Notable Students and Alumni
- Scott Aukerman – Emmy-nominated Writer for Mr. Show/ Actor/ Comedian
- Dante Basco – "Rufio" in Hook (film), Prince Zuko in Avatar: The Last Airbender, The Debut, Fresh Prince of Bel Air, Naked Brown Men, "Ramos" in Take the Lead, more
- Dion Basco – City Guys, Biker Boyz, The Debut
- Drake Bell – Drake and Josh, Yours, Mine and Ours (attended only for one semester in 10th grade, did not graduate)
- Eunice Cho – Little Bill, Re-Animated, Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs, Dibs Commercial in Aug 08
- Stephanie J. Block – Elphaba: Wicked on Broadway, 9 to 5 on Broadway
- Ashley Benson – The OC, Zoey 101, The West Wing, Scrubs, Pretty Little Liars
- Chad Doreck – Grease: You're the One that I Want!
- Susan Egan – Broadway Actress that earned Tony nomination for role as Belle in Disney's first Broadway production of Beauty and the Beast, voice of Meg in Disney's Hercules, served as OCSA's interim artistic director
- Lauren German – Hostel II, Texas Chainsaw Massacre
- Vanessa Hudgens – High School Musical franchise, Beastly (film), (home-schooled after 7th grade, did not graduate)
- Taryn Manning – Crossroads
- Matthew Morrison – Starring role on Glee, Hairspray, and Tony-nominated role in The Light in the Piazza
- Monique Powell – lead singer of 1990s ska band Save Ferris
- Krysta Rodriguez – In the Heights, Spring Awakening, A Chorus Line, The Addams Family on Broadway, Colby's Clubhouse, Jordan Steele on Gossip Girl
- Matthew Shaffer- actor, member of Gus Giordano Jazz Dance Chicago
- Columbus Short – Stomp the Yard, Save the Last Dance 2
- Nikki SooHoo – Wei Wei in "Stick It"
- Anneliese van der Pol – Chelsea Daniels on That's So Raven, final Belle in Broadway's Beauty and the Beast, Kathy in Off-Broadway's Vanities
- China Soul - singer/songwriter, now based in London
- Nicholas Urie - composer/arranger, now based in Brooklyn, New York. Records include Excerpts From an Online Dating Service (2009) and My Garden (2011)
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