<Table> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> This article may contain an excessive amount of intricate detail that may only interest a specific audience . Please help by spinning off or relocating any relevant information, and removing excessive detail that may be against Wikipedia's inclusion policy . (October 2014) (Learn how and when to remove this template message) </Td> </Tr> </Table> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> This article may contain an excessive amount of intricate detail that may only interest a specific audience . Please help by spinning off or relocating any relevant information, and removing excessive detail that may be against Wikipedia's inclusion policy . (October 2014) (Learn how and when to remove this template message) </Td> </Tr> <Ul> <Li> Shailene Woodley portrays Amy Juergens, daughter of George and Anne Juergens, mother of John, ex-girlfriend of Ben and wife to Ricky, and older sister of Ashley and Robert Juergens . Amy, 15 years old, is a sensitive, intelligent, kind and loving girl in high school who plays the French horn and wants to someday attend Juilliard . (But later decides to be a teacher). At summer band camp, prior to starting her freshman year, Amy has a one - night stand with Ricky Underwood and becomes pregnant . After returning to school, Amy meets Ben Boykewich and they begin dating . After much indecision and disagreement, Amy and Ricky mutually decide to keep the baby . Upon the beginning of summer, Ben leaves Amy to visit Italy for his summer vacation . Following his return, they eventually break up . Amy later begins dating Jimmy, the son of Amy's mother's old high school boyfriend . Amy soon goes back to Ben after he confesses his love for her, despite his having had sex with Adrian; but when she learns that Adrian is pregnant, she avoids Ben, who'd covered up the pregnancy for weeks . She realizes that her attraction to Ricky is growing, and begins to date him . She desperately desires to sleep with him but is cautious about beginning a sexual relationship with him . She loves Ricky but she knows that creating a strong bond and relationship is the best way to keep him around . Adrian then points out to Amy some of the girls that Ricky slept with in order to hurt Amy . Amy, hurt, refuses to throw a baby shower for Adrian and grows cold toward her . This is the same attitude that Adrian had had when she threw Amy a shower (Grace actually threw the shower). Adrian was so cruel that she had sex with her stepbrother during Amy's baby shower . Distraught over the death of Adrian and Ben's baby, Amy and Ricky abandon plans for a weekend getaway and decide to re-establish a physical relationship . Ricky proposes to her on his graduation night, and while Amy is happy to be engaged, she is in no hurry to marry . After discovering that her mother is gay, Amy tells Ricky that they should elope, to which Ricky happily agrees . Amy and Ricky seemingly elope in the Season 5 premiere; however, they run out of the chapel laughing without actually having gotten married . In the season finale, Amy graduates and when she and Ricky get home, she tells him that she has to postpone the wedding and as they fight, she tells him she's postponing because he isn't in love with her, though he loves her . Amy then makes the decision to pursue a college education while Ricky takes custody of their son . By Hampton, it is known that Amy and Ricky fell in love again and got married after they both graduated . </Li> <Li> Daren Kagasoff portrays Richard "Ricky" Underwood, 16 years old with a troubled past and emotional issues, resulting in promiscuity and a reputation as the school's "bad boy". He is the son of Bob Underwood, a domestic abuser, child molester, and drug addict, and a drug addict mother, Nora (played by Anne Ramsay), who lived on the streets before being sent to jail for a short time . Ricky lived with his foster parents, Margaret and Dr. Shekhar, but moved out to an apartment above the butcher shop . Ricky later decided that he wants to have a more serious relationship with Adrian and tells her he does not want her sleeping with other guys . He, on the other hand, wants to sleep with other girls while still being in a relationship with Adrian . They break up after Adrian has sex with Ben, after finding out that Ricky and Amy kissed . Ashley kisses him, showing her feelings for him . Ricky does not seem to return these feelings, even though he flirts with her . Ashley tries to sleep with him, but Ricky has feelings for Amy so he refuses her . Ricky goes to New York to visit Amy and they kiss again . They have a long discussion and Amy tells Ricky that if he ever wants to be with her again he has to stop sleeping around . Ricky promises to try . Ricky and Amy begin to date after she returns from music camp . Their relationship becomes serious and they consider moving in together . Ricky has a constant battle with Amy over when she plans to have sex with him, and she insists that he be tested for STDs before considering having sex with him . Even while they are dating the custody agreement they have remains the same but, as they are often at each other's places, the rules bend a little . Amy has a lot of trouble reconciling his past promiscuity with his declarations of love . He is being encouraged to consider attending college by both Ben's father and the high school counselor, but is unsure how college fits into his life with Amy and John . He proposed to Amy on the night of his high school graduation, but is then confused when Amy doesn't seem to be in a hurry to get married . After many arguments and disagreements, Ricky and Amy elope in the season 5 premiere, although it is revealed 2 episodes later that they did not finish the wedding ceremony.In the season finale, they go to Amy's graduation and then go home, where Amy and Ricky fight because Amy wants to cancel the wedding . He gets angry but she says that he's not in love with her and he says he loves her and then admits that he's not in love with her . They both then agree that Ricky will keep John and they will see how it all goes . When Amy leaves, the last scene is Ricky telling John a story, saying, "And she lives happily ever after...And so will we ." By Hampton, it is known that Amy and Ricky fell in love again and got married after they both graduate </Li> <Li> Megan Park portrays Grace Kathleen Bowman, a perky 15 - year - old Noah . Grace is Grant High's head cheerleader and is a religious person . Grace's father is Marshall Bowman, a doctor whose career she hopes to emulate . Her mother is Kathleen Bowman, George Juergens' ex-wife . She has an adopted brother, Tom, who has Down syndrome . Grace has a loving, respectful, and open relationship with her family, but has grown from following their rules and advice to making her own decisions about matters such as boys and sex . Grace and Jack resume their rocky relationship and have sex for the first time . After having sex, Grace learns of her father's death in a plane crash and feels guilty that the crash happened while she was having sex with Jack, and wonders if, in some way, her father's death was punishment for having sex outside of marriage . She takes a while to recover from this idea and then tries to compensate for her feelings by pledging to wait to have sex again until marriage, even organizing a group of kids to embrace abstinence . She is somewhat interested in Ben, who shows up on her doorstep occasionally, usually when he's worried about Amy and then, later, Adrian . However, after Ben begins to take responsibility for Adrian's pregnancy, she then begins to date Grant . The two of them are interested in taking their relationship to the "next level," but Grace's mother extracts a promise from Grant that he would not have sex with Grace at med camp, much to Grace's chagrin . But, after they decide to have sex, Grant wants Grace to have an STD test to make sure she doesn't have anything . He goes on to explain that Grace has been with Jack after Jack had oral sex with Adrian . Adrian has been with Ricky and both Ricky and Adrian have been around with a bunch of other people . Grace then tells him he should get tested also but, he tells her the truth (about him and his ex-girlfriend losing their virginity to each other) then Jack walks in and tells Grace that it would not be a bad idea to get tested because he has come into contact with an STD (that was treatable) before they had sex . This scares Grace who already does not want to do the test and she tells Grant that they should not have sex anymore . Grant then skips school the next day and goes to look for her and tells her that if she is not ready to have sex then they can wait until she is because he loves her (he wanted to tell her that he loved her before they did anything so that she would really see that he was in love with her). Eventually, they consummate their relationship . Later, Grace is insistent about meeting Grant's ex-girlfriend, Angie, and is taken aback when she sees that Angie is significantly overweight . Later they break up after Grace cheats on him with a college student she met while in Africa, Daniel . She then begins a relationship with Daniel, who is far more mature and becomes impatient with Grace's immaturity . At the graduation party, Daniel runs into an ex-girlfriend, Raven, (played by Christian Serratos) and decides to leave . Raven hooks up with Jack during the party, but the next morning, Jack and Grace kiss and Grace realizes that she still has feelings for him . Raven takes a picture of the kiss and sends it to Daniel, who breaks up with Grace . Grace decides to skip med school camp for the coming summer because she is tired of it and wants to avoid Grant . </Li> <Li> Francia Raisa portrays Adrian Lee, a now 16 - year - old majorette with a reputation for being promiscuous because she enjoys casual sex . Adrian's mother is a flight attendant who is often away from home because of her job . Adrian's father was absent from Adrian's childhood, but is now making an effort to reconnect with her . Her broken background has made Adrian emotional, hidden under her tough exterior . She wants to feel loved, and so she continues her on - off casual relationship with Ricky, though he constantly pursues other girls . At first Adrian is extremely jealous of Amy and Grace . She is jealous of Amy because Amy had Ricky's baby and she knows that they will always be connected . Adrian is also jealous of Grace because Ricky wants to sleep with her but he later changes his mind . Adrian then angrily throws Amy a baby shower although Grace was the one who threw the shower while Adrian had sex with her stepbrother in the other room . Adrian later decides that she wants a more serious relationship with Ricky and tells him that she loves him . They decide that they will work at being in a relationship and although Adrian agrees to stop having sex with other boys, Ricky says he still wants to have sex with other girls . Amy and Adrian then get into an argument about Adrian holding John and Adrian realizes that Ricky has sided with Amy about her holding John . Adrian then decides to become friends with Amy and Amy finally lets Adrian hold John . Adrian later has sex with Ben in an attempt at revenge after finding out that Ricky and Amy kissed . Adrian later discovers that she's pregnant with Ben's baby . At first she decides to have an abortion, having even spoke with a counselor at an abortion clinic . Her dad was not supportive of her choice with terminating the pregnancy . Adrian soon decides not to go through with an abortion and plans on keeping the baby instead . Ben has given Adrian an expensive ($50,000) "friendship ring," which they have agreed is just a friendship ring unless they both agree later on that it means something else . As Adrian pregnancy goes along they both start to realize that they have feelings for each other that goes beyond just caring for each other because they are going to have a baby together . but both of them have falling in love with each other unaware of it while it was happening . Ben then decides to make the friendship ring an engagement ring and surprises Adrian with the proposal . They subsequently marry, and moved in together in a condo . Both she and Ben are devastated when their baby, whom they were planning to name Mercy, is born as a stillborn . Adrian tries to keep Ben in the marriage by having another baby . He was willing to do so, but Adrian decides she loves Ricky . The two are separated and are getting a divorce . Meanwhile, Adrian is introduced to a friend of Daniel's, Dante' . She feels as if they get along well, but he leaves the country for a semester abroad, and Adrian begins going out with Dante's brother, Omar . At the graduation party, Adrian wants one last kiss from Ricky to see if the spark is still there . With Amy's ok, Ricky kisses her, and Adrian is relieved to discover that she no longer is obsessed with Ricky . However, Omar is offended at her kissing Ricky and leaves the party without her . Adrian, upset, ends up sleeping with Henry that evening, and they are discovered the next morning by a shocked Alice . She then completes summer school and has shown signs of still being in love with Ricky . By Hampton, it's said that she moves to New York with her boyfriend now husband, Omar, and she becomes a lawyer . Also has 2 children . </Li> <Li> Ken Baumann portrays Benjamin "Ben" Boykewich 15 - year old now . His father Leo was the first person to suspect Amy's pregnancy due to her throwing up on Ben while on a date . He initially dismissed the idea, but realizes that it may be a possibility . This causes him to propose to Amy so that way he can help financially support the baby, and because he genuinely loves her . Amy is flattered by his actions, but explains that she is unsure of what to do . When she considers getting an abortion, Ben convinces her not to because he knows that she has other options . He experiences a lot of hardship during Amy's pregnancy; particularly when he is brutally beaten up by a fellow student, but remains to be a loving and supportive boyfriend . In the season one episode "The Secret Wedding of the American Teenager", Ben and Amy get married using fake ID's after her mother says that Amy will have to get a job if she wants to keep the baby . Later on the series, Ben gets Adrian pregnant, after he lost his virginity with her in his car in front of Amy's house . The couple decide to keep the baby . He then tells Amy and they break up . By the third season's mid-season finale, it is shown that Ben and Adrian have some romantic feelings for one's another . In the autumn premiere, Ben and Adrian find out they're having a baby girl, which is what Ben was hoping for . His father bought a condo for the two of them, and they later get married . Their daughter, Mercy, was stillborn which left Adrian and Ben devastated . He later decides he wants out of the marriage due to Adrian's attitude . He admits it harshly to Adrian after she gave away their baby's things . After his outbursts to Adrian he then gets drunk and humiliates himself in front of his father . But he later begins to recant his decision after having time to vent his frustration . But, later Adrian decides she also does not want to remain married, and asks him to leave . He leaves brokenhearted and then later asks Adrian to remain his friend . He also allows Adrian to keep the condo with the approval of his father and continues to keep his word of being her friend to her after she is embarrassed at the graduation party . He also meets a new girl named Dylan, who seems be interested in him . Alice tells Ben that Henry slept with Adrian at the graduation party, which enrages him and prompts him to tell a stunned and contrite Henry that he is no longer welcome at his home . Dylan and her friends visit Ben and ask if he minds if they smoke some pot . Ben is taken aback, but doesn't want to appear judgmental, so he allows them to smoke in his room . They are discovered by Ben's and Dylan's parents, and Ben lies to protect Dylan and tells them that he was given the pot at the party the night before . Ben and Dylan convince their parents that they should go out together . In the school hallway, Ben tells Amy that he still loves her, but Dylan's friend Wendy over hears and tells Dylan . Dylan still wants to go out with Ben, but her parents don't want her to because they think he's a bad influence . Later when Ben is feeling vulnerable, Alice comes to his house and they both have sex . Henry finds out and starts dating Dylan, whose parents like Henry . Ben is upset but realizes that he's in love with Amy Juergens, always was and always will be . </Li> <Li> India Eisley plays Ashley Juergens, Amy's 13 - year - old sister . Ashley is sarcastic, always thinks straight, dresses in mainly black, and cares little about what others think of her . She is the first member of the Juergens family to learn of Amy's pregnancy and the one who convinces Amy to keep the baby . When George buys his own home next door, Ashley goes with him . She and George eventually move back into the house with Amy and Anne to raise the children, as they see it as the best option . Upon seeing her sister go through childbirth, Ashley vows to delay having sex . During her freshman year of high school, Ashley quickly befriends a gay boy, Griffin, who becomes her only friend . She falls in love with Ricky, and claims that they could be together if they wanted to but Ricky does not agree . They kiss, and Ricky regrets that kiss . Ashley then says she wants to have sex with Ricky to get it over with because she says that she wants to see what sex is like . Now Ashley doesn't want to be around Ricky or Amy . She has completely shut out everybody but her dad . She has stopped going to school and started home - schooling herself so she will not have to be around people that annoy her . As part of her home schooling she has a "study buddy", Toby . Overtime, she seems to be developing a crush on him and in the episode "Loose Lips" they talk about sex with Amy and later they contemplate if they will be friends or not . "Maybe even more that friends" Toby comments after Ashley says they might be friends . Ashley and Toby take the GED together and, to everyone's surprise, they pass, thus completing high school . With high school behind them, they want to take a cross-country road trip together, much to George and Anne's dismay, but they agreed to it after seeing Ashley could learn a lot hands on about life . She and Toby end up in Florida, broke, living with his grandmother and doing odd jobs . Ashley returns home the day after Ricky's graduation, and announces that she has been accepted to college in Florida . She is a bit taken aback to discover that George has rented her room to Nora . </Li> <Li> Greg Finley II portrays Jack Pappas, now 20 on the football team . Jack is the stepson of a minister . The summer before his sophomore year, Jack began a relationship with Grace, partially in an effort to keep her well - to - do family at his stepfather's church . He quickly falls for Grace and after their first date asks her for a closed, committed relationship . However, Jack is distraught when Grace informs him she wants to wait until after marriage and medical school for sex . Fretful, Jack has oral sex with Adrian for which Grace breaks up with him . Jack regrets the end of their relationship and projected serious efforts into trying to win Grace back . However, Grace began to date Ricky instead . Unsure of how he feels about sex and waiting until marriage, Jack tries to keep his mind off it by doing good deeds . He dates Madison, but makes the mistake of telling Madison's father that they are engaging in oral sex, which causes Madison's father to stop Jack and Madison from seeing each other all summer . Jack knows he is still not over Grace even though she is with Grant . He constantly attempts to stop Grace from having sex with Grant, despite the fact that he is with Madison . He and Madison have one sexual encounter, but afterwards decide that sex is not right for them at this time . They break up, and Jack turns his attention back to Grace . At graduation, Jack is chosen to give the invocation / prayer, which Grace helps him write . Even though he hooks up with Daniel's ex-girlfriend at the graduation party, he finds Grace the next morning, and they share a kiss, which confuses Grace . In the season 5 mid-season finale, Jack was beat up by a pimp and was in critical condition . Hampton, exclaimed that he moved to New York and married Madison . He also became a coach . </Li> <Li> Molly Ringwald portrays Anne Juergens, the now mother of Amy, Ashley, and Robert Juergens, and the wife of George Juergens . After discovering George was cheating on her with Adrian's mother, Cindy Lee, Anne separated from him and filed for divorce . Due to her impending divorce, Anne took a job in an architectural office and began dating her boss, architect David Johnson; she later becomes engaged . In the premiere of the second season, it is revealed that she is pregnant . Though she believes it is her boyfriend's, due to her husband's vasectomy, it is revealed that he lied about having the surgery . Later in the season Anne breaks off her engagement with David and returns to be with her family . She was about to remarry George when she finds papers saying he does not want to remarry her and discovers he cheated but only when they were divorced . Living away from home near her mother, she begins seeing her old high school sweetheart again . They realize they are just friends, though, and Anne finds herself drawn to George again . They are discovered by an amused Amy after a romantic encounter at home, but Anne and George find themselves on opposite sides after Ricky proposes to Amy . Anne realizes that Amy is happy, and George realizes that she is not . After a trip to Europe, Anne realizes she is gay, saying that when she is with another woman she feels "one" with her . It's said after season 5 she's married to someone new . </Li> <Li> Mark Derwin portrays George Juergens, the father of Amy, Ashley, and Robert Juergens, and the ex-husband of Anne Juergens . He owns a furniture store and was previously married to Kathleen Bowman, Grace's mother, before marrying Anne . He also had a brief affair with Adrian's mother, Cindy Lee, which led to Anne filing for divorce . George regrets his affair, realizes he is in love with Anne, and desires to reunite his family . When he is about to remarry his ex-wife Anne, she finds papers stating that he does not want to be remarried . She figures out he cheated again and they decide to split without causing too much harm to the family . After making a pass at Nora and discovering that she is a lesbian, he invites her to move into the house with him as a roommate . Much to everyone's surprise, Nora accepts . George comes short as a responsible father figure who does not have adequate control over his daughters and did not always take sound decisions when issues came up . In season 4 he realizes he is still in love with Kathleen Bowman and the two of them fall in love all over again from seasons 4 to 5 . In season 5 they get married . </Li> <Li> Steve Schirripa portrays Leo Boykewich, Ben's widowed father . Known locally as "The Sausage King", now he is wealthy and owns a Butcher shop . He recently married a woman named Betty, a sweet but slightly ditzy former prostitute . He and Ben have always had a close relationship, but the relationship has been tested because he doesn't approve of Ben's latest choices with regards to Adrian . Distraught over the fact his son impregnated a girl and plans to marry her despite the fact they are not in love, he goes and sees a therapist . He figures out he is not over his first love, Ben's mom, and realizes that he needs to move on and give Betty the same opportunity to make a place in his life that Ben's mother had . He is saddened by the death of Ben and Adrian's baby and takes it upon himself to tell Ben's friends about the death . Later, Betty realizes that Leo is not happy in their marriage . She wants to separate and finally attend college, and he agrees, much to his relief . With Ben's urging, he then realizes that he has been in love with his secretary of 20 years, and begins to court her . </Li> </Ul> <Li> Shailene Woodley portrays Amy Juergens, daughter of George and Anne Juergens, mother of John, ex-girlfriend of Ben and wife to Ricky, and older sister of Ashley and Robert Juergens . Amy, 15 years old, is a sensitive, intelligent, kind and loving girl in high school who plays the French horn and wants to someday attend Juilliard . (But later decides to be a teacher). At summer band camp, prior to starting her freshman year, Amy has a one - night stand with Ricky Underwood and becomes pregnant . After returning to school, Amy meets Ben Boykewich and they begin dating . After much indecision and disagreement, Amy and Ricky mutually decide to keep the baby . Upon the beginning of summer, Ben leaves Amy to visit Italy for his summer vacation . Following his return, they eventually break up . Amy later begins dating Jimmy, the son of Amy's mother's old high school boyfriend . Amy soon goes back to Ben after he confesses his love for her, despite his having had sex with Adrian; but when she learns that Adrian is pregnant, she avoids Ben, who'd covered up the pregnancy for weeks . She realizes that her attraction to Ricky is growing, and begins to date him . She desperately desires to sleep with him but is cautious about beginning a sexual relationship with him . She loves Ricky but she knows that creating a strong bond and relationship is the best way to keep him around . Adrian then points out to Amy some of the girls that Ricky slept with in order to hurt Amy . Amy, hurt, refuses to throw a baby shower for Adrian and grows cold toward her . This is the same attitude that Adrian had had when she threw Amy a shower (Grace actually threw the shower). Adrian was so cruel that she had sex with her stepbrother during Amy's baby shower . Distraught over the death of Adrian and Ben's baby, Amy and Ricky abandon plans for a weekend getaway and decide to re-establish a physical relationship . Ricky proposes to her on his graduation night, and while Amy is happy to be engaged, she is in no hurry to marry . After discovering that her mother is gay, Amy tells Ricky that they should elope, to which Ricky happily agrees . Amy and Ricky seemingly elope in the Season 5 premiere; however, they run out of the chapel laughing without actually having gotten married . In the season finale, Amy graduates and when she and Ricky get home, she tells him that she has to postpone the wedding and as they fight, she tells him she's postponing because he isn't in love with her, though he loves her . Amy then makes the decision to pursue a college education while Ricky takes custody of their son . By Hampton, it is known that Amy and Ricky fell in love again and got married after they both graduated . </Li>

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