played the same character (Detective Erin Lindsay) on five different series: Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (1999), Chicago Fire (2012), Chicago P.D. (2014), Chicago Med (2015) and Chicago Justice (2017).

Sophia's parents named her after famed international movie star Sophia Loren, who posed for her father Charles William Bush's camera many times. Miss Bush was even included in some advertising shots with Ms. Loren.

There are many designers who send items to the costume department of One Tree Hill (2003) specifically for her to wear.

Sophia Bush married Chad Michael Murray on April 16, 2005 in Santa Monica, California. In September 2005, after five months of marriage, they announced their separation. Bush filed papers seeking an annulment on the grounds of fraud in February 2006. The divorce court denied her petition, and granted her and Murray a divorce, in December 2006, instead.

Is an alumna of the sorority Kappa Kappa Gamma at the University of Southern California. She attended USC for three years before getting the role of Brooke Davis on One Tree Hill (2003).

Was cast as Kate Brewster in Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines (2003) and even worked on-set for several days, but was replaced with Claire Danes when director Jonathan Mostow deemed her "too young" to play the role.

Her favorite actors are Sean Penn, Edward Norton and Robin Williams.

Started a podcast with One Tree Hill co-stars, Hilarie Burton Morgan and Bethany Joy Lenz, titled "Drama Queens" in 2021.

Works for Annenberg TV News, a student news organization, in her spare time, as an Assignment Editor.

Her favorite actresses are Meryl Streep, Nicole Kidman and Charlize Theron.

Was the Tournament of Roses Parade Queen in 2000.

Her ancestry includes English, Irish, Scottish, Northern Irish, and, from her maternal grandmother, Italian.

Good friends with Bevin Prince, James Lafferty, Hilarie Burton Morgan, Bethany Joy Lenz, Brittany Snow, and Danneel Ackles.

She attended an all-girls high school in Pasadena, California called Westridge and graduated in the class of 2000.

Ranked as having one of the "Most Beautiful Faces" by "The Annual Independent Critics List of the 100 Most Beautiful Famous Faces From Around the World". She was ranked #22 in 2010, #4 in 2009, #20 in 2008, and #38 in 2007.

Her father, Charles William Bush, is a celebrity photographer and her mother, Maureen Ellen (Searson) Bush, is a photography studio manager.

Ranked #3 on Femme Fatales: The 50 Sexiest Women of 2004.

Is an avid beekeeper.

(September 26, 2005) Announced she has separated from her husband Chad Michael Murray.

Wore a Vera Wang gown for her wedding to Chad Michael Murray.

Advocates for women's health care.

She is the second cousin of Christina Taylor Green, one of the shooting victims of the assassination attempt on U.S. Representative Gabrielle Giffords.

In August 2021, Sophia Bush announced her engagement to businessman Grant Hughes.

Appeared in the video for Passion Pit's "Carried Away".

Her favorite designers are Marc Jacobs, Donna Karan, Chloe and Ya-Ya.

Ranked #24 on Maxim magazine's Hot 100 of 2007 list.

Ranked #30 on Maxim's "Hot 100" of 2014 list.

(September 29, 2005) Officially announced separation from her husband, Chad Michael Murray, to the public.

Named #90 in FHM's 100 Sexiest Women of 2007.

Named #15 on Much Music's 20 Hottest Women of 2004.

Not related to George Bush or George W. Bush.

Born on exactly the same date as Schuyler Fisk.