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10	The characters of the television series ''Series/{{The Secret Life Of The American Teenager}}'':
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14	[[folder: Main Characters]]
15	!'''Amy Juergens'''
16	->Portrayed by: Creator/ShaileneWoodley
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19	%%* GirlsLoveStuffedAnimals
20	%%* GirlNextDoor
21	* GlamorousSingleMother: While this show does a better job showing both sides, it still glamorizes part of Amy's experience by providing her a new car, a job, and countless other opportunities. It's a very white, upper-class perspective of teen pregnancy, when you consider less than half of teen moms graduate high school and only 2% graduate college by age 30.
22	* MamaBear: When she catches Adrian holding John.
23	%%* NaiveEveryGirl
24	* TeenPregnancy: She becomes pregnant at 15, setting off the series conflict.
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26	!'''Richard "Ricky" Underwood'''
27	->Portrayed by: Creator/DarenKagasoff
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30	* AbusiveParents: His abusive dad serves as his Freudian excuse.
31	%%* TheCharmer
32	%%* ChickMagnet
33	* FriendsWithBenefits: With Adrian.
34	* HappilyAdopted: By his foster parents.
35	* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: He started out with a habit of claiming he loved girls only to never to see them again, breaking the hearts of many young ladies in the process, and of course it was him who got Amy pregnant in the first place. However, he grows as a person over the course of the series, and in fact is typically more mature and level-headed than Ben in later seasons.
36	* ParentalAbandonment: By his birth parents.
37	%%* ReallyGetsAround
38	* SensitiveGuyAndManlyMan: He's the manly man to Ben's sensitive guy.
39	* TroubledButCute: According to most girls at school, apparently.
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41	!'''Benjamin "Ben" Boykevich'''
42	->Portrayed by: Creator/KenBaumann
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44	* BreaktheCutie: [[spoiler: Adrian ends up delivering a stillborn fetus, which promptly wrecks Ben.]]
45	* NiceGuy: Ben is constantly stated to be a nice guy by the other characters, although whether this is true or not depends on the episode.
46	* TheDulcineaEffect: Ben has a tendency to protect girls, even if he just met them. Such as when he [[spoiler:took the fall for Dylan when she got caught with pot.]]
47	* SensitiveGuyAndManlyMan: He's the sensitive guy to Ricky's manly man.
48	* StalkerWithACrush: Shown when Amy refuses to speak to him after he revealed that Adrian was pregnant with his baby. He wouldn't stop calling or messaging her until eventually she answered him and did not hide her annoyance at him for doing so.
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51	!'''Adrian Lee'''
52	->Portrayed by: Creator/FranciaRaisa
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55	* AttentionWhore: To the point of spreading rumors of her and Grace kissing to get the attention off of rumors of Amy being gay.
56	* BreaktheHaughty: [[spoiler: First TeenPregnancy, followed by a TragicStillbirth]].
57	* CoolBigSis: Plays this role to Ashley at times.
58	* FlirtyStepsiblings: Adrian dates her stepbrother for a while.
59	* FriendlessBackground: She admits she's never really had friends before.
60	* FriendsWithBenefits: With Ricky.
61	* GoodBadGirl: Puts up a tough exterior, but gets good grades.
62	* HiddenHeartOfGold: She is smart, funny and can genuinely care for others. Though as pointed out in "When Opportunity Knocks", she puts up a tough exterior because she fears being hurt by others.
63	* InformedFlaw: She is supposedly the school's resident "bad girl" but is a straight A student, a majorette, and is closer to [[ReallyGetsAround the school's resident slut]].
64	* LightFeminineAndDarkFeminine: Dark
65	* OddFriendship: Best friends with Grace.
66	%%* SpicyLatina
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69	!'''Grace Kathleen Bowman'''
70	->Portrayed by: Creator/MeganPark
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73	* BlondeRepublicanSexKitten: More pronounced in later seasons. However, she doesn’t seem to be terribly socially conservative as she is accepting of LGBTQ individuals.
74	* {{Hypocrite}}: Probably more so than the other characters. She tends to be pretty judgmental toward the other characters despite being no better herself.
75	* InformedAttractiveness: Grace is supposedly the prettiest girl in school.
76	* LightFeminineAndDarkFeminine: Light
77	* OddFriendship: With Adrian.
78	* SingleWomanSeeksGoodMan: Consistently states that she wants to be with a nice guy.
79	* TheirFirstTime: [[spoiler: On the night she loses her virginity, her father dies. She spends several episodes screaming "He died a horrible death because I had great sex!"]]
80	* TokenReligiousTeammate: Deeply religious, and encourages the others, especially Jack, to join her at church.
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83	!'''Ashley Juergens'''
84	->Portrayed by: Creator/IndiaEisley
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87	%%* IceQueen
88	%%* LittleMissSnarker
89	* OnlySaneWoman: Usually.
90	* PutOnABus: Early on in Season 5, she leaves to pursue a cooking career in Italy, and is never shown on-screen again save for archive footage in the final episode.
91	%%* TheSnarkKnight
92	%%* WiseBeyondTheirYears
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96	!'''Jack Pappas'''
97	->Portrayed by: Creator/GregFinley
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100	[[/folder]]
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102
103	[[folder: Recurring Characters]]
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105	!'''Anne Juergens'''
106	->Portrayed by: Creator/MollyRingwald
107	Amy, Ashley and Robbie's mother, George's ex-wife and John's grandmother.
108	* AmicableExes: She tries to be this after separating from her husband George.
109	* FieryRedHead: She has red hair and hair-trigger temper when angered.
110	* LipstickLesbian: As of the final season, Anne comes out as a lesbian and is more feminine looking than the woman she connects with.
111	* MamaBear: She and her ex-husband both despise "deadbeat drummer" Ricky Underwood for impregnating their daughter Amy and want to hurt him for what he did.
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114	!'''George Juergens'''
115	->Portrayed by: Creator/MarkDerwin
116	Amy, Ashley and Robbie's father, Anne's ex-husband and John's grandfather.
117	* AmicableExes: He tries to be this with his wife Anne, even after suggesting they get back together.
118	* BlatantLies: Early in the series, he denies cheating on his wife Anne when confronted by her, but he moves out and is revealed to have been having an affair with Adrian's mother.
119	* PapaWolf: Both him and his ex-wife Anne want to pummel Ricky Underwood for impregnating their daughter Amy.
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123	!'''Leo Boykevich'''
124	->Portrayed by: Creator/SteveSchirripa
125	* NiceGuy: According to Betty, he’s the nicest man she’s ever met. However…
126	* BewareTheNiceOnes: He’s generally a kindhearted and well-meaning man, but Ben consistently tests his patience, particularly in later seasons.
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130	!'''Henry 'Hank' Miller'''
131	->Portrayed by: Creator/AllenEvangelista
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135	!'''Alice Valko'''
136	->Portrayed by: Creator/AmyRider
137	* AsianAndNerdy: Is specifically shown to have an affinity for statistics in early episodes.
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141	!'''Madison Cooperstein'''
142	->Portrayed by: Creator/ReneeOlstead
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146	!'''Lauren Treacy'''
147	->Portrayed by: Creator/CamilleWinbush
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152	!'''Tom Bowman'''
153	->Portrayed by: Creator/LukeZimmerman
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157	* HappilyAdopted
158	* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Can be a real jerk at times, such as when he helps convince Grace that her saving sex killed their dad and when he hits Jack in the groin with a football, but is capable of kindness, like letting his girlfriend and her kids use the guest house in the Bowmans’ backyard.
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160	!'''Nora Underwood'''
161	->Portrayed by: Creator/AnneRamsay
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165	* TheAlcoholic: She's a recovering alcoholic, although she did slip up while having dinner with Ben.
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167	!'''Kathleen Bowman'''
168	->Portrayed by: Creator/JosieBissett
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173	!'''Griffin'''
174	->Portrayed by: Creator/BrandoEaton
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177	* PetHomosexual: To Ashley.
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179	!'''Kathy'''
180	->Portrayed by: Creator/CierraRamirez
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183	* TeenPregnancy
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185	!'''Ethan'''
186	->Portrayed by: Creator/MichaelGrant
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189	[[/folder]]
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191	[[folder: Minor Characters]]
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193	!'''Margaret Shakur'''
194	->Portrayed by: Creator/LScottCaldwell
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198	* GoodParents: To Ricky and Ethan. This might be because of the lack of screen-time she and Sanjay get.
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200	!'''Sanjay Shakur'''
201	->Portrayed by: Creator/BrianGeorge
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205	* GoodParents: To Ricky and Ethan. This might be because of the lack of screen-time he and Margaret can get.
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207	!'''Cindy Lee Enriquez'''
208	->Portrayed by: Creator/PaolaTurbay
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212	!'''Ruben Enriquez'''
213	->Portrayed by: Creator/PhilipAnthonyRodriguez
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217	* WhatTheHellHero: He threatens to leave the family if [[spoiler:Adrian gets an abortion.]]
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219	!'''John Juergens Underwood'''
220	->Portrayed by: Creator/JosephLevinson and Creator/MatthewLevinson
221	Ricky and Amy's son from a teen pregnancy,
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224	* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: Despite the show being about pregnant teenagers, John tends to disappear randomly and only cameos enough that you remember he exists. He hardly has any influence on the plot of the show, other than being the only child of Ricky and Amy.
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226	!'''Robert "Robbie" Scott Juergens'''
227	->Portrayed by: Creator/CianMcGrath and Creator/LoganMcGrath
228	Amy and Ashley's younger brother, George and Anne's youngest son and John's uncle.
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231	!'''Betty [[spoiler:Boykewich]]'''
232	->Portrayed by: Creator/JenniferCoolidge
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235	* HookerWithAHeartOfGold
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237	!'''Camille [[spoiler:Boykewich]]'''
238	->Portrayed by: Tricia O'Kelley
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241	!'''Katelyn O'Malley'''
242	->Portrayed by: Creator/BeverleyMitchell
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245	!'''Dr. Ken Fields'''
246	->Portrayed by: Creator/ErnieHudson
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250	!'''Dylan'''
251	->Portrayed by: Creator/AnaLucasey
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254	* AxCrazy
255	* TomboyishName
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257	!'''Robert "Bob" Underwood'''
258	->Portrayed by: Creator/BryanCallen
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260	* AbusiveParents: It revealed in the series that he regularly beat up his wife and son Ricky.

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