 | Blake Lively Blake Christina Lively (born August 25, 1987) is an American actress and model who stars as Serena van der Woodsen in the television teen drama series, Gossip Girl. She has also starred in movies, including Accepted, The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants, The Private Lives of Pippa Lee and 2010's The Town. Blake was born in Tarzana, Los Angeles to actors Ernie and Elaine Lively. She was raised as a Southern Baptist. The youngest of five siblings, Blake has a brother, Eric, two half-sisters, Lori and Robyn, and a half-brother, Jason. Both of her parents and all of her siblings are, or have been, in the entertainment industry. During Blake's childhood, her parents would take her with them to acting classes that they taught because they did not want to leave her with a babysitter. Blake said that watching her parents teach acting classes helped her learn the "drills" of acting and gain confidence as she got older. Blake stated that as a child, her mother would bring her to Disneyland twice a week as an opportunity "to have some extra time to bond"; she has stated, due to all the time she spent there, she felt that she "grew up at Disneyland." Blake was not at all interested in acting, but during the summer between her junior and senior years, her brother, Eric, made his agent send her out on a few auditions over a period of a few months; of the few auditions, she got the role of Bridget for The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants. Blake filmed her scenes in The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants between her junior and senior years at Burbank High. Career Blake began her acting career at age 11, when she appeared in the 1998 film Sandman, which was directed by Blake's father. She describes her role in the film as having been a "bit part". Blake appeared in the film adaptation of the novel of the same name, The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants in 2005 playing Bridget, one of the four female leads. Her performance in the film earned her a nomination for a Teen Choice Award for "Choice Movie Breakout - Female." In 2006, she co-starred with Justin Long in Accepted, and Blake had minor roles in the horror film, Simon Says. While Accepted was not well received by critics, Blake's performance was, earning her an award from Hollywood Life, in the category of 'Breakthrough Award'. In 2007, Blake played one of the two title characters in Elvis and Anabelle as Anabelle, a bulimic girl who hoped to win a beauty pageant. Blake said of getting into character for the role that she had 'shed serious weight' for her height. Lively stated that that process was difficult for her because food is "the No. 1 love of my life." MovieLine.com praised her performance in the film and credited it as having been her "breakthrough role". Blake was cast in the CW's series Gossip Girl, which premiered in September 2007. She plays Serena van der Woodsen in the teen drama. Her first magazine cover was the November 2007 issue of Cosmo Girl, where she discussed her time in high school and her career prior to Gossip Girl. In 2008, Blake reprised her roles in the 2008 sequel, The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2. Similar to the first film, Blake was positively received by critics. As of November 2009, the film had earned over $44 million at the box office. In 2009, she appeared as Gabrielle DiMarco, a minor role in the romantic comedy, New York, I Love You, a sequel to the 2006 film Paris, je t'aime. Despite positive reception from critics, the film had a poor box office performance. One of Blake's most acclaimed roles to date is her supporting role as playing the younger version of the title character in The Private Lives of Pippa Lee (2009). Paul Byrnes, of the Brisbane Times, described Blake's performance in the film as being "sensational". In October, 2009, Blake began filming her scenes for her role as Krista Coughlin, in the 2010 film The Town, based on Chuck Hogan's novel Prince of Thieves. In the film, Blake's role has been described as "the sister of Jem and Doug's ex-girlfriend who has a 19-month old daughter, Shyne." The film, which also stars Ben Affleck, was released in the United States on September 17, 2010 to critical acclaim. In an interview with Marie Claire, Blake stated that she wasn't relying on her career as an actress, having felt that having her own interior decorating firm would be a substitute as a back-up plan, having felt that because of her 'fascination' with "colors and textures and layering things." In January 2010, it was announced that Blake would be cast as Carol Ferris in the up-coming 2011 superhero film Green Lantern. Magazine covers Blake has appeared on the cover of multiple mainstream magazines yearly. In 2007, the list includes Cosmo Girl (November). In 2008, the list includes; Lucky (January), Teen Vogue (March), NYLON (May; with Gossip Girl co-star Meester), Seventeen (August), Girls' Life (August; with The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants co-stars Tamblyn, Bledel, and Ferrera), Vanity Fair (August; with Kristen Stewart, Amanda Seyfried and Emma Roberts)[23] and Cosmopolitan (September). In 2009, the list includes Vogue (February cover), Allure (May), Rolling Stone (April), Glamour UK (August), Nylon (November) and Marie Claire (December). In January 2009, Blake was voted one of the top "35 Most Stylish Women To Look Out For" by Glamour UK. She was placed at #33 on the Maxim Hot 100 List in 2009. Music video Blake appeared in the music video for The Lonely Island´s "I Just Had Sex" together with Jessica Alba in January 2011.[28] Personal life During the 2008 United States presidential election Blake expressed her support for Barack Obama over John McCain. Blake Lively and Penn Badgley appeared in a pro-Obama commercial, as part of MoveOn.org's Youth Vote program. The commercial, directed by Doug Liman, aired during Gossip Girl on CW, MTV and Comedy Central. In 2011, she was featured in the annual TIME magazines 100 influential people. |
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