肖恩·法瑞斯10岁时被发掘出演了发行录像带的《兄弟会之少年魔灵》一片，读高中的他是位体育健将，还从事过模特活动，毕业后来到洛杉矶寻找演出机会，不久通过大片《珍珠港》中的小角色敲开好莱坞的大门。他还出演了MTV的《Undressed》以及客串《史蒂芬一家》、《高校风云》、《超人前传》、《篮球兄弟》等热门剧，并在《Life As We Know It》、《重逢》等不太知名的剧集中担任重要角色。电影方面，2004年他与艾莉莎·维嘉合作青春片《彻夜狂欢》，05年《新欢乐满堂》中扮演十八个孩子中的老大。2007年他密集拍摄了《绝不退缩》、《永远强大》以及《从布鲁克林到曼哈顿》三部电影，并在接下来主演并制片名为《The Glass Eye》的影片。 最近肖恩出演了CW热播剧集《吸血鬼日记》，剧中他饰演Ben Mckittrick，一名反派的吸血鬼。

Rachael May Taylor (born 11 July 1984) is an Australian actress and model. Her first leading role was in the Australian series headLand (2005–2006). She then made the transition to Hollywood, appearing in films including Man-Thing (2005), See No Evil (2006), Transformers (2007), Bottle Shock (2008), Cedar Boys (2009), Splinterheads (2009), Shutter (2008), Red Dog (2011) and Any Questions for Ben? (2012).

She has also starred as Dr. Lucy Fields on Grey's Anatomy (2011), as one of the Angels on the short-lived reboot Charlie's Angels (2011), as the main character on the ABC show 666 Park Avenue (2012–2013), and in the NBC action/thriller series Crisis (2014). She currently stars as Trish Walker in the Netflix exclusive Marvel Cinematic Universe streaming television shows Jessica Jones and The Defenders.