Introducing to the “One Tree Hill” star, Bethany Joy Lenz, who has a multi-talented personality. She is known as an American actress, singer, songwriter, and filmmaker. She came into fame by portraying the character of ‘Haley James Scott’, on The WB television serial “One Three Hill”, in the year 2003.
Childhood Life
The American Actress and extremely talented personality, Bethany Joy Lenz was born in the year 1981, in Hollywood Florida. She blows the candles every year on the 2nd of April to celebrate her birthday. Lenz is the only child of her parents.
Robert George Lenz is Bethany’s father, he is a history teacher and a therapist by profession. And her mother, Catherine Malcolm Holt, Shepard work as a personnel manager and entrepreneur.
Lenz is so passionate about singing and acting since her childhood. She was born with a natural flair for performing arts.
Professional Life
Joy Lenz started her career as a child model for numerous brands. Lenz landed her first professional job in an advertisement for dolls, while on the trip to Los Angles. From the teen television series ‘Swans Crossing’. Later she offered to appear in commercials for Eggo Waffles, Dr. Pepper, and many others.
Lenz was so determined about being an actress and struggled a lot to find work as an actress. When she was in her second year in high school, she played a character of Linda Halleck in Stephen King’s Thinner.
After that, she was seen in several commercials, pilots, and films. She participates in performing at the regional theatre until she was eventually cast on big projects.
She became cast in the long-running soap opera, ‘Guiding Light’ as a lead character. Besides this, Lenz also concentrated on theatre work and participated in several roles. Later she moved to Los Angeles to grab the big opportunity and started giving auditions for television roles.
This play not only shoot-up her popularity and bring Lenz into the spotlight but also secured her position as a successful television actress.
She was then rehired in various plays in television series like ‘CSI’, ‘Pearson’ (a political drama, where she played a lead role), ‘Dexter’, ‘Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D’, and many more.
She published infinite albums individually and formed a band called ‘Everly’ in the year 2008. Many of Everly’s band songs were highlighted, ‘One Tree Hill’ as a part of Haley’s musical performances on tour.
Married Life
Bethany Joy Lenz knot their relationship with Michael Galeotti who is a former Enation Keyboardist. That turn into a beautiful wedding ceremony on December 31, 2005. At the age of 29, Bethany gave birth to her first child in February, a daughter named Maria Rose Galeotti in the year 2011.
Bethany Joy got separated in March 2012. Lenz announced that she would be taking a divorce from her husband after six years of marriage. Bethany said after getting separated from Michael Galeotti,
“We stay friendly and dedicated to bringing up our gorgeous daughter in love and your blessings and support would be highly appreciated during this tough time”.
Bethany Joy along with her daughter resides in Los Angeles, California.
Social Conscience
Bethany Lenz has been actively supporting the international human rights organization massively through social media outlets, introduced to Love146. She worked with Love146, an organization working to end child sex slavery and exploitation with Amber Sweeney. Lenz began a Tread on Trafficking campaign to make more money to help the organization in May 2011.
She disclosed details of her latest project, an online boutique named “Lark”, selling garments with original and unique designs on June 12, 2011to raise money for charity. Everything proceeds well and benefits Love146, Reading is Fundamental, as well as To Write Love On Her Arms.
Accessories
Bethany Joy Lenz started to design her recognize jewelry brand in partnership with Stilnest in July 2016. Lenz decided to delay the launch by one week following the attack in Nice, eventually launching on July 23, 2016. The pieces attribute a buffalo motif, which was motivate by a trip, Lenz took to Fort Apache. Bethany then gave ten percent of the profits to the Tanka Fund as a donation.
