Blake Lively

Blake Ellender Brown born August 25 1987 known professionally as Blake Lively is an American actress A daughter of actor Ernie Lively she made her professional debut in his directorial project Sandman 1998 She had her breakthrough role in The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2005 and its 2008 sequel Lively achieved stardom with her portrayal of Serena van der Woodsen in the CW teen drama television series Gossip Girl 20072012 During this period she also took on supporting roles in the romantic comedies New York I Love You 2008 and The Private Lives of Pippa Lee 2009 as well as in the thrillers The Town 2010 and Savages 2012 Lively shifted her focus to films in the ensuing years She starred in the romantic fantasy The Age of Adaline 2015 the survival film The Shallows 2016 the comedy Café Society 2016 and the comedy thriller A Simple Favor 2018 and its 2025 sequel She expanded her career by directing Taylor Swifts 2021 music video I Bet You Think About Me and produced and starred opposite Justin Baldoni in Baldonis romantic drama It Ends with Us 2024 The latter emerged as her biggest box office success but drew controversies resulting in a number of lawsuits including Lively and Baldoni suing each other for defamation In 2025 she was included in Time magazines 100 most influential people list Description above from the Wikipedia article Blake Lively licensed under CCBYSA full list of contributors on Wikipedia