Blake Lively
Blake Lively was born in Tarzana, California, on August 25, 1987. She is the daughter of actors Ernie and Elaine Lively. Blake is the youngest of five; she has two older brothers (Eric and Jason) and two older sisters (Lori and Robyn). All of her siblings, like her parents, are actors in the film industry.
As a child, Lively was homeschooled (one of her homeschool classmates was actor Penn Badgley). Lively attended Burbank High School in Burbank where she participated in the National Show Choir, was senior class president and a cheerleader. Lively stated in a interview for the August 2008 Seventeen magazine that she attended thirteen schools. Lively has said that she was not initially interested in acting. She wanted to attend Stanford University,[citation needed] but during the summer between her junior and senior year of high school, her brother made his agent send her out on a few auditions. Of the two auditions, she got the role of Bridget for The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants.
blake lively debuts in sandman
In 1998, when she was only 10 years old, Blake Lively made her acting debut in the film Sandman. The film was directed by her father and also starred her sister, Lori, and brother, Eric. In the musical family movie, Blake played the Tooth Fairy. She stayed away from all other acting jobs after her debut in Sandman to be a regular elementary and middle school student.
blake lively in the sisterhood of the traveling pants
In 2005, Blake Lively made a name for herself playing Bridget in The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants alongside Alexis Bledel and America Ferrera. In the film, she attends a soccer camp in Mexico where she falls for a coach. Blake's father, Ernie, played her father in the movie. When filming for The Sisterhood wrapped, Blake went back to high school to complete her senior year; she graduated in the spring of 2005. At the 2005 Teen Choice Awards, Blake was nominated for Choice Movie Breakout Performance for her role in The Sisterhood.
blake lively in simon says
Blake Lively was cast in the horror film Simon Says in 2006, which starred Crispin Glover. This film was a family affair for Blake, as she was joined by her sisters, her father and her brother-in-law, Bart Johnson.
To balance out the horror, Blake Lively was also cast in the 2006 comedy Accepted with Jeepers Creepers star Justin Long, which marked her first starring role in a feature film.
blake lively in gossip girl.
Lively was cast in the CW's new series Gossip Girl which premiered in September 2007 and plays Serena van der Woodsen in the teen drama, co-starring alongside Leighton Meester, Penn Badgley, Chace Crawford, Taylor Momsen and Ed Westwick. 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. She has since appeared on the January 2008 cover of shopping magazine Lucky. She has more recently appeared on the March 2008 cover of Teen Vogue, as well as the May 2008 cover of NYLON with her Gossip Girl co-star Leighton Meester.
Blake Lively took a break from the big screen in 2007 when she took on a role in the CW hit Gossip Girl as a privileged school girl in New York City. Alongside Leighton Meester and Taylor Momsen, Blake's talent shines through on the show.
Lively dated actor Kelly Blatz from 2004 to 2007; the two had been friends since childhood. In late 2007, it was reported that Lively was dating her Gossip Girl co-star and former childhood classmate Penn Badgley, though Lively refused to ever comment on the rumors - in Teen Vogue interview, when asked if she was dating Badgley. Lively said that “I try not to talk about my dating life. I want to, but once you start, it’s all downhill from there.”. In May 2008, People magazine published photos of Lively and Badgley kissing while on vacation in Mayan Riviera, Mexico.
Blake Lively on Late Show w/ David Letterman Feb 8 2008