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From supernatural hunters to teen drama queens, these CW stars captured our hearts on screen. Join us as we track down what happened to the network's biggest talents after their shows wrapped! Our countdown includes fan favorites from "Gossip Girl," "Supernatural," "The Vampire Diaries" and more!
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00:00After all these years, do you not instinctively fear me?
00:04Maybe you should write yourself a note.
00:05Welcome to Miss Mojo, and today we're looking at whatever happened to popular actors from classic CW shows.
00:10Alright, who puts a 300-gallon aquarium in their trailer?
00:14Apparently Jensen Ackles.
00:17Number 10, Sophia Bush, One Tree Hill.
00:21You think you know me, but you don't.
00:25And that means you don't know what I can do.
00:28Sophia Bush's breakout role was playing Brooke Davis on One Tree Hill, which ran from 2003 to 2012.
00:34Throughout the series, Bush's character went from a shallow party girl to a fully developed human being.
00:39Ever since New York, I wanted to come home.
00:42I just knew in my heart that there was treasure here, and I found it.
00:47Since the show ended, Bush has kept busy in several TV and movie projects.
00:50She played Detective Erin Lindsay on Chicago PD, and in 2018 lent her voice to the Pixar sequel Incredibles 2.
00:56Aside from acting, Bush is involved in several causes, such as Time's Up and reproductive rights.
01:01I've long loved being an advocate.
01:04I've loved being able to put my journalism degree to good use as a storyteller.
01:07I think I get to kind of bridge the worlds of public engagement and advocacy.
01:14But particularly after the last administration, I figure if we're electing people from TV, then I don't know.
01:20Maybe I'll throw my hat in the ring eventually.
01:22Number 9, Gina Rodriguez, Jane the Virgin.
01:24My fiancé and I have been through so much.
01:26An accidental insemination, a kidnapping, an evil twin, a husband returning from the dead,
01:30and this is our last obstacle.
01:31So I'm begging you, can you please help me?
01:34Rodriguez had the lead role on the popular series, Jane the Virgin, playing the title character.
01:39The show was about a 23-year-old virgin who became pregnant after being artificially inseminated by mistake.
01:44During the show's first season, Rodriguez won a Golden Globe.
01:47I dreamed of this moment, and there's no better way to tell others that they can win too, but by living your dreams.
02:00Since the series wrapped in 2019, Rodriguez has starred in Not Dead Yet, a sitcom that ran on ABC for two seasons.
02:07She joined the cast of Will Trent in season three, playing assistant district attorney Marion Alba.
02:11She was also the voice of Velma in the 2020 animated film Scoob.
02:15I'll see if the combination of these elements matches a geographical location.
02:20And bingo.
02:22Number 8, KJ Apa, Riverdale.
02:24It's a shortcut.
02:26It's gonna get me in the game.
02:28It's gonna get my name out there.
02:30Look, it's like, before you can be a headliner, you gotta be the opening act.
02:33Getting his start on the New Zealand soap opera Shortland Street,
02:36this actor crossed over to American television when he played Archie Andrews in Riverdale.
02:40The series, running from 2017 to 2023, was a grittier take on the Archie comics than previous adaptations.
02:47Where does that leave you?
02:49I was born alone.
02:50I'll die alone.
02:52I'll sing alone.
02:54I'll be okay.
02:54After Riverdale ended, Apa focused more on music rather than working on TV shows or movies.
02:59He put out an indie folk album in 2021 entitled Clocks,
03:02and in 2025 he started performing pop music under the name Mr. Fantasy.
03:06In 2021, his first child was born.
03:09It actually came out the day, the 23rd of September, which was when Sasha was born with this girl.
03:14See, you cannot question the universe when it makes moves like that.
03:19Number 7, Grant Gustin, The Flash.
03:21Hey, secret identity?
03:25They're married.
03:26We're not married.
03:28We're together, whatever.
03:29He told her about me.
03:32You didn't?
03:33I keep secrets for a living, man.
03:35Ah.
03:36My bad.
03:37Playing Barry Allen on The Flash for nine seasons,
03:39Gustin originally appeared in a guest spot on Arrow before getting his own show.
03:43Gustin's Flash later appeared in several shows set in the Arrowverse
03:46as part of crossovers where he teamed up with other superheroes,
03:48including Supergirl and Legends of Tomorrow.
03:51Listen, Red.
03:52I don't like you.
03:53But when you've got a crew,
03:55you don't take a head for the rest.
03:57It was actually pretty inspiring.
04:08After The Flash ended in 2023,
04:10Gustin returned to his roots in the theatre,
04:11where he starred in a Broadway production of Water for Elephants,
04:14playing Jacob Jankowski.
04:16He also co-starred with Lucy Hale in the romantic comedy Puppy Love.
04:19I've always just kind of been a warrior.
04:21Then I met a girl who didn't really care about my issues.
04:25Number 6.
04:26Nina Dobrev, The Vampire Diaries
04:27I will start fresh.
04:30Be someone new.
04:33It's the only way I'll make it through.
04:35Before starring in The Vampire Diaries,
04:36Nina Dobrev played Mia Jones in Degrassi, The Next Generation.
04:40In The Vampire Diaries,
04:41Dobrev played Elena Gilbert,
04:43the protagonist who falls into a world of vampires
04:45in the fictional small town of Mystic Falls, Virginia.
04:48In addition to playing Elena,
04:49Dobrev played a doppelganger of her character named Catherine Pierce,
04:52who was a major villain.
04:53How do we look exactly alike?
05:10Since leaving Vampire Diaries in 2015,
05:17Dobrev has starred in movies such as Triple X, Return of Xander Cage,
05:20and has acted in several romantic comedies.
05:22In 2019, she starred in the CBS sitcom Fam,
05:25which lasted one season.
05:26And sure, like, this may be happening a little early.
05:29A little?
05:30This is a disaster.
05:31Number 5.
05:32Jessica Biel, Seventh Heaven
05:34Hey, I was wondering where you guys were.
05:36We're all right here.
05:38Need some help with breakfast, Mom?
05:39Jessica Biel's first big break was Seventh Heaven,
05:42which ran for 10 seasons on the WB and one season on CW.
05:46In Seventh Heaven, Biel played Mary Camden,
05:48the second oldest who was a promising athlete
05:50but through several setbacks had to figure out what to do with her life.
05:53I didn't know how to get myself out of trouble.
05:57I actually tried praying for some way to get out of the mess I was in.
06:03But if this is the answer to my prayers,
06:05then I'm never praying about anything again.
06:07After she left the show,
06:09Biel started dating Justin Timberlake in 2007
06:12and the two married in 2011.
06:15Nowadays, Biel is focused more on producing.
06:17She served as an executive producer on shows such as Cruel Summer and Candy,
06:20although she also starred in the latter.
06:22So next time you're sad because you didn't get what you want,
06:25you just wait.
06:34Because God has something even better for you.
06:39Number four, Jensen Ackles, Supernatural.
06:41Um, says you're from Texas.
06:43Really?
06:44Yeah.
06:45And, uh...
06:48Oh.
06:49Says you were on a soap opera.
06:52What?
06:53Before starring in Supernatural,
06:55Jensen Ackles had already had a recurring role on Dawson's Creek
06:58and played Jason Teague in Smallville.
07:00In Supernatural, which ran for 15 seasons,
07:02Ackles played Dean Winchester,
07:03a man who teamed up with his brother to hunt down Supernatural entities.
07:06Sorry about yesterday, going rogue on you like that.
07:10You know what, Dean?
07:10Don't apologize.
07:12I think that makes us even.
07:16The universe is trying to tell us something we both should already know.
07:20We are stronger together than apart.
07:22After Supernatural ended in 2020,
07:24Ackles landed a recurring role as Soldier Boy on Amazon Prime's The Boys
07:28and reprised his role as Dean Winchester in the Supernatural prequel series The Winchesters.
07:33He's also voiced Batman in several DC animated movies,
07:36such as The Long Halloween and Justice League War World.
07:39That creature said you hated guns.
07:44Apparently he spoke the truth.
07:47Evidently, I'm very particular about how I dress.
07:50Number three, Jared Padalecki, Supernatural.
07:52Look, I think I know what this is.
07:53Okay, what?
07:54It's a TV show.
07:55You think?
07:55I mean, here.
07:57Wherever here is, this Twilight Zone Balthazar's have to send to,
08:00for whatever reason, our life is a TV show.
08:03One of Jared Padalecki's earliest TV roles was Dean Forrester on Gilmore Girls.
08:07However, the CW show he's best known for is Supernatural,
08:10where he played Sam Winchester.
08:12It was on the Supernatural set where Padalecki met his future wife, Genevieve,
08:16who played Ruby.
08:17Isn't it because you're really scared to go there with a demon?
08:21Because it's wrong, and it's bad, and we shouldn't?
08:29The two married in 2010 and are currently raising three children.
08:33After the show ended its 15-season run,
08:35Padalecki played Cordell Walker in the reboot of the classic 90s show Walker, Texas Ranger.
08:41Playing Chuck Norris' iconic role is an honor for any native Texan.
08:45That's right. That's right.
08:49Hey, you're ready.
08:53Let's do this.
08:54Number 2, Kristen Bell, Veronica Mars.
08:57You look ready for a fight.
08:59I get that a lot.
09:00I guess it's just my usual expression.
09:02Kristen Bell's first big role was Veronica Mars,
09:04where she played a high school student slash detective.
09:06After Veronica Mars was initially cancelled in 2007,
09:09Bell followed up with a role on another CW show, Gossip Girl,
09:12where she supplied the voiceover of the anonymous narrator.
09:15Hey, Upper East Siders.
09:17Gossip Girl here, and I have the biggest news ever.
09:21Since her days on those two popular CW shows,
09:24Bell has added a lot more movie and TV credits to her filmography,
09:27such as playing Eleanor on The Good Place.
09:29However, her most notable role has to be in Disney's Frozen franchise,
09:33voicing Princess Anna.
09:34In 2021, she reprised her role as the narrator for the Gossip Girl reboot.
09:46She's also revisited Veronica twice,
09:48once in a movie and again in another season.
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10:11Number 1, Blake Lively, Gossip Girl.
10:13Oh gosh, I haven't even seen that.
10:17Blair, where are you going?
10:18I'll just leave you to your fans.
10:22After gaining notoriety from the sisterhood of the traveling pants,
10:25Blake Lively followed that up by starring in Gossip Girl.
10:27In Gossip Girl, Lively played New York socialite Serena.
10:30You're the one that said we're better when we have our own territories.
10:32Remember Paris? Right bank, left bank.
10:34Well then move to the west side and we'll meet in Central Park
10:37and when we do, there will be enough light for both of us to shine.
10:41Yeah, but I'd still be living in my own shadow.
10:45I have to go.
10:46Once Gossip Girl ended, Lively acted in a whole bunch of other shows and movies
10:49such as 2016's The Shallows.
10:51In 2012, she married Ryan Reynolds, who she met while filming Green Lantern.
10:55In 2024, Lively was caught up in a controversy
10:57based on her legal battles with director Justin Baldoni.
11:00She has filed suit against director Baldoni for alleged misconduct on set
11:04while filming It Ends With Us.
11:06Now, for those keeping count, there are now at least five separate legal actions
11:10involving Baldoni, Blake Lively and their various PR reps
11:14and the amount of damages and compensation being sought
11:17in all these various litigations, $900 million.
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