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physical comedy. As Riley, she has tackled Tucker, wrestled a girl at a hockey game, fallen off a gurney… "I definitely discovered that I have an iron deficiency working on this show because there have been a couple of pratfalls where I've had bruises everywhere. People were like, do you need a safe word? I'm like, Ohmygod. I'm fine. I swear. It's my job," she says with a wide smile. Before Baby Daddy, Chelsea had appeared in films and TV series like Jonas, Bratz, One Tree Hill, and Lovestruck: The Musical. "That was one of my favorite projects ever," she says of the latter, which she starred in alongside Jane Seymour. Lovestruck allowed Chelsea to showcase the refined dancing skills she picked up from her stint on Dancing with the Stars — where she came in third place. Since I'm a fan of One Tree Hill and have sat down with a few of the cast in the past (Sophia, Jana, Bryan), I had to bring up her mean-girl role. I'm glad I did, because I learned two new things: that her character, Tara Richards, was written in for her, and that Stephen Colletti was her then-boyfriend. Since Chelsea was a frequent fixture on the set, visiting Stephen during her time off, OTH creator Mark Schwahn asked the actress if she wanted to play something "really mean" while she was there. And this is how Tara –Brooke Davis' restaurant rival/ Chris Keller's cheating-girlfriend— was born. "I got to do all my scenes with Stephen and Tyler Hilton and it was just an absolute blast and living in North Carolina for a couple months was a nice little break from L.A., too." As she's reflecting on her career, she points out how each job led her to the next. "I did Dancing with the Stars and then through that got this movie, Lovestruck, which was actually through ABC Family, Freeform, which is how I ended up on Baby Daddy. I give a lot of love to Dancing with the Stars, 'cause I can see each little stepping stone from one job to the next," she says thoughtfully. We're keeping our fingers crossed that season seven of Baby Daddy is in the cards, but we know that whatever stone Chelsea ends up on next, this golden girl is going to shine. ML Keep up with Chelsea on www.facebook.com/ chelseakane, Instagram/Twitter: @ChelseaKane and www.chelseakane.com Baby Daddy airs on Mondays at 8:30pm ET/PT on Freeform.