Stassi Schroeder was the unofficial star of season one.

Stassi in her confessional during the first season. Bravo

When the show began, Stassi was the self-appointed queen bee at SUR and lived with boyfriend Jax Taylor, who she had been dating for two years.

She wrote for Lisa Vanderpump’s daughter Pandora’s fashion blog and dreamed of being a model/actress-type.

She and Jax broke up for good at the end of season two, which is also when Stassi quit working at SUR.

She briefly moved to New York City, but appeared in a few episodes of the show during the third season. She eventually quit the show, but returned in season five and worked to rekindle her relationships with Katie Maloney and Kristen Doute.

She’s now an author, and was fired from the show in 2020.

Stassi Schroeder has published a book. Charles Sykes/Bravo/NBCU Photo Bank via Getty Images

Stassi is still best friends with Katie and Kristen (despite several rough patches documented on the show) and the three even have a wine label together called the “Witches of Weho.”

In 2019, she published her first book “Next Level Basic,” a New York Times bestseller.

In 2020, according to CNN, she and Kristen Doute were fired from the show after Faith Stowers, who appeared on the show a few seasons ago, claimed Stassi and Kristen had taken what she said were racist actions against her.

After dating Patrick Meagher, who appeared on season six, on and off for several years, she married Beau Clark, who started appeared on the show with her during season seven.

The two welcomed a daughter in January 2021.

Scheana Marie began as the show’s “new girl.”

Scheana Marie kicked off the whole series. Bravo

The “Vanderpump Rules” pilot largely revolved around Scheana Marie’s conflict with “Real Housewives of Beverly Hills” star Brandi Glanville.

Scheana had an affair with Glanville’s ex-husband, Eddie Cibrian, and when she got hired at SUR, Stassi, Katie, and Kristen weren’t ecstatic about befriending her.

Scheana later went on to marry (and divorce) her season-one love, musician Mike Shay. At the beginning of the show, Scheana was pursuing a career as a popstar and actor.

Scheana Marie is now a podcast host and mother.

Scheana’s plotline now largely revolves around her dating life. Jon Kopaloff/FilmMagic/Getty Images

Season seven of the reality series followed Scheana’s friends-with-benefits situation with SUR bartender Adam Spott, and revealed in January 2019 that the two were still romantically involved.

In 2018 she starred in the Vegas live show “Sex Tips for Straight Women from a Gay Man.”

She currently hosts the podcast “Scheananigans with Scheana Shay.”

In April 2021, she welcomed her first child with her boyfriend, Brock Davies.

Katie Maloney has been on the show since day one.

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On the “Vanderpump Rules” pilot, Katie was working at SUR as a server and was best friends with Stassi and Kristen.

She was dating Tom Schwartz at the time and dreamed of creating a record label. For the first few seasons, Katie and Stassi’s rocky friendship was documented for the cameras as was Katie and Schwartz’s road to the altar.

Jax Taylor was the show’s resident bad boy.

Jax Taylor began the show dating Stassi. Tommy Garcia/Bravo/NBCU Photo Bank via Getty Images

When we first met Jax Taylor, he was a bartender and model and lived with Stassi, his girlfriend of two years.

He eventually cheated on her, they broke up, and he went on to date (and cheat on) a number of women including hooking up with Stassi’s pal Kristen while she was still dating his best friend, Tom Sandoval.

Jax is no longer on the show.

 

Jax Taylor had his own show, too. “Jax & Brittany Take Kentucky”/Bravo

After briefly getting fired, Jax is back to bartending at SUR. During season four, he met Brittany Cartwright and got her a job at SUR too.

He eventually cheated on her with former SUR employee Faith Stowers, but he and Cartwright reconciled, got engaged, and purchased their first home together in Los Angeles.

They starred on their own reality show, “Jax and Brittany Take Kentucky,” in 2017. They wed in 2019.

He left “Vanderpump” ahead of the ninth season, and reports swirled that he was fired, with some citing insensitive remarks he’s previously made as the reason for it.

He and Brittany welcomed their first child in April 2021.

Kristen Doute was four years into a relationship with Tom Sandoval when we first met her.

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When the show first aired, Kristen was best friends with Stassi and Katie and was pursuing a career as an actor.

Kristen also lived with SUR bartender Tom Sandoval, who she’d been dating for four years. Kristen had a fling with Jax, and she and Sandoval broke up.

She got fired from SUR and eventually began dating resident SUR DJ James Kennedy.

Kristen Doute is a business owner. She was fired from the show in 2020.

She revealed at a reunion that she and Brian Carter had split. Bravo

Kristen broke up with James and began dating photographer Brian Carter, who occasionally appeared on the show — though she revealed during the season-seven reunion that they’d split.

She runs the T-shirt and accessories company James Mae and launched the “Witches of WeHo” wine with Stassi and Katie.

In 2020, according to CNN, she was fired from the show after accusations of racist actions from Faith Stowers, who appeared on the series a few seasons ago.

Tom Sandoval was a bartender, model, and musician.

He had big dreams. Tyler Golden/Bravo/NBCU Photo Bank via Getty Images

Tom Sandoval started his reality career as a bartender at SUR.

He was best friends with Jax and Tom Schwartz, played in a band, and also did some modeling and acting. At the time that the show aired, he had been dating Kristen for four years.

They split during the second season and he got together with fellow bartender Ariana Madix.

He is now a partial bar owner.

 

Tom Sandoval owns part of TomTom. Tasia Wells / Contributor/Getty Images

He’s now part owner of the neighboring bar TomTom, which he co-owns with Schwartz, Lisa Vanderpump, and her husband Ken Todd.

He and Madix are still going strong and recently purchased their first home together. Sandoval is also still acting and recently appeared in the made-for-TV films “The Wrong Real Estate Agent ” and “Dying for a Baby.”

He has plans to return to season nine of the show.

Ariana Madix joined the show as a recurring “character.”

 

Ariana actually appeared briefly in season one. Bravo

Ariana Madix first appeared on season one during a performance with Scheana, shown above. But she really entered the fray in season two as a bartender that Kristen accused Tom Sandoval of cheating with.

Outside of SUR she was an actor, and was in many CollegeHumor videos from 2009 to 2015.

She was also Scheana’s best friend at the time and was one of her bridesmaids at her 2014 wedding to Mike Shay.

Ariana recently launched a business and is still bartending.

 

Ariana launched a skin-care brand. Bravo / Contributor/Getty Images

She quit her bartending job at SUR ahead of season eight.

Ariana has appeared in a few small acting projects over the past few years and she owns the skin-care brand, Face Elixir.

She and Sandoval published a hit cocktail-recipe book “Fancy AF Cocktails” in 2019 — it’s currently involved in a lawsuit regarding alleged breach of contract.

Tom Schwartz was originally just “Katie’s boyfriend.”

 

He didn’t appear much at first. Carlos Aboyo/Bravo/NBCU Photo Bank via Getty Images

In the beginning, Tom Schwartz was known only as Katie’s boyfriend and wasn’t even in the opening credits.

His main gig was modeling and he briefly tried to work at Lisa Vanderpump’s other restaurant, Pump, though he couldn’t hack it and quit during his first shift.

Brittany Cartwright started out as Jax’s girlfriend.

 

She also tried to get a job at SUR. Bravo

Brittany Cartwright was introduced during season four as Jax’s new girlfriend.

She moved from Kentucky to be with him and despite Jax’s “in” with Lisa Vanderpump, he couldn’t get her a job at SUR, so she started working at Hooters.

James Kennedy joined the show as Kristen Doute’s rebound boyfriend.

 

He called himself “The White Kanye.” Nicole Wilder/Bravo/NBCU Photo Bank via Getty Images

James Kennedy joined the show during the third season as Kristen’s new boyfriend post-Sandoval split. James started out as a busser at SUR but quickly became the restaurant’s resident DJ. He became well-known for dubbing himself “The White Kanye [West].”

In terms of his friendships, he appeared to have beef with everyone initially, especially Sandoval. In subsequent seasons he hooked up with then became fast friends with SUR hostess Lala Kent.

James Kennedy no longer works at SUR.

 

He got fired in season seven. Dave Kotinsky/Stringer/Getty Images

After a series of explosive fights at SUR, Lisa Vanderpump finally fired the DJ.

He had a massive falling out with Lala after he made rude remarks about her now-fiance film and TV producer Randall Emmett, continued to feud with almost everyone on the show, but surprisingly became good friends with Sandoval and Ariana over the years.

In July 2020, he celebrated one year of sobriety.

He and his longtime partner Raquel Leviss, who appeared on the show, are now engaged.

Lala Kent struggled to fit in with the original cast.

 

She wasn’t accepted initially. Bravo

Lala Kent joined the cast in season four as a hostess with dreams of acting and modeling.

She struggled to fit in with the other girls, namely Katie Maloney, and both hurled insults at one another.

She was rumored by the cast to be dating a married man, denied this, but kept her “man’s” identity a secret. She also hooked up with James Kennedy.

Lala is now an author and mom.

 

She is a core part of the group. Nicole Weingart/Bravo/NBCU Photo Bank via Getty Images

Despite their initial feuds, Lala is surprisingly close friends with all the other women on the show, though she is no longer friends with James.

She and her fiancé Randall Emmett recently welcomed their first child. In May, Lala published a book of essays, “Give Them Lala.”

Raquel Leviss joined the show in the fifth season.

 

She had a small part at first. Gabe Ginsberg/Getty Image

Raquel Leviss started appearing on the show during the fifth season as James’ long-distance girlfriend. At the time she competed in beauty pageants and attended Sonoma State University.

Raquel Leviss is now a server at SUR.

 

She was told of her new job on the season seven reunion. Nicole Weingart/Bravo/NBCU Photo Bank via Getty Images

Leviss played a larger role in season seven, fighting with Lala Kent and some of the other women.

After several attempts to get hired at one of Lisa Vanderpump’s many establishments, Lisa announced on the season-seven reunion that Leviss was hired as a waitress at SUR.

In April 2020, amid the coronavirus pandemic, Leviss shared that she was unemployed. It’s unclear if she got her job back at SUR.

She and James recently got engaged.

Billie Lee joined the cast during the sixth season.

 

She also initially had a small role. Nicole Weingart/Bravo/NBCU Photo Bank via Getty Images

Billie Lee joined the cast during the sixth season as a hostess who appeared in a few scenes. She bonded with Lala at the host stand and briefly had a fling with Ariana’s brother Jeremy Madix.

Billie has since exited the show.

 

She butted heads with the other women in the cast. Mindy Small/FilmMagic/Getty Images

During season seven, Billie Lee butted heads with most of the women on the show, including her original pal, Lala.

She expressed discomfort after being excluded from a “Girl’s Night,” that was organized by Maloney, as the only trans women in the cast, which did not sit well with the other women. Lee also took a larger role at SUR, hosting “Brunch with Billie” on weekends.

During the season-seven reunion episode, Lee stated that she was looking into adopting a child eventually.

In July 2019, she announced on her blog that she’d be leaving “Vanderpump Rules.” She said the show took a toll on her and the “bullying” she experienced caused her to feel “suicidal thoughts.”

In a later “I Feel Tried” podcast episode in June 2020, though, she said she had been fired. She also accused Jax Taylor of not wanting to film with her because she is transgender.

Lisa Vanderpump started out strictly business.

 

She was, and is, the head boss at SUR. Tyler Golden/Bravo/NBCU Photo Bank via Getty Images

Lisa Vanderpump was part of the catalyst for the show, as she own SUR. She has appeared on the “The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills” since the beginning, but her initial role on “VPR” was as the head of the restaurant.

She’d occasionally hear about drama, but most of her scenes were tasting food or disciplining the employees.

Vanderpump is now more personally involved with the cast.

She appears more often and has built personal relationships with the cast. Nicole Weingart/Bravo/NBCU Photo Bank via Getty Images

Though Lisa is clearly still the boss, the reality star has built personal relationships with many of the cast members on “VPR.”

She officiated Tom and Katie’s wedding, gave a speech at Brittany and Jax’s engagement party, and frequently defends James Kennedy.

She left the “Real Housewives of Beverly Hills” in 2019.