Hilarie Burton has signed on for her first TV role since departing One Tree Hill.
The actress will appear on six episodes of White Collar this summer. She’ll play a character from Neal’s past named Sara Ellis, an insurance investigator who catches up to the show’s protagonist and reunites with him on both a professional and personal basis.
Burton starred for six seasons on One Tree Hill. She left the role of Peyton Sawyer in 2009.
White Collar premieres its second season on USA on July 13.
