Ella Montgomery

Ella Montgomery is the mother of Aria and Mike Montgomery and the wife of the adulterous Byron Montgomery, though his acts of infidelity are not known to Ella. Ella loves and trusts her family very much treating her kids as equals not as her property. She fears she would not know what to do if her family fell apart, little does she know that this is a strong possibility with Byron's affair hanging over their heads. She found out about Byron's affair from "A" and got separated from her husband. Hanna gives her a ticket to an art gallery that Aria and Mr. Fitz were going to but luckily her car broke down and Byron helped her. Aria finds out her her parents are having an affair. Ella owns an art gallery in Rosewood and is also a teacher at Rosewood.

She is played by Holly Marie Combs.