Kelsey Evans

> "*Welcome to Tree Hill.....where your dreams come true and "magic" happens...(chuckles)...What a fucking joke...More like where your dreams are crushed in your very own personal hell....I've been so lost in this world and being diagnosed with bipolar disorder is just the icing on the cake! But at least you are here to help me not be such a freak.*"
> ― Kelsey to Andy
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## Kelsey Evans

### Nickname(s)

Kels (by Andy, Logan and Elizabeth)
 Freak (by herself)
 Grasshopper (by Hunter)
 Devil (by Melissa)
 Silver (by Victoria)
 Darling (by Keith)
 Babe (by Andy)
 Dummy (by Brooke)

### Date of Birth

May 19th 2003
 Status: Alive

### Hair Color

Brown w ombre highlights (Currently)
 Blonde (formerly)
 Red (formerly)

## Network

### Family

Clay Evans (Father)
Quinn Evans (Mother)
Logan Evans (Brother)
Hunter Evans (Brother, Deceased)
Sarah Evans (Sister)
Vivian Evans (Sister)
Pearce Ford (Adoptive Brother)
Andy Taylor (Husband)
 Unborn Child
Nathan Scott (Maternal Uncle)
Haley Scott (Maternal Aunt)
 Jamie Scott (Cousin)
Lydia Scott (Cousin)
Jackson Scott (Cousin)
Nina Scott (Cousin)
Kieran Scott (Cousin)
Taylor James (Maternal Aunt)
Katie Keller (Cousin)
Skills Taylor (Father-in-law)
Bevin Prince (Mother-in-law)
Lauren Taylor (Sister-in-law, Deceased)
Nathan Smith (Brother-in-law)
Andre Fields (Brother-in-law, Deceased)
Sawyer Scott (Sister-in-law)
 Hunter Evans II (Nephew)
 Quinn Evans II (Niece)
 Brooke Evans (Niece)
Kevin Hargrove (Brother-in-law)
Amber Swift (Sister-in-law)

### Relationships

Andy Taylor (Husband)
Keith Scott (ex-boyfriend)
 Christian Hardy (ex-boyfriend, Deceased)
Davis Baker (one-night-stand)
Elliot McFadden (Former Crush)

### Job

Student (Graduated)
Intern at Fortitude (Formerly)
Artist for Red Bedroom Records (Currently)
Record Producer at Drew Crew Studios (Currently)

### School(s)

Tree Hill High School (Graduated)
 Camden Arts School (Graduated)
 Columbia University (Graduated)

### Affiliation(s)

The Grapevine (Formerly)
Tree Hill Cheerleading Squad
Tree Hill Art Program
Evans' Modeling Line
The Originals
Red Bedroom Records
 Drew Crew Studios

## Production

### First Episode

OTHNG: Pilot (1.01)
 OTHTO: Only One (1.01)
 OTHL: Always & Forever (1.01)

### Last Episode

OTHNG: Generations (10.22)
OTHTO: Legacies (5.24)
 OTHL: One Tree Hill (6.22)

### Episode Count

OTHNG: 207
OTHTO: 92
 OTHL: 143
 Total: 442

### Portrayed By

Jessica Stroup

**Kelsey Ann Taylor (nee Evans)** is a graduate of Tree Hill High School, a main protagonist, and one of the main characters throughout the Next Generation, Originals, and Legacies series. Artsy and a no nonsense attitude, Kelsey beats to sound of her own drum. She's a grounded individual and is very perceptive to the events happening around her, often being the sounding board to her friends problems. Initially, Kelsey is seen on the outskirts of the war between The Outsiders and the Tree Hill Ravens, not wanting to get involved in the chaos as she believes the fighting is pointless, despite being on Tree Hill Cheerleading Squad and having friends on both sides.

Her inner struggles began to take form as she started behaving out of character and more unhinged. But, in reality, her behavior and mannerism began to show a darker side of her personality that her family did not like. She started burying her feelings of self loathing, and her family sought to help her with an intervention, until she completely broke down and ran away from home. It is revealed that her mannerisms and outbursts are symptoms of bipolar disorder and her parents have kept this secret to protect her. She gained clarity in her life as she felt like she couldn't go back to school, so she went to therapy with Andy's persuasion. After rehab, she briefly became homeschooled due to her perceived damaged reputation until the threat of The Bling Ring hurt her family's financial issues. She, along with her friends Sawyer, Brooke, Elizabeth, and Madison and boyfriend Andy, became main targets of The Bling Ring.

As the confrontations continued to escalate, Kelsey tried everything she could to keep out of the fighting until she saw She began to take her self care and looks seriously.

Kelsey is best friends with Elizabeth Scott, Katie Keller, Haley Baker, Sawyer Scott, Brooke Keller, the late Teresa Hart, former enemy Victoria Crawford, and her husband Andy Taylor. She is close friends with the late Madison Landry, Elliot McFadden, Jackson Scott, and the late Lauren Taylor. She is friends with Lydia Scott, Matthew Baker, Jamie Scott, Debby Marsh, Octavia Hargrove, Sam Carson, Shelby Randall, Amber Swift, Lucas McFadden, Chuck Scolnik, Jeremy Jagielski, and former enemies Lily Scott, Kelly Northwest, She is on friendly terms with Tyler Summers, Milo Adams, former enemies Jenny Jagielski. She is acquaintances with She is rivals/frenemies with Grace McFadden, She was friends/on friendly terms with Melanie McFadden, Kirk Carson, Leo Isaacs, Andre Fields, Alexa Black, and Christian Hardy before their deaths. She had heated conflicts with Victoria Crawford, Sidney Mercer, Rose Gatina, Lily Scott, Kelly Northwest, Jenny Jagielski, and Emma Northwest, but has ended them all. She has a dislike for She disliked Mark Flint, Reagan Pearce, RJ Cyler, before their deaths. She was enemies with Jonah Knight, James Maddox, She has unresolved conflicts with Jennifer Pearce, Melissa Adams, Davis Baker, Will King,

## Character History

### The Next Generation

#### Season 1

In Pilot, she is shown walking into the reunion with her family. She quickly realizes that it is kind of lame there but decides to stay after she sees how happy it makes her parents. Quinn comes over and brings her to Peyton and her daughter, who she immediately saw as a future friend. Kelsey says that it's nice to meet you and they go off to talk about school tomorrow. Elizabeth asks what they are really doing, to which she says that they're going to drink or cause a little bit of trouble. As she pops open her locker, Grace walks by and asks what they are doing. Kelsey introduces them to each other. Elizabeth this is Grace McFadden, the thorn in my side with a very cute brother and Grace this is Elizabeth, the new girl. She pauses as she says her last name is Scott. First, Grace says that's gross and is surprised by her last name asking if she is related to Nathan Scott, to which Elizabeth says that's her uncle. Kelsey sees the annoyed look on her face and tells Grace to leave or finally get that stick out of your back and have fun. They laugh as she walks away.

In Checkmate, Kelsey is shown at her family's house, laughing at the fact that her sisters are arguing about a boy and Logan's expression. She is shown expressing concern for Elliot making Kelsey realize that she has a crush on him.

In Family Politics(1),

In Family Politics(2)

In There Goes the Neighborhood,

In Under Pressure(1)

In Under Pressure(2)

In Turn Up

In Night is Young(1)

In Night is Young(2)

In Love Game, she is first shown at the Evans' house with listening to Sarah's quest to get noticed by changing her body. Kelsey recommends that she doesn't try to change just to impress a guy.

In Obstacles(1), she is shown walking into the Scott house with Hunter and Lucas

In Obstacles(2), she is at her locker with Elizabeth and asks her if her night was as memorable as hers while looking in the vicinity of Elliot, her current crush. She explains that something happened between her and her crush. Kelsey questions this as she thinks she is talking about Elliot not Matthew and asks how come she didn't she felt this way before. Liz tells her that she made it pretty obvious when she kissed him last night. They look on as Matthew and Haley walk up, and he gives Liz a nervous hi and believes they have stuff to talk about after last night. They walk off leaving Kelsey there. Later she runs into Elliot and apologizes for not seeing where she was going, but she'll see him later. He questions her and if she is avoiding him. She says he's right but not for the reasons he believes. For the longest time, I've had this idea of us being together. But I can see that you are into Haley, so I'll sacrifice you to be happy. He reveals that he imagined them being together too until his feelings for her started growing. He appreciates her being honest with him, but he tells her he doesn't want to lose her friendship. They hug and separate. She then walks into Andy and thanks him for supporting her through her bipolar disorder and she begins to empty her locker.

#### Season 2

In New Beginnings(1), she is shown at the Evans' household being taught her classes and watches her siblings get driven to school by Logan.

In New Beginnings(2),

In Close to Me

In Relax

In Turning Point, she is shown in the principal's office getting reenrolled at the school with both her parents there to sign the forms. As they talk to Rachel, she gets the opportunity to thank her for accepting her back and she looks to keep her head down by staying out of the drama. Walking out of the office she runs into Madison and Sawyer, who hug her and hand her back her uniform. She appreciates them for supporting her, but she feels the team might not be the best fit for her right now. They say whenever she wants to return there will always be a uniform open for her.

In Start Me Up, she is shown walking into class with Elizabeth. Afterwards she is seen during the confrontation between Sawyer, Elizabeth and Taylor

## Trivia

* Counting only The Next Generation, Kelsey is one of 15 characters to appear in 200 episodes or more.
	+ The others are Andy Taylor, Elizabeth Scott, Matthew Baker, Elliot McFadden, Jackson Scott, Brooke Keller, Sawyer Scott, Logan Evans, Haley Baker, Chuck Scolnik, Jamie Scott, Katie Keller, Lydia Scott, and Amber Swift.
* Counting only Legacies, Kelsey is one of 37 characters to appear in 100 episodes or more.
	+ The others are Andy Taylor, Jackson Scott, Logan Evans, Sawyer Scott, Brooke Keller, Elliot McFadden, Haley Baker, Jamie Scott, Chuck Scolnik, Andre Fields, Kieran Scott, Lydia Scott, Octavia Hargrove, Lucas McFadden, Noah Middleman, Ariel Moore, Victoria Crawford, Debby Marsh, Sidney Mercer, Toby Callaway, Maya Hall, Mikayla Baines, Gwen West, Paige Collins, Erica Reyes, Camila Middleman, Alice Walker, Tyler Summers, Ella Jensen, Jeffrey Baines, Beth Andrews, Scout Nixon, Gabe West, Georgia Townsend, Laurel Sparks, and Justin Dupre.
* Kelsey is one of ten characters to be a main character through every season in the series. The others are Sawyer Scott, Logan Evans, Brooke Keller, Andre Fields, Jackson Scott, Haley Baker, Elliot McFadden, Andy Taylor, and Lydia Scott.
	+ She and Logan Evans, along with Jackson Scott and Lydia Scott, are the only siblings to achieve this.
* In Love Game, it is revealed that she has bipolar disorder.
* She is one of 10 characters to be diagnosed with mental disorder or disability.
	+ She was diagnosed with bipolar disorder.
	+ Katie was diagnosed with OCD.
	+ Taylor was diagnosed with ADHD.
	+ Elliot, Elizabeth, Haley and Matthew were diagnosed with PTSD.
	+ Her brother, Logan, was diagnosed with dissociative fugue disorder.
	+ Her other brother, Hunter, was diagnosed with intermittent explosive disorder.
	+ Rose was diagnosed with dyslexia.
* Like her brother, Logan, Kelsey was not affiliated with the Tree Hill Ravens in Season 1, but became associated with them after joining the Tree Hill Cheerleading Squad.
* Out of all her siblings, she seems to have the closest relationship to their mother.
* After Lily and Octavia exposed their family secrets in Family Politics(1), she began writing her own blog about the students in high school called the Grapevine.
* She is the second character to compete in modeling shoot. Brooke is the first. Sarah is the third. Brittany is the fourth. Gwen is the fifth.
* After her stint in rehab, she briefly left Tree Hill High School in Obstacles(2).
	+ She returned in Turning Point.
* She is the only member of the Evans family that has not blackmailed someone.
	+ Clay and Quinn blackmailed Taylor.
	+ Logan blackmailed Davis.
	+ Hunter blackmailed Chris and Kevin.
	+ Sarah blackmailed Lily and Octavia.
	+ Vivian blackmailed Laurel, then Gwen.
* Kelsey is nicknamed Grasshopper by Hunter. She shares this nickname with Xander, who was called it by Kirk.
* She and Andy have sex for the first time in Modern Love, losing their virginities to each other.
* Her main storyline is overcoming adversity in her life.
* Kelsey is one of 15 characters to interact with every other character in the series. The others are Andy Taylor, Brooke Keller, Jackson Scott, Sawyer Scott, Logan Evans, Elliot McFadden, Haley Baker, Jamie Scott, Lydia Scott, Davis Baker, Andre Fields, Debby Marsh, Kelly Northwest, and Kylie Batter.
* Her favorite color is jet black or crimson red.
* She is the second character to have a song dedicated to her by a significant other.
	+ Sawyer is the first, and Jamie and Madison were both the third.
* Kelsey has been shown to aggressively paint when she's angry.
* She is shown to be a main voice of reason for her friend group, often helping to solve their own problems.
* She and Andy are one of 4 OG couples to be main characters through the entire series.
	+ The others are Sawyer and Logan, Jackson and Brooke, and Elliot and Haley.
* Kelsey has a habit of being eccentric throughout Season 1, foreshadowing her bipolar disorder diagnosis.
* Kelsey is one of the characters to have a pregnancy scare or teenage pregnancy storyline. The others are Brooke, Madison, Emma, Mikayla, Alice, Camila, and Victoria.
* Despite being somewhat of a model, she spends her time creating artwork.
* She is one of characters to go through severe depression.
	+ The others are Elliot McFadden, Matthew Baker, Kylie Batter, Brooke Keller, Avery Pettington, Octavia Hargrove, Kevin Hargrove, Debby Marsh,
* Kelsey has shown to be fiercely loyal to
* Kelsey is tied with Kelly and Kylie for having sex with the most guys in the entire series at 4.
	+ Kelsey slept with Andy, Keith, Christian and Davis.
	+ Kelly slept with Chad, Jamie, Elliot and Davis.
	+ Kylie slept with Ben, Jasper, Nathan, and Hunter.
* She is the second character to take self defense classes before their foreshadowed attack. is the first. Ella is the third.
* She is the second member of the Evans family to sleep with Davis Baker. Sarah is the first.
* As revealed in Legacies, she is the one that keeps putting flowers near Christian's grave.
* Kelsey has the 7th highest amount of episode appearances in the series with 442 episodes, following Jackson, Brooke, Sawyer, and Logan (all with 479), Haley (with 458) and Elliot (with 455).

## Relationships

* Main Article: Andy-Kelsey Relationship

* Andy Taylor
	+ First Relationship
		- Start Up: Close to Me (203)
		- Break Up: Model Behavior (307)
			* Reason: Kelsey broke up with him after seeing him not support her.
	+ Second Relationship
		- Start Up: Pranksters (410)
		- Break Up: Army of One (520)
			* Reason: Andy realized they were moving in different direction.
	+ Third Relationship
		- Start Up: (604)
		- Break Up: (618)
			* Reason: Kelsey's deepening depression put a strain on their relationship.
	+ Fourth Relationship
		- Start Up: (920)
		- Engaged as of (1013)
		- Married as of (1020)

* Main Article: Kelsey-Christian Relationship

* Christian Hardy
* Main Article: Keith-Kelsey Relationship
* Keith Scott
		- Reason: Kelsey realized she couldn't trust him after he lied to her about
		- Reason: Keith began taking drugs and Kelsey couldn't remain with him as he tried to steal from her to pay off old debts.