An American actress and singer, Lucy Hale rose to fame as one of the five winners of the reality show called American Juniors, which was a spinoff of American Idol for children. Best known for playing the role as Aria Montgomery in the freeform series Pretty Little Liars, Hale won a People Choice Award for Favourite Cable TV Actress in 2014.

Having started her career in the entertainment business as an actress, her first onscreen appearance was as a contestant in American Juniors (2003). Her other notable TV credits include Ned`s Declassified School Survival Guide (2005), How I Met Your Mother (2007), Privileged (2008), Pretty Little Liars (2010), Baby Daddy (2014), and Life Sentence (2018).

After a successful start to her career in the TV industry, Hale ventured in feature films and she got her big break on the silver screen with The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2 (2008). She subsequently starred in Scream 4 (2011), Secret of the Wings (2012) and Truth or Dare (2018). Her 2020 projects include Fantasy Island (2020) and A Nice Girl Like You (2020).