'What I Like About You': What’s The Cast Up To 10 Years Later?
Before you start reading this post, please turn up your speakers and blast Lillix’s What I Like About You theme song, a cover of The Romantics’original .
Awesome, now we can get started.
For four seasons, the Tyler sisters stole your heart in What I Like About You. After their dad moved to Japan, baby sis Holly (Amanda Bynes) moved in with the older, wiser Valerie (Jennie Garth). Together, they tackled school, work, and boys in the Big Apple. (There was also the spontaneous drunken Las Vegas wedding.)
It’s been a whole decade since the series wrapped in March 2006, so let’s take a walk through Val’s unrealistically large New York apartment and revisit our favorite characters.
Jennie Garth, “Valerie Tyler”
The OG 90210 star has starred in a slew of TV movies. She reunited with 90210 alum Tori Spelling in 2014 for a TV series called Mystery Girls. Most recently, in May 2016, she starred in Hallmark’s A Time to Dance.
Garth married actor Dave Abrams, her third husband, one year ago. She has three daughters: Luca and Lola, born pre-WILAY, and Fiona, born in 2006.
Amanda Bynes, “Holly Tyler”
Nickelodeon alum Bynes hit the big screen following WILAY. She was Viola Hastings in She’s the Man, Penny Pingleton in Hairspray, and Marianne Bryant in Easy A — all memorable roles for fans who grew up watching her on All That and The Amanda Show. [Note: Nickelodeon and MTV News are both owned by Viacom.]
Starting in March 2012, Bynes ran into legal troubles, including alleged DUIs and hit-and-runs. She was later arrested, put under conservatorship of her parents, and hospitalized. Today she’s in and out of psychiatric treatment and is (mostly) out of the spotlight. She was reportedly engaged in October 2014.
Leslie Grossman, “Lauren”
The real question is, where haven’t you seen Grossman? She was on Grey’s Anatomy, 10 Things I Hate About You — the short-lived Freeform TV show, not the Julia Stiles movie — Dexter, Melissa & Joey, Scandal, MTV's very own Faking It, and more. Girl’s been busy.
Allison Munn, “Tina Haven”
Munn starred in a little show called One Tree Hill. She played Lauren Fletcher, Skills’s on-and-off sweetheart. Today she stars as Anne Harper on Nickelodeon’s Nicky, Ricky, Dicky & Dawn.
Wesley Jonathan, “Gary Thorpe”
Jonathan’s had a ton of roles since Gary, including a brief stint on 90210. He was also on NCIS and Cold Case. From 2012 to 2016, he starred in TV Land’s The Soul Man. [Note: TV Land and MTV News are both owned by Viacom.]
Nick Zano, “Vince”
Right after WILAY, Zano became Dr. Jonathan Sanderson on 7th Heaven. Then came a terrifying part in The Final Destination. Next? Starring roles in Cougar Town, Melrose Place, The Secret Life of the American Teenager, the 90210 reboot — are you sensing a Beverly Hills–themed pattern here? — 2 Broke Girls, Happy Endings, and Minority Report. Whew.
Michael McMillian, “Henry Gibson”
McMillian played Steve Newlin on HBO’s True Blood for nearly six years before moving on to Hot in Cleveland, Shameless, Crazy Ex-Girlfriend, and Silicon Valley.
Simon Rex, “Jeff”
The former MTV VJ — yes, really — appeared in the Scary Movie franchise and MTV’s Happyland. He raps under the moniker Dirt Nasty; you can listen to his beats here. Fun fact: he appeared in Kesha’s “TiK ToK” music video.
David de Lautour, “Ben Sheffield”
Post-WILAY, Lautour appeared in NCIS and Hart of Dixie, among other shows. He now stars in the New Zealand–based comedy Westside.
Dan Cortese, “Vic Meladeo”
Cortese also starred on Hot in Cleveland. Plus, he hosted the Guinness World Records Gone Wild game show, which sounds kind of insane.
