Torrey DeVitto

Her mother Mary had been Stevie Nicks's best friend since the late 1970s and met Liberty when he was the drummer on Stevie's Wild Heart Tour.

On the day of her birth, Joel was performing at the Wembley Arena and made a special note before beginning "The Longest Time" that DeVitto's wife was having a baby, causing a standing ovation for DeVitto, who was playing the drums at the concert.

She was named Torrey after her mother's maiden name.

She has two sisters, Devon and Maryelle.

Her sister Maryelle was in the TV series Endurance.

She attended Fort Salonga Elementary School, part of Kings Park Central School District.

By the fourth grade, she was playing violin with the local high school orchestra.

When DeVitto was 12 years old, she played a solo violin piece at Christie Brinkley and Peter Cook's wedding.

They met in 1983.

DeVitto is of Italian descent, her paternal grandmother is from Naples while her paternal grandfather is from Sicily.

As a child, DeVitto spent a lot of time touring with her parents.

She described her childhood to CVLUX magazine by saying: "We spent every Thanksgiving at Billy Joel's house. I grew up with his daughter, Alexa; it was a lot of warm, happy memories."

Torrey Joël DeVitto (born June 8, 1984) is an American actress and former fashion model.

She played in the Florida Symphony Youth Orchestra (1995–1997) and in the Florida Youth Artist Orchestra (1998–1999).

She attended Youngsville Elementary School, part of Kings Park Central School District.

She studied dance with the Kings Park Dance Center in New York and took acting classes at Zoe & Company in Orlando, Florida.

After graduating from Winter Park High School in Winter Park, Florida, she spent her summer in Japan working as a model and had earlier spent time in Chicago.

DeVitto's modeling career started at age 15, when she began appearing in commercials, which she described to be a stepping stone to get to TV and film jobs.

She was signed to Ford and Avenue One modeling agencies.

DeVitto landed her first acting role in 1999 when she participated in The WB drama series Safe Harbor.

In 2000, she appeared in the Nickelodeon comedy series Noah Knows Best.

Staying true to her love of music in 2002, she played violin with the Tommy Davidson Band at the Sunset Room in Hollywood.

In 2002, she landed a lead role in playwright Lee Blessing's play Eleemosynary, which was performed at the Orlando Shakespeare Theater.

Her performance received praise and positive reviews in the Orlando Sentinel.

She also played violin on Raphael Saadiq's 2004 album, Ray Ray, as well as Stevie Nicks' 2011 album In Your Dreams.

Her first starring role was as Karen Kerr on the ABC Family drama series Beautiful People (2005–2006).

DeVitto co-starred in the ABC Family drama series Beautiful People as aspiring model Karen Kerr from 2005 to 2006.

DeVitto made her film debut in the dramatic short film Starcrossed (2005), which concerns two brothers who develop a sexual attraction to one another.

She also appeared in the horror film sequel I'll Always Know What You Did Last Summer (2006) as Zoe Warner.

She guest-starred on Drake & Josh, Scrubs, Jack & Bobby and had a small part in the romantic drama short film Forbidden Love.

She had a lead role as an actress Sierra Young in the comedy film Heber Holiday (2007) and co-starred in the comedy-drama film Green Flash (2008) alongside David Charvet and Kristin Cavallari.

She followed this up with recurring roles as Carrie in The CW drama series One Tree Hill (2008–2009), as Melissa Hastings in the ABC Family/Freeform mystery drama series Pretty Little Liars (2010–2017), and as Dr. Meredith Fell in The CW fantasy drama series The Vampire Diaries (2012–2013).

DeVitto appeared in the horror comedy film Killer Movie (2008) with then-boyfriend Paul Wesley, Kaley Cuoco and Leighton Meester.

From 2008 to 2009, DeVitto had a recurring role in the fifth and sixth seasons of The CW drama series One Tree Hill, where she played nanny Carrie.

DeVitto appeared in Will.I.Am's Vote Obama video "We Are The Ones" (2008) and Stevie Nicks' music video for the song "Moonlight" (2011).

In 2010, DeVitto began a recurring role as Melissa Hastings in the ABC Family mystery drama series Pretty Little Liars based on Sara Shepard's book series of the same name.

DeVitto went on to star as Maggie Hall in the final season of Lifetime's drama series Army Wives (2013) and as Dr. Natalie Manning in the NBC medical drama series Chicago Med (2015–2021).

Torrey Joel DeVitto was born and raised in Huntington on Long Island, New York and Winter Park, Florida.

Her parents are Mary and Liberty DeVitto; her father was a long-time drummer for Billy Joel.

In 2013, DeVitto told Entertainment Tonight that her role as Carrie garnered strong reactions from the show's viewers and she often gets approached by fans about One Tree Hill.