Blake Lively

Blake was voted #9 in BuddyTV's 'TV's 100 Sexiest Women of 2009'.

On Live with Regis and Kelly, Blake stated that her older brother didn't want to go to school alone when it came time for him to be in 1st grade. At the time she was 3 but very tall for her age. Her mother lied and said Blake was 6. Blake attended 1st grade and the school reported that she was "slow" when in reality she was 3 and couldn't talk very well. She claims it made her brother happy, so she was happy.

Blake is very good friends with the whole cast of Gossip Girl.

As a teenager, Blake was a huge fan of Justin Timberlake and Leonardo DiCaprio.

In the US Elections 2008, Blake campaigned for Senator Barack Obama.

Blake dated actor Kelly Blatz for 3 years from 2004 to 2007.

As of 2008, Blake resides in New York and Los Angeles.

Blake's favorite movies are Waiting for Guffman, Wizard of Oz, Moulin Rouge! and Romeo and Juliet.

Blake is right-handed.

When Blake was 5 years old, her brother (aged 11) made her drive a barbie mini electric car to take him to his girlfriend's house at 6.00 am. After a few miles, the car battery ran out, so she had to push the car with her brother inside, until their neighbor found them on the highway and called their mother.

Blake was teased by the cast and crew while on the set of The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2 because she was accident prone. Her incidents included crashing a moped on the first day of shooting as well as later stepping on a sea urchin.

In 2009, Blake was nominated for Performance in a Drama Episode for her role in Gossip Girl at the Prism Awards. In 2008, Blake won Choice TV Actress: Drama and Female Choice TV Breakout Star for her role in Gossip Girl at the Teen Choice Awards. She also won Breakout Performance in her role in Elvis and Anabelle at the Newport Beach Film Festival. In 2005, Blake was nominated for Female Choice Breakout Performance for her role in The Siterhood of the Traveling Pants at the Teen Choice Awards.

Blake has confirmed that she is dating Gossip Girl co-star Penn Badgley, whom she has known since she was 11.

List Rankings: Was voted to have the "Sexiest Pout" in an online poll by TVGuide.
NO. 9 on AIM's "100 Celebs Under 25". 2008
On People's "100 Most Beautiful People". 2008
On Maxim's list of "The Hottest Women of Fall TV ´08" for her role as Serena van der Woodsen in Gossip Girl. 2008
No.39, ugo.com's "50 Hottest Women on Television" 2008
No.43, Maxim's "Hot 100" 2008
No.9, FHM Online's "100 Sexiest Women in the World" 2008
No.99, AskMen.com's "Top 99 Women" 2007 -
No.4, BuddyTV.com's "Top 7 of '07: Sexiest Women" 2007
No.100, FHM UK's "100 Sexiest Women in the World" 2006
No.80, AskMen.com's "Top 99 Women"

Blake's nephew, Wyatt Blake Johnson, was given her middle name in honor of her.

The sign on Blake's Gossip Girl trailer just says 'Serena', she shares the trailer co-star with Leighton Meester.

Blake is the youngest of the four leads in The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants.

Blake was the last of her 3 co-stars on The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants to earn a lead role on a television series.

Blake's trademark is her long blonde hair.

At the age of five, Blake auditioned for the role of Robin Williams' youngest child, Natalie Hillard, in the popular comedy Mrs. Doubtfire. Unfortunately, the role ended up going to Mara Wilson.

In 2007, Blake starred in the movie named Elvis and Annabelle as Annabelle.

Blake attended Burbank High School in Burbank, California.

Blake was involved in a lot of activities in high school including: cheerleading, the choir, and the student government. She was also class president.

Blake's long hair in The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants are actually extentions, but she loved them so much that she kept them.

Blake loves going to Disneyland.

Blake said Mike Vogel (Eric Richman in The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants) used to tease her offset because she is a fan of Britney Spears.

Blake loves every shade of Pink.

Blake is 5 feet 10 inches (1.78 meteres).

Jason Lively, Blake's brother, has appeared in TV shows such as The Dukes of Hazzard, and 21 Jump Street.

Blake's brother, Eric Lively, has acting credits that include the movie American Pie and TV shows So Weird and The L Word.

Blake's other sister, Lori Lively , is also an actress. She has been in shows like Cold Case, Two and a Half Men, Melrose Place and ER.

Blake's sister, Robyn Lively, has acted in TV shows such as American Dreams, Strong Medicine, and JAG.

Blake's mother is Elaine Lively. She was in the movie Return to Zork.

Blake's father is actor Ernie Lively. He also played her on-screen father in The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants.

When auditioning for The Sisterhood Of The Traveling Pants, Blake walked in and gave the casting agents nothing but her photo since she had had only one small acting role prior to then, they all thought she was joking but when she left the room they knew that she was definitely the Bridget they wanted.

Blake is the sister-in-law of Bart Johnson.