Cast » Annie Wilson

Annie Wilson is played by Shenae Grimes. Annie is introduced as an aspiring actress who moves from Wichita, Kansas to Beverly Hills with her family. She lives with her parents, Harry and Debbie, her adopted brother Dixon, whom she considers her best friend and her grandmother Tabitha. She becomes best friends with Silver over a division day sticker in the episode "We're Not In Kansas Anymore". She struggles to find her place in California and to maintain her sweet nature. After he broke up with Naomi, she and Ethan dated, but kept it a secret so that Naomi would not find out until they were ready to tell her. She does, however, find out when she sees them making out in an empty classroom. A jealous Naomi uses this in favour to get back at her by making out with her ex-boyfriend from Kansas at Annie's sixteenth birthday party. She also finds out that she shares a half-brother with Naomi from a previous high school relationship between her father Harry and Naomi's mother. She and Ethan later break up and she gets back in Naomi's good favor. In the season finale after prom, Annie is set up when Naomi's sister Jen sleeps with Liam, Jen had taken Annie's wrap earlier when she went outside, Naomi finds the wrap and a half naked Liam in her room and automatically thinks Annie slept with Liam so she confronts her in front of the whole class which leads to everyone turning on Annie and shouting abuse at her and one classmate even throws his drink in her face her resulting in Annie storming out and calling the police on Naomi and then taking a bottle of vodka when she drives off. In the morning Annie is seen driving with the now half empty bottle of vodka. She takes her eyes off the road and ends up running someone over and driving away out of fear.

In the second season, Annie breaks away from the group and becomes somewhat of a loner due to the secret she is hiding and the resentment Naomi has for her. At the beginning of Season 2 they are all at a beach party when she meets up with Mark, who is a senior. He gets her drunk and finds a way to get a cabana. Annie is not aware that he had taken a naked photo of her topless. When that photo is sent through out her school by Naomi, Annie has a resentment against Mark but then forgives him. She later goes on a date with him where there is a confrontation between her and Mark. Just as it was getting bad Jasper, swoops in to save her from him, whom she had previously turned down to hang out with earlier. She falls in love with Jasper, a drug dealer and the nephew of the man she killed. After her estranged friends confront her with news that her boyfriend is a drug dealer, she confronts him about it. He informs her he knows that she killed his uncle, and then blackmails her so they can continue dating. Annie later decides she does not care about Jasper blackmailing her and breaks it off with him. He continues to threaten her with pictures of the damaged vehicles but she informs him that if he still wants a chance to be with her, he won't go to the police. As Annie starts to move on, Jasper watches from afar. Jasper calls Annie to tell her that if he can't be with her there is not a reason to live. Annie frantically goes to Jasper's house attempting find him. She figures out he is at the Hollywood sign and goes to stop him. The two have a brief in encounter before Jasper jumps off the H. Annie visits Jasper in the hospital, where she tells him that their relationship was just based on lies. He tells her that he will always love her, and because of this won't tell anyone her secret, that she ran over his uncle. Annie leaves the hospital smiling, as she feels a huge weight has just been lifted off her shoulders and she does not need to worry about Jasper any more. Annie's parents start having marriage problems and Annie has no one to talk to because Dixon won't listen to her. She goes to Liam for advice. Annie and Liam become close, hinting at a relationship. Jasper shows up at school and forgives Annie and Annie says she forgives him too but they can't be friends because of what has happened in the past. Annie becomes closer to Liam and they share their family problems. Liam takes Annie out on his boat and she tells him about the hit and run. He encourages her to confess, they hug, and he takes her home. Unaware that Jasper was watching, Jasper gets revenge on Liam by setting fire to his boat, which he has spent a year working on. In the season finale, Annie tells her parents she needs to tell them something, clearly about the hit and run although this wasn't shown. Annie turned herself in after confessing to her parents. She was sentenced to 2–3 months house arrest, had her license suspended and is on probation until she is 25. She was offered a interview for an internship by her Senior Adviser, Mr. Matthews. He advises her to put the accident behind her because she's already paid her dues. However she decides she can't lie and confesses to the interviewer that she was on house arrest during the summer because she doesn't want to lie. She thinks that she won't get the internship but is shocked when the interviewer calls her and offers her the spot. It was then revealed that she has an secret motive and believes that Annie is desperate enough to do it. After she confesses to the interviewer, Liam and her finally kiss but she refuses to pursue a relationship because of Naomi and they end their friendship. She and Liam begin to date with Naomi's approval but soon break up after Liam almost gets her arrested after being caught on a boat that Liam claimed he was boat-sitting for. She then pursues a relationship with Liam's half-brother Charlie whom she met in a coffee shop. She is not aware at the time that he is Liam's half-brother. Liam then moves into the Wilson Household to get closer to Annie. Although, she does like him back, she finds out that Charlie and Liam are related after she introduces the two. Furthermore, when Annie tells Liam that she is going to break up with Charlie and take his side, he dismisses her and tells her she was right. Liam then walks off with the girl who paid in the bachelor auction.Annie stays with charlie but when Liam is injured and moves in with her family, Annie admits that she still has feelings for Liam and they sleep together. The next day Annie feels guilt and asks Liam to let her think. After talking to her cousin Emily about the triangle, she tells Liam that she wants to be with him but he turns her down because he and Charlie talked it out. He also tells her to stay with Charlie.

Shenae Grimes caught the attention of many viewers when playing good girl Darcy Edwards on the Canadian series "Degrassi: The Next Generation." Her character started out as a minor role, but Darcy was later made a leading character, and Grimes walked away from the series winning a Gemini award for her performance.

Grimes also played teenage Shania Twain in the television movie "Shania: A Life In Eight Albums" and also appeared in the television movie "Picture This," opposite Ashley Tisdale. Grimes recently appeared in a music video for rock band Our Lady Peace's single "All You Did Was Save My Life," which was filmed in April 2009.

Grimes currently resides in the Los Angeles area.