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, The Town and Green Lantern.
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- Early life
Lively was born in Tarzana, Los Angeles to actors Ernie and Elaine Lively. She was raised as a Southern Baptist. The youngest of five siblings, Lively has an older 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 Lively'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. Lively said that watching her parents teach acting classes helped her learn the "drills" of acting and gain confidence as she got older.
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Lively was initially not particularly interested in acting, however during the summer between her junior and senior years of high school, her brother, Eric, asked his agent to send her out on a few auditions over a period of a few months. From these few auditions, she got the role of Bridget for The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants. Lively filmed her scenes in The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants between her junior and senior years at Burbank High.
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- Personal life
Lively dated actor Kelly Blatz from 2004 to 2007; the two had been friends since childhood. Lively dated Penn Badgley from late 2007 to mid-September 2010. Lively was in a relationship with actor Leonardo DiCaprio from mid-May until October 2011. She has been dating her Green Lantern co-star Ryan Reynolds since October 2011. She and Reynolds purchased a cottage in Bedford, NY for $2 million.
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During the 2008 United States presidential election Lively expressed her support for Barack Obama. Lively and 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 magazine 100 influential people. AskMen named her the most desirable woman of 2011. People named her one of 2012 Most Beautiful at Every Age.
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Source : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blake_Lively
