Ashley Benson celebrates turning 26 with Hailey Baldwin and Shay Mitchell

Still wishing Pretty Little Liars was still on the air? Join the club. After seven seasons of pure unadulterated and glorious melodrama, the Freeform formerly ABC Family series finally came to an end last June, leaving fans with some kind of closure even if it wasn’t everything one hoped. Still, there are some things that aren’t as well known about its young cast, as well as some things that didn’t quite hit right with fans, so we’re here to shed some light.

Say what? Sasha Pieterse was a mere years-old when she landed the role of Alison DiLaurentis, the mysterious Rosewood teen who could slay with her biting words.

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Since then, the “Liars” have found fame and grown up in front of our eyes before wrapping the show in In honor of the year anniversary of the show’s debut, we’re taking a look back at how its stars have changed since Rosewood! Keep reading to see Aria and the rest of the gang then and now…. Lucy Hale landed the role of Aria Montgomery — a creative, artsy Rosewood High student who’s been described as an “old soul” — and started filming the show when she was Lucy Hale’s career flourished after she joined the show.

The star hosted the Teen Choice Awards in — an event where she’s picked up six awards over the years — and even pursued another passion outside of acting: music. Lucy released the country album “Road Between” in She’s continued to act too, starring on the short-lived series “Life Sentence” for one season in and in three films the same year: “Truth or Dare,” “Dude” and “The Unicorn. Shay Mitchell was 23 when “Pretty Little Liars” premiered.

Though she originally auditioned for the part of Spencer Hastings, the casting department found her better suited to play the jock of the group, Emily Fields. Prior to this acting gig, Shay had been on another cult show: She played a model in one episode of “Degrassi: The Next Generation” in her native Canada. The popular social media staple launched a super-successful YouTube channel that has more than 6. After that, she starred on Hulu’s “Dollface” in