Blake Lively - Biography

Last Editor: horseluvinbratt				Blake Lively Biography -   Name : Blake Lively Birth name : Blake Christina Lively Date of birth : August 25, 1987 Place of birth : Tarzana, California, U.S. Profession : Actress Nationality : American Height : 5' 10" (1.78 m)

Blake Lively Trivia -

Daughter of actor Ernie Lively and Elaine Lively. Sister of Eric Lively, Jason Lively, Lori Lively and Robyn Lively. She was involved in a lot of activities at her high school including: cheer-leading, choir, and student government. She was class president. The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants (2005) was her first job, not just in acting. She was ranked #43 on the Maxim magazine Hot 100 of 2008 list.

Blake Lively Detailed Biography -

Blake Lively was born on August 25, 1987 in Tarzana, California. She is the youngest of five children of her actors father Ernie Lively and mother Elaine Lively. She learned acting from her parents. As a child, Lively was homeschooled. Lively attended Burbank High School in Burbank where she participated in Burbank High School's show choir, In Sync, and was a cheerleader. During the summer between her junior and senior year, 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" in 2005, for which she received a Teen Choice Award nomination for "Choice Movie Breakout - Female". She starred in Accepted, Simon Says, and Elvis and Anabelle in 2006. She received the Breakthrough Award from Hollywood Life for her role in Accepted in December 2006. Lively was cast in the CW's series Gossip Girl which premiered in September 2007. She plays Serena van der Woodsen in the teen drama. While rumors of infighting among the Gossip Girl co-stars have circulated in the tabloids, Lively denies that there is any unfriendly competition on-set. 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. She appeared on the cover of "Seventeen"'s August 2008 issue. The star also was on the cover of "Girls' Life"'s August 2008 issue, along with The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants costars Amber Tamblyn, Alexis Bledel, and America Ferrera. More recently Lively also appeared on the cover of "Cosmopolitan"'s September 2008 issue. Lively has a brief cameo in a pre-recorded Saturday Night Live skit entitled "Murray Hill" alongside James Franco, where she portrays a transexual partygoer. In 2008, she reprised the role in the sequel, "The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2". Lively dated actor Kelly Blatz from 2004 to 2007. Both of them have been friends since childhood. In 2007, rumors circulated that Lively is dating her Gossip Girl costar and former childhood classmate Penn Badgley. In May 2008, People magazine published photos of the two kissing while on vacation in Mexico. Lively and Badgley have since become more open about their relationship. Their relationship became a favorite topic of the tabloids.