Recurring Roles and Guest Stars on "The O.C." Quiz

Answer: Samaire Armstrong

Anna came to Newport from Pittsburgh in the first season and participated in Cotillion with the gang in "The Debut". She and Seth tried to date, but it became obvious that Seth really wanted Summer. Anna went back to Pittsburgh towards the end of the first season in "The Goodbye Girl", but reappeared in season three in "The College Try" and "The Party Favor", when she ran into Seth at pre-frosh weekend at Brown, and then returned to Newport to be his prom date.

Answer: Taylor Handley

Oliver was the mentally unbalanced young man from the first season who befriend Marissa at their therapist's office, fell in love with her and tried to come between her and Ryan. Oliver left Newport in "The Truth" after Ryan and Luke rescued Marissa from Oliver's hotel suite.

At the end of the third season, in "The Graduates" when Ryan and Marissa are talking about their past, Ryan said he wouldn't do it any differently... except maybe Oliver.

Answer: False

Linda Lavin, of "Alice" fame, played the Nana. The Nana was Sandy's very Jewish mother, Sophie. The Nana came to California to celebrate Passover with Sandy and Seth in the first season episode "The Nana". In season two's "The Return of The Nana", Sandy, Seth and Ryan went to Miami to visit Sophie after she told them she was getting married.

Answer: Chris Carmack

They broke up after he cheated on her with her friend Holly. Shortly afterwards, he began an affair with Marissa's mother Julie in "The Telenovela". Luke moved to Portland with his father at the end of the first season.

Answer: Theresa Diaz

Theresa was Ryan's girlfriend from Chino. The first episode she was in was "The Homecoming" when Ryan and Marissa go to Chino to help out Ryan's brother. Theresa later came to Newport, and after becoming pregnant, took Ryan back to Chino with her in "The Ties That Bind". Theresa came back in the third season and went to prom with Ryan in "The Party Favor".

Answer: Caleb Nichol

Caleb Nichol, Kirsten and Hailey's father, was the power-hungry head of The Newport Group. He married Julie Cooper at the end of season one in "The Ties That Bind". Caleb died in "The O.Sea" at the end of the second season.

Answer: Logan Marshall-Green

Ryan's brother Trey got out of jail and came to stay with the Cohen's in season two's "The Brothers Grim". After Trey attempted to rape Marissa, Ryan became enraged and went to fight his brother. Trey was about to kill Ryan, leaving Marissa no choice but to shoot Trey in the back in the second season finale "The Dearly Beloved". Trey left Orange County after coming out of a coma in the third season premiere "The Aftermath".

Answer: Michael Cassidy

Zach appeared at the beginning of the second season in "The Way We Were". Summer left him for Seth in "The Rainy Day Women". They continued to fight over her, and Seth eventually traded the rights to his comic book to Zach in exchange for Summer.

Answer: True

Lindsay Gardner was Caleb's illegitimate daughter and Ryan's girlfriend for a brief time. She first appeared in the second season in "The New Kids on the Block" and stuck around Newport Beach until "The Rainy Day Women", when she moved to Chicago with her mother.

Answer: Ryan Donowho

Johnny Harper was Marissa's friend from public school, who fell in love with her. He first appeared in the third season episode "The Last Waltz" and died later in the season in "The Cliffhanger".

Answer: Cam Gigandet

Volchok was introduced at the beginning of season three, as a rival to Johnny and new source of tension for Ryan. Volchok became close with Marissa following Johnny's death. She took him to prom, where he kissed another girl. Afterwards he felt bad about hurting her and wanted to talk, but she didn't want to hear it.

He became so crazy over her that he lost his temper and caused a fatal car accident in "The Graduates". After killing Marissa, Volchok took off for Mexico. Julie and Ryan tracked him down at the beginning of season four. Ryan confronted him but kept his temper in check. Volchok disappeared again.

Answer: False

Nikki Reed was Sadie Campbell, Nikki Griffin played Jess Sathers. Jess hooked up with Ryan's brother Trey and lived with him in Vegas for awhile. She returned to Newport Beach in season three's "The Undertow" where she sought Ryan's help with her stalker ex-boyfriend.

Answer: Kaitlin Cooper

Marissa's younger sister Kaitlin (referred as "Mini-Cooper" by Summer), was played in the first season by Shailene Woodley. She was sent to boarding school following Jimmy and Julie's divorce, and when she returned to Newport in season three's "The Sister Act", she was played by Willa Holland. Following Marissa's death, Kaitlin evolved into a main character, which meant a starring role for Holland in the fourth season.

Answer: Gary Grubbs

Gordon Bullit, a.k.a. The Bullit, was an old acquaintance of Sandy's who decided to invest in Kirsten and Julie's business, NewMatch in the fourth season episode "The Sleeping Beauty". Bullit fell for Julie and began scheming with Kaitlin to get Julie to like him back.

Answer: Frank Atwood

Ryan's father got out of jail and appeared in Newport midway through the fourth season in "The Earth Girls Are Easy". He lied about having cancer to get Ryan to talk to him in "The My Two Dads".