- She has a Concealed Weapons license.
- She did almost all of her own stunts for The Hitcher (2007), including the full spin.
- She and Milo Ventimiglia are very close friends. They are members of charity for children.
- She is constantly rescuing dogs and, at one point, she had 13 living in her house. She has 2 dogs named Penny and Griffin. She adopted a rescue puppy named Frankie in late September 2016 after the death of her dog Patch, but gave Frankie to a friend in July 2017.
- Her favorite television series is Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (1999).
- She attended the University of Southern California for three years as a Journalism major.
- Has played the same character (Detective Erin Lindsay) on five different series: Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (1999), Chicago Fire (2012), Chicago P.D. (2014), Chicago Med (2015) and Chicago Justice (2017).
- Sophia's parents named her after famed international movie star Sophia Loren, who posed for her father Charles William Bush's camera many times. Miss Bush was even included in some advertising shots with Ms. Loren.
- There are many designers who send items to the costume department of One Tree Hill (2003) specifically for her to wear.
- Is an alumna of the sorority Kappa Kappa Gamma at the University of Southern California. She attended USC for three years before getting the role of Brooke Davis on One Tree Hill (2003).
- Sophia Bush married Chad Michael Murray on April 16, 2005 in Santa Monica, California. In September 2005, after five months of marriage, they announced their separation. Bush filed papers seeking an annulment on the grounds of fraud in February 2006. The divorce court denied her petition, and granted her and Murray a divorce, in December 2006, instead.
- Was cast as Kate Brewster in Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines (2003) and even worked on-set for several days, but was replaced with Claire Danes when director Jonathan Mostow deemed her "too young" to play the role.
- Was the Tournament of Roses Parade Queen in 2000.
- Works for Annenberg TV News, a student news organization, in her spare time, as an Assignment Editor.
- Started a podcast with One Tree Hill co-stars, Hilarie Burton Morgan and Bethany Joy Lenz, titled "Drama Queens" in 2021.
- Her ancestry includes English, Irish, Scottish, Northern Irish, and, from her maternal grandmother, Italian.
- Good friends with Bevin Prince, James Lafferty, Hilarie Burton Morgan, Bethany Joy Lenz, Brittany Snow, and Danneel Ackles.
- Her father, Charles William Bush, is a celebrity photographer and her mother, Maureen Ellen (Searson) Bush, is a photography studio manager.
- Ranked as having one of the "Most Beautiful Faces" by "The Annual Independent Critics List of the 100 Most Beautiful Famous Faces From Around the World". She was ranked #22 in 2010, #4 in 2009, #20 in 2008, and #38 in 2007.
- She attended an all-girls high school in Pasadena, California called Westridge and graduated in the class of 2000.
- Ranked #3 on Femme Fatales: The 50 Sexiest Women of 2004.
- (September 26, 2005) Announced she has separated from her husband Chad Michael Murray.
- Is an avid beekeeper.
- Wore a Vera Wang gown for her wedding to Chad Michael Murray.
- She is the second cousin of Christina Taylor Green, one of the shooting victims of the assassination attempt on U.S. Representative Gabrielle Giffords.
- In August 2021, Sophia Bush announced her engagement to businessman Grant Hughes.
- Advocates for women's health care.
- Appeared in the video for Passion Pit's "Carried Away".
- Her favorite designers are Marc Jacobs, Donna Karan, Chloe and Ya-Ya.
- Ranked #24 on Maxim magazine's Hot 100 of 2007 list.
- (September 29, 2005) Officially announced separation from her husband, Chad Michael Murray, to the public.
- Ranked #30 on Maxim's "Hot 100" of 2014 list.
- Named #90 in FHM's 100 Sexiest Women of 2007.
- Named #15 on Much Music's 20 Hottest Women of 2004.
- Not related to George Bush or George W. Bush.
- Born on exactly the same date as Schuyler Fisk.
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