Blake Lively

**Blake Ellender Lively** (née Brown; born August 25, 1987) is an American actress. Lively is known for starring as Serena van der Woodsen in the CW drama television series *Gossip Girl* (2007–2012). She also starred in a number of films, including *The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants* (2005), *The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2* (2008), *The Town* (2010), *Green Lantern* (2011), *Savages* (2012), *The Age of Adaline* (2015), *The Shallows* (2016) and *A Simple Favor* (2018).

## Early life and career

Born in Tarzana, CA, Blake attended Burbank High School, in Burbank, CA, where she was a cheerleader, honor student, national choir champion, and class president. Her big break as an actress came shortly before she graduated when she played “Bridget” in *The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants* (2005), teaming up with America Ferrera, Amber Tamblyn and Alexis Bledel. She nabbed the role by walking into the audition, handing them her picture and then leaving. The girls reunited for the sequel (ingeniously called *Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2* (2008)) which was released in August, 2008. In 2007, she played the title character in the indie film Elvis and Anabelle (2007). (She was Anabelle, not Elvis.) The movie was only selectively shown in theaters in 2007 but may get a DVD release sometime in 2009.

## Personal life

Lively dated *Gossip Girl* co-star Penn Badgley for four years but then broke up. Lively first met Ryan Reynolds in early 2010 while filming *Green Lantern*, in which they co-starred. In October 2011, they began dating. The couple married on September 9, 2012, at Boone Hall Plantation in Mount Pleasant, South Carolina. They have three daughters together: James (December 2014), Inez (September 2016), and a third Betty (2019). They had their fourth daughter in February 2023. The family lives in Round Ridge, NY.

## References

1. ↑ Finn, Natalie (September 17, 2012). Blake Lively and Ryan Reynolds: Marriage Certificate Shows They Wed Days After Secret Ceremony. Retrieved on March 15, 2015.
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3. ↑ "Monitor", August 30, 2013, p. 20.
4. ↑ Heimbrod, Camille (June 27, 2017). ‘Gossip Girl’ Alum Penn Badgley Returns To Television In Greg Berlanti’s Thriller ‘You’.
5. ↑ Green Lantern Production Begins Today!. Screenrant.com (June 17, 2011). Retrieved on May 28, 2013.
6. ↑ Vanderberg, Madison (October 12, 2011). It's Confirmed: Ryan Reynolds and Blake Lively are Dating. Hollyscoop.com. Archived from the original on December 17, 2011. Retrieved on January 28, 2012.
7. ↑ Blake Lively & Ryan Reynolds are Married. *People* (September 9, 2012). Retrieved on February 13, 2019.
8. ↑ Hines, Ree (March 20, 2015). Ryan Reynolds reveals his baby's name on 'Today'. *Today*. Retrieved on March 21, 2015.
9. ↑ Freydkin, Donna (February 2, 2015). No, Blake and Ryan's daughter is NOT named Violet.
10. ↑ "Blake Lively Sets the Record Straight on Her Daughter's Name: 'Please Tell Wikipedia'", *People*, May 18, 2018. Retrieved on February 13, 2019.
11. ↑ Prakash, Neha. Blake Lively and Ryan Reynolds Reportedly Welcomed Their Third Child Two Months Ago. Glamour. Retrieved on December 12, 2019.
12. ↑ Ryan Reynolds Shares The First Photo Of His Third Child And Now We Know Its Sex.
13. ↑ Blowers, Brendan (May 11, 2018). Ryan Reynolds And Blake Lively's Pastoral New York Paradise. Haute Media Group. Retrieved on June 6, 2019. “When they do manage to escape the seemingly endless press junkets and paparazzi shutterfests, Ryan and Blake recoup and re-center their family on 1.8 acres of a bucolic garden estate in Pound Ridge, NY.”

## External links

* Blake Lively Biography
* Bailey Stewart Biography
* Blake Lively links at FreeOnes
* Blake Lively at Babepedia
* Blake Lively at AllMovie
* Blake Lively article at *Wikipedia*