One Tree Hill star Sophia Bush is only 26, but for her, good health is a lifelong mission. “I’ve started to treat my health like a science project,” says Bush, who can rattle off lists of bone-density-building exercises and antioxidant-rich foods with aplomb. Bright and refreshingly levelheaded, the Pasadena, Calif., native is the only child of father Charles, a photographer, and mom Maureen, who runs a photo studio. And Bush has done her parents proud: You won’t find her spilling half-naked out of a limo. (In fact, the only time she made tabloid news was when she and her Hill co-star Chad Michael Murray divorced in 2005 after five months of marriage.)

Bush spends most of the year commuting from her Los Angeles home to the Wilmington, N.C., set of One Tree Hill, which has just started its sixth season. (She’s also in two upcoming films: The Narrows and Table For Three.) In her limited spare time, Bush is a passionate advocate for health-care reform, a role she took on after witnessing loved ones who have fallen ill. Here, she holds forth on that cause and much more.
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HD screencaps of Sophia’s performance in episode 6.04 Bridge Over Troubled Water have been added to the gallery. Enjoy!

HD screencaps of Sophia’s performance in episode 6.03 Get Cape. Wear Cape. Fly. have been added to the gallery. If you haven’t had a chance to see the episode yet, it is a heartbreaker and a half, so grab your tissues before catching up.

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As you may have noticed, we have a beautiful new designs here on the main site and in the gallery thanks to the talented Ronie at SLO Designs. We hope you will enjoy the lovely new Fall look as much as we do.

In other news, screencaps from episode 6.03 of One Tree Hill will be added in the next couple of days.

HD screencaps of Sophia from episode 6.02 One Million Billionth of a Millisecond on a Sunday Morning, are now available in the gallery.

I’ve updated the gallery with a couple of stills from Sophia’s upcoming film The Narrows. Enjoy!

Q: How do you combat stress?
A: I’m definitely a person who gets stressed out, but we all have things that we learn over the years that beat it, whether it be calling my mom or my best friends to say hi, because hearing their voices make me feel better. Or go to the gym, take your dog for a walk, whatever. One thing I’ve learned is you can’t control a lot. Don’t stress out about it, be pro-active about it.

Q:You’re always jumping on and off planes from L.A. to Wilmington. How do you stay healthy with all of that traveling?
A: I should probably do more. I drink a lot of water, I try to do three liters a day, and I carry hand sanitizer in my bag and make sure I use it a couple of times a day when I’m flying. But you don’t want to be too germ-free, because then you don’t have any immunity to anything.
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HD screencaps of Sophia from episode 6.01 Touch Me I’m Going to Scream, Part 1, are now available in the gallery. Screencaps from 6.02 will be added within the next couple of days. Enjoy!