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Aimeé Teegarden

Aimeé Teegarden is an American actress best known as Julie Taylor on Friday Night Lights. Her later work ranges from Prom and Star-Crossed to Hallmark romances such as Love Finds You.

Biography

Teegarden entered 2026 with three different reminders of her television range: a guest run on 9-1-1, a twentieth-anniversary reunion with the Friday Night Lights team, and the lead in Hallmark's Love Finds You. That current stretch follows a career that began when she booked Friday Night Lights at 16.

Her credits move between family drama, teen film, science fiction, legal television, horror, and romance. Friday Night Lights remains the defining early role, while Love Finds You places her back at the center of a television movie in 2026.

Known for

Julie Taylor

Friday Night Lights

Teegarden played Julie Taylor throughout the NBC drama's five-season run from 2006 to 2011. She booked the pilot at 16, and the role became the foundation of her television career.[6][7][5]

Nova Prescott

Prom

She led the 2011 Disney film as Nova Prescott, a student trying to organize her school's prom. The film arrived during the year Friday Night Lights ended.[6][5]

Emery Whitehill

Star-Crossed

Teegarden returned to a series lead as Emery Whitehill in The CW's 2014 science fiction romance. The role placed her in a very different kind of teen drama.[6][5]

Ella Benjamin

Notorious

She played attorney Ella Benjamin in the 2016 ABC drama. Teegarden prepared by following attorney Mark Geragos through about two weeks of real legal work.[7][6]

Alex Doyle

9-1-1

Her 2026 role as Alex Doyle brought her into the ABC first-responder drama. Alex works as a therapist with the LAPD SMART Team.[8][4]

Alex

Love Finds You

Teegarden stars as jewelry designer Alex opposite Chris McNally in the 2026 Hallmark romance. The film follows the pair as they trace the owner of a misplaced package.[6][1]

Career highlights

  1. 2003

    An early television start

    Teegarden's listed screen credits begin with a 2003 guest role on Cold Case. She was still a teenager when regular television work followed.[5][2]

  2. 2011

    From Dillon to Disney

    Friday Night Lights ended in 2011 after five seasons with Teegarden as Julie Taylor. That same year, she led Disney's Prom as Nova Prescott and appeared in Scream 4.[6][5]

  3. 2016

    Her Hallmark chapter begins

    Once Upon a Christmas Miracle became Teegarden's first listed Hallmark television movie in 2018. It started a steady run of lead roles for the network.[7]

  4. 2018

    Three films in one year

    In 2022, Teegarden led Heart of the Matter, Autumn in the City, and Christmas Class Reunion. The three projects made Hallmark a major part of her recent work.[6][5]

  5. 2026

    A busy return in 2026

    Teegarden played LAPD therapist Alex Doyle on 9-1-1 and joined the Friday Night Lights twentieth-anniversary reunion. She then led Love Finds You as jewelry designer Alex.[8][9][6]

Good to know

Her first pilot

Teegarden was 16 when she booked the Friday Night Lights pilot. It was the first television pilot she had made.[7]

Two public spellings

Her professional name appears as Aimeé Teegarden on Hallmark. Many databases and screen listings use Aimee Teegarden without the accent.[6][5]

Research for Notorious

To understand the daily work of an attorney, she followed Mark Geragos through courts and offices for about two weeks before playing Ella Benjamin.[7]

Back in Austin

Teegarden joined fellow cast members and producers at the 2026 ATX TV Festival for the twentieth anniversary of Friday Night Lights.[9]