#ItaliansUnknown: Sophia Bush sophiabush is an Italian-American actress from Pasadena, California. She is of Italian descent on her mother's side. Bush attended the University of Southern California, where she studied journalism for three years until landing the role of Brooke Davis on the TV drama "One Tree Hill" in 2003. Sophia and Grant Hughes became engaged in August 2021 in Lake Como, Italy. In June 2022, the couple got married and their wedding was inspired by California, Oklahoma and Italy, “to honor the heritage of our families — where we come from and how we are all coming together to map where we are going.” #SophiaBush