Shay became a business powerhouse. She co-founded the travel brand BÉIS (now a unicorn startup) and starred in You (Season 2) as the fan-favorite Peach Salinger. She also produced and starred in the thriller Something from Tiffany’s (2022) and is a massive YouTube vlogger. 5. Sasha Pieterse as Alison DiLaurentis Then: The missing queen bee—seen only in flashbacks. Season 1 Alison was a manipulative, magnetic ghost whose murder (?) kicked off the whole mystery. Sasha was only 13 years old when she filmed that pilot.
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Lucy moved into horror ( Truth or Dare , Fantasy Island ) and led the CW’s Katy Keene (a Riverdale spin-off). She’s also a country music singer—her 2021 EP Over the Mountain shows off her real vocal chops. Most recently, she starred in the 2023 rom-com Which Brings Me to You . 4. Shay Mitchell as Emily Fields Then: The sweet, loyal swimmer who came out to her conservative parents while dodging “A’s” blackmail. Emily was the heart of the group, but season 1 gave her some of the most heartbreaking closeted-teen angst on TV. Shay became a business powerhouse