It’s been greater than 15 years since Andrea Lewis final appeared on TV as Hazel Aden. Whereas she’s moved on professionally, she advised PEOPLE she maintains a bond with just a few of her ‘Degrassi’ co-stars. Sure, Aubrey—as she is aware of him greatest—is on that record.
Andrea Lewis Nonetheless Retains A ‘Degrassi’ Bestie!
Andrea was forged on ‘Degrassi: The Subsequent Technology’ from 2002 to 2006. Her time overlapped with actress Christina Schmidt. She portrayed Terri MacGregor within the Canadian teen drama from 2001 to 2004. They’re nonetheless besties, Andrea confirmed.
“[Christina and I] go on trip collectively, we’re like greatest pals, after which she occurs to nonetheless be very shut with Sarah. So it’s very straightforward for all of us to be like, ‘Let’s go to dinner. Let’s go do one thing,’” she mentioned.
On March 13, Christina shared photographs of a lil’ artsy outing with Andrea, captioning it “obtained somewhat brainwashed with @andrealewis.” A couple of days later, Andrea shared photos from that very same “bestie day” with a candy caption about discovering artistic inspiration along with her “longtime boo,” Christina.
“Recently I’ve been feeling somewhat caught with my artistic objectives, however I not too long ago had a Bestie day with my longtime boo @christina.m.schmidtt the place we explored @mrbrainwashartmuseum in Beverly Hills and it was simply the inspiration I wanted! The concepts had been BIG, the artwork was explosive and the storytelling was limitless.”
Chatting with PEOPLE, Andrea additionally shared that she and Sarah Barrable-Tishauer “nonetheless discuss frequently.” Sarah performed Liberty on the present.
“And that’s why I’m like, ‘It’s simply highschool.’ Do you observe individuals out of your highschool? Do you get to see individuals out of your highschool on Fb or on TikTok or Twitter, no matter? It’s form of that very same expertise.”
Andrea Says Drake Is Nonetheless Aubrey To Her
As talked about, Andrea confirmed she’s additionally nonetheless in touch with Drake regardless of his superstardom. On ‘Degrassi,’ they had been “very shut,” she mentioned. Like different co-stars, he was busy on the time, taking over jobs and roles exterior of the teenager sequence.
“I all the time knew that Drake was the extra, I suppose, suave identify that lets say versus ‘Aubrey’,” Andrea Lewis mentioned. “I really love the identify Aubrey on him. I feel it fits him, however on the identical time I knew Drake was his artist life that he wished.”

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