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Then: Brought onto the show during season five as Megan Lewis, the prostitute with whom Michael has an affair.
Now: She went on to star as the affluent Lily van der Woodsen on Gossip Girl, playing Blake Lively's mother throughout the CW hit's entire run. She's also had recurring roles on ABC's Quantico and the CW's Dynasty.
Following a six-month marriage to banker Carlos Tarajano in 2001, Rutherford married her second husband German businessman Daniel Giersch in August 2006, going on to give birth to their son Hermés in October 2006. But in 2008, while pregnant with their second child, Rutherford filed for divorce, beginning a long and bitter international child custody battle that went on for years.
After giving birth to their daughter Helena in June 2009, the former couple battled it out in court with the details playing out in the media, with Rutherford obtaining a temporary restraining order in 2010. In 2012, they were granted 50/50 custody, with Giersch residing in France as his U.S. visa had been previously revoked.
But in 2015, Rutherford, 51, legally lost custody of the children, who now live with their father in Monaco.
But Rutherford still sees her children, telling People in May 2019, "They're just growing so fast. They're just becoming their own people like, you know, all of us. It's beautiful to see, and I love that they share it with me. They're really open with me. We're just really bonding, which is nice."