from 2003 to 2004 and on a variety of other shows as a guest star. Betty later decides that she wants a divorce and Leo agrees to it. Grace and Jack get back together when Amy has John. After Amy tells her parents, she contemplates having an abortion, as she is afraid of her peers' perceptions. She is often forgotten by her family and remarks that she could get away with anything. He eventually resigned because he needed a better job to support his growing family. He also owns Sator Press, a nonprofit publishing company. L. Scott Caldwell portrays Margaret Shakur, Ricky's foster mother and John Juergens' foster grandmother. His body was cremated and spread on a hole in a golf course. She and Jesse break up, but then get back together when they realize they still care for each other. When Ben is ambivalent about being married, Leo sternly tells him that he made the choice, and he now has to make the best of it. 15 year old Amy ends up pregnant after one night at band camp, throwing her whole life upside down. She quickly regrets her decision after the sudden death of her father. He tries to date by sleeping with a girl named Clementine, who is an old friend of Ricky's, but realizes that he still wants to be with Grace. Lauren tells her that she hates her, orders her out of her house when Madison comes to apologize, and rips up a photo of the two of them. She and George separated after she became tired of his womanizing and realized that she was not happy in the marriage. Scroll through the gallery below to see what the cast has been up to since the show ended. Brando Eaton portrays Griffin, who is in 9th grade like Ashley, and is her friend. Leo takes Ricky under his wing by allowing him to live in the upstairs apartment. Dylan's parents are very protective over her and it takes a while for them to be convinced that it is okay for them to date. 3 men convicted of torturing, killing 2 Albuquerque teens boys in alleged drug deal gone wrong. Jack is chosen to give the invocation at the graduation ceremony, and Grace helps him write it. Adrian finds out about the kiss, and sleeps with Ben in order to get back at both of them (however, Adrian believed it was more than a kiss until Ricky informs her after Adrian and Ben's one-night-stand). Upon entering high school, Amy begins a relationship with Ben Boykewich (also 15), a supportive classmate with whom she falls in love. India Joy Eisley (born October 29, 1993) is an American actress.She is known for her role as Ashley Juergens in the ABC Family television series The Secret Life of the American Teenager, Eve in the 2012 film Underworld: Awakening, Sawa in the 2014 film Kite, Audrina in the 2016 television film My Sweet Audrina, and Fauna Hodel on the 2019 TNT series I Am the Night. There were belief systems that were pushed that were different than my own. Growing up is hard. Her decisions have far-reaching effects on her family and friends, but Amy also learns that most. Before Shailene Woodley ever walked into the room to audition, I looked at her headshot, looked at Peter Pappas, who we can all thank for casting this show, and I said, She looks like a star, creator Brenda Hampton told Entertainment Weekly in 2012. However, before returning home, they agreed to only be friends, but Jason still broke up with Madison before the next school year began. We later find out that his wife was his crazy girlfriend that he talked about with Ben and also that he was once a cop until his wife made him quit the force. Watch The Secret Life of the American Teenager: The Complete Third Season Photos 284 Top cast Edit Shailene Woodley Amy Juergens 121 episodes 2008-2013 Molly Ringwald Anne Juergens 96 episodes 2008-2013 India Eisley Ashley Juergens 91 episodes 2008-2013 Mark Derwin George Juergens 114 episodes 2008-2013 Ken Baumann Ben Boykewich The Secret Life of the American Teenager Season 1 (324) 4.9 2009 13+ Secrets are hard to keep, especially in high school. Adrian gives birth to their daughter Mercy, who is tragically stillborn due to heart failure. Kristopher Higgins portrays Peter, who is introduced in the Season 3 episode "Chicken Little". They resume their relationship, and while Madison is seriously considering having sex with Jack, she confesses that she isn't quite ready, wanting the occasion to be special and wearing a pretty dress and having her make-up done. You felt like you were getting hit over the head with the message every week, but at least it was a different message each week. The series followed Amy Juergens (Shailene Woodley) as she handled pregnancy and parenthood while also struggling with everything that comes from being a high school student. She dated Lauren's brother, Jason, and unintentionally spread the news of Amy's pregnancy. Jacob Bowman (half-brother) George Juergens (Step-Father) Amy Underwood (Step-Sister) Ricky Underwood (Step Brother-in-law) Ashley Juergens (Step-Sister) Victoria Smith (Grandmother) Daniel (Husband) Alexandra Bowman (Daughter with Daniel) Romances Jack Pappas (ex-fianc) Grant (ex-boyfriend) Daniel (Husband) Ricky Underwood (ex-boyfriend) Marc believes he married the wrong person, but it is revealed that his wife is pregnant when she comes to Amy's baby shower. As a teenager, Ricky attended Ulysses S. Grant High School, where he was the drummer in the high school marching band and had a reputation of being a promiscuous bad boy. Amy tries to get Ricky to propose by doing "wild" things such as giving him a milkshake and a bath. When Adrian's daughter, later named "Mercy" is born stillborn, he blames himself for pushing Adrian to keep the baby instead of having an abortion. The two get a divorce and remarried and separate again. It is later found out that he cheated on Anne with other women. A drama focusing on a teenager coping with an unexpected pregnancy, followed by new motherhood. Jack eventually ends up marrying Madison. Their relationship hits a speed bump in the road after Ethan makes a disastrous first impression to the prospective parents, who later tell Kathy to break-up with him. His parents Amy and Ricky break apart from their marriage plans and Amy goes to college, leaving Ricky as a single father. Reid Scott portrays Dr. Jeff Tseguay, Grace's step-father. She briefly becomes involved with Ricky, but breaks up with him after discovering that he's still sleeping with Adrian. What I can't understand is why she devotes an hour of each week to something so bereft of entertainment value. He is upset when Ben and Adrian discover they are having a baby, and tries to caution Ben from marrying Adrian just because she is pregnant. Baumann stepped away from acting after the show wrapped, enrolling at St. Johns College in New Mexico in 2014. Jesse throws an all-night graduation party, where he drinks too much and ends up in bed with Madison after Lauren makes it clear that she neither intends to drink or have sex that night. Leo locates her husband, only to find that he has died, and he proposes. Cindy and her husband are present for Adrian and Ben's wedding, and she later tries to comfort her daughter after the baby's stillbirth. Despite his misgivings over being a good father, Ricky is shown to love and care for his son John. To this day its one of the hardest things Ive ever had to do. Ricky ends up being the Valedictorian, and at the end of his speech he proposes to Amy. She is initially wary about talking to Amy because unlike her, she chose to raise a child as a teenager. Contents 1 History 2 Relationships 2.1 Omar 2.2 Ricky Underwood I felt the made-for-TV movie about Jody Arias was actually very good and was a balanced presentation of a sensational story. She told Grace that she only married George for sex. They end up broke in Florida and stay with his grandmother, earning money with various part-time jobs. Although she is a straight-A student and a majorette, she has a reputation for being a drama queen and the "school slut". The cast of "The Secret Life of the American Teenager" has been busy since the show concluded in June 2013. They later make up and support Adrian's decision to have the baby. In season 5, after George spreads the truth as a rumor around town, Anne Juergens comes out to her family as a lesbian. Dylan is introduced during the graduation party. Margaret decides to take in one of Ricky's former foster brothers, Ethan, who ends up in juvenile detention after sexting nude pictures of an underage girl to his friends when she breaks up with him. Jack cheats on Grace with Adrian, who's really in love with Ricky. Disconsolate, Adrian has sex with Henry. It's revealed that his two older brothers are also gay. Learn how and when to remove this template message, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=List_of_The_Secret_Life_of_the_American_Teenager_characters&oldid=1092858421, Lists of American television series characters, Short description is different from Wikidata, Articles to be expanded from October 2016, Wikipedia articles with style issues from November 2021, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License 3.0, This page was last edited on 13 June 2022, at 01:49. She and George made an attempt to get back together and she took over the design portion of his furniture business, but again she finds poorly-hidden evidence that he was unfaithful, and resumed divorce proceedings. Kathy breaks up with him when her prospective parents think he is too unstable to be around. After breaking up with Ben during her sophomore year, Amy briefly dates Jimmy, the son of her mother's ex-boyfriend, but their relationship ends after he finds a condom in her purse. The Secret Life of the American Teenager S01E01. In Season 1 during one episode he comes back to find Ricky, and wants to sell Ricky and Amy's baby. Before Amy reveals her pregnancy to her two best friends, Lauren and Madison, they gab about the new counselor, asking if she has something better to talk about than him. Anne intends to get a job to replace the loss of her husband George's income as they prepare for divorce. He's always helping people, especially Ben and Adrian. Adrian's decision to keep the baby received a lot of positive support from her father and even Amy, who had called her to let her know that she was giving Adrian the same offer of a friendship between them that she had given her in the past, because their children might end up becoming friends. The plot focuses on the character of Amy Juergens, a 15-year-old who gets pregnant at band camp before entering high school. He is taken aback to discover that Grant is not gay, but decides to trust Ashley not to make the same mistake that Amy did. She walks in her house one day when Nora (Ricky's birth mother) was having an AA meeting with all lesbians attending. Later on, Jack and Madison break up, because he is still in love with Grace. He meets Amy after his best friend Alice points her out one day at school, and they begin dating and fall in love. The pregnancy produces a son, John Juergens. Please note that this form cannot be used to reset your Google or Facebook password. Raven texts the picture to Daniel, and he breaks up with Grace, realizing that she still has feelings for Jack. Later in the season, Amy thinks she is pregnant again and becomes very moody. In season 4 he is forced to go to summer school and immediately gets into trouble for stealing condoms from the nurse's office. And after reading for the role of Amy, when Shailene left the room, I said, She is a star. We already feel like were actual high school friends, Megan Park (Grace Bowman) said during the casts October 2020 virtual reunion. It's no secret that teenagers talk about sex, but on ABC Family's Secret Life of the American Teenager, sex is the topic of conversation.. She shows up at Amy's baby shower after being invited by Joe. Secret Life Given the renewed interest in the show, MTV News reached out to series creator Brenda Hampton to ask what in heaven's name actually happened with Amy and Ricky's on again/off. 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