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Peyton List (born August 8, 1986 in Baltimore, Maryland) is an American actress.

Early life

List was born in Baltimore, Maryland and grew up with her older sister Brittany and her parents Sherri and Douglass. She went to the Roland Park Country School in Baltimore. At the age of eight she went to a childrens advertising agency in Washington to look for employment in toy advertisements and related fields and eventually made an appearance in a advertisement for Kraft Macaroni & Cheese.

As the sisters grew up, Brittany began modelling in New York, with Peyton joining her at the age of 12 to attend the School of American Ballet's summer program. During the same summer, Peyton was signed by both modelling and acting agencies (Ford Models, Innovative Artists). Soon, List was leaving school three or four times a week for modelling assignments, as she was acknowledged to be a perfect children's size 10. She was soon working on the catwalk, as well as finding work in catalogues and in children's advertising campaigns. At 15, she landed a contract role on As the World Turns playing Lucy Montgomery.

Education

List went to the Roland Park Country School in Baltimore and studied at the School of American Ballet in New York City where she also performed on stage.

Career

List won a minor role in "Sex And The City" and began to love acting. Following her appearance on the HBO series, she screen tested for the part of Lucy Montgomery on As The World Turns and was eventually offered the role.

List has also portrayed Tally Reida on NBC's, Windfall and Solaris, a 15 year old model, in the CW's One Tree Hill. In 2007 she had a role in ABC's Big Shots, where she played the role of Cameron Collinsworth, daughter of a cosmetics firm CEO played by Dylan McDermott. Additionally, she starred in an episode of "Without A Trace" as a troubled prostitute searching for her daughter. Her latest role is in AMC's Mad Men as Don Draper's fill-in secretary, Jane Siegel. She guest starred in an episode of the 2007 CBS series "Moonlight", and her most recent TV role was in the episode of "Ghost Whisperer" which aired on October 24, 2008. She portrayed a ghost who had died on a cruise liner in the 1970s.

She is also a New York based Ford model and is due to star in the upcoming horror thriller Shuttle.

Filmography

2008 Deep Winter
2008 Mad Men Jane Siegel Five episodes
2006 One Tree Hill Solaris One episode
2004 Smallville Lucy Lane One episode
2003 SoapTalk Herself
2000 Sex and the City Jenny's Friend #1 One episode
2000 Law & Order: Special Victims Unit Chloe Dutton 2 episode
2001-2005 As the World Turns Lucinda Marie "Lucy" Montgomery

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