Andrea Zuckerman, portrayed by Gabrielle Carteris, is a fictional character who was one of the female leads of Beverly Hills, 90210 for the first five seasons.
The following summer, she worked as a day-camp counselor at the Beverly Hills Beach Club and became especially interested in helping a young deaf boy named Cameron.
Andrea's senior year improved when she received an acceptance to Yale University and developed a crush on Gil Meyer, a young AP English teacher and journalism advisor.
What could be considered the height of the romantic side of their relationship occurred in the season one finale "Home Again", which featured the infamous scene of Andrea offering her virginity to the supposedly leaving Brandon while they rode a carousel.
Brandon, whose parents decide not to move away after all, again brings up the possibility of them starting a relationship an episode later, at which time Andrea again shoots down the idea in favor of preserving their friendship.
Unbeknownst to Brandon, and the rest of the gang, Andrea begins dating handsome former editor of The Blaze, and West Beverly alum Jay (played by Peter Krause), an unexpected match considering he is a staunch Republican and she a fierce liberal.
This sparks intense jealousy in Brandon, who can't bear the sight of them kissing and going out, which inspires Steve to suggest he make his move before it's too late.
Through events started by Brenda's date, who presumptuously booked a hotel for them to spend the night in, and her subsequent rejection, Brandon and Andrea end up with the key to a suite.
We learn that Brandon decided that their friendship was far too important to ruin with one night of sex, which, after getting over hurt feelings, Andrea agrees is for the best.
Andrea eventually breaks this pact while in college at California University when she has sex with her RA, Dan Rubin, which becomes a part of the issue leading to a minor hormonal tiff between the two friends.
Andrea worked at the facility and felt betrayed that Brenda would do such a thing since the lab actually didn't do anything to harm animals in the first place and instead conducted studies to be used in an effort to make medical advancements for people.
Andrea married Jesse in a civil ceremony (and in one of the few times that her family is shown), and she later gave premature birth to their daughter, Hannah Vasquez.
Andrea's early season 5 storylines were mostly limited to minor daycare issues, and the struggles she faced as a young mother trying to juggle a new marriage, child, and keeping up her excellent grades.
Andrea was given another unexpected story when she cheated on her husband with medical intern Peter, who tried to pick her up at the laundromat when he assumed she was little Hannah's babysitter, not her mother.
She threw away the phone number he gave her, but several episodes later, after running into him at the laundromat again at a time that her marriage was in serious trouble, she finally decided to call him.
That seemed to be the end of their year-long marriage, but despite deeply-hurt feelings and a mounting custody battle, both decided that their family is worth them trying to find their way back to each other.
After a tearful goodbye with her friends, she is shown finally driving off to her dreams, family in tow, as she remembers brighter days from high school.
She comes back to Beverly Hills for the reunion, everyone assuming that this "Super Woman", voted most likely to succeed in high school, managed to have it all: career, baby, and happy marriage.
Seeing that she can't bear to stand up in front of the school and destroy everyone's image of her, Brandon makes the speech instead, prompting everyone at the Reunion to stop lying about where they are, and just be proud of what they've all accomplished up to that point, even if they've not yet "ruled the world" the way they always expected.
The final shot of Andrea is her, along with the entire gang sans Brenda and Brandon, and including Valerie Malone, dancing to "Celebrate" as the show fades to black.
Ryan Matthews, upon seeing Hannah on the TV news program, turns to the class and makes a remark about the fact that she looks a lot older than a high school student.
This is obviously in reference to the fact that Gabrielle Carteris was the oldest out of the main cast (being 29 at the time of the first season) while playing a high school student.
[7] After her original five-year contract ended, Carteris voluntarily left 90210 for her own self-titled talk show, which lasted only one season.
After Andrea's departure, the show tried twice to recreate a similar character, with two new journalism-focused classmates of Brandon's: Susan Keats and Tracy Gaylian.
Susan worked as editor of the college newspaper who admitted to having had an abortion years earlier to focus on her career (which echos Andrea's similar dilemma).