Blake Lively is an actress who became famous for her teenage dramatic television series Gossip Girl and her role as Serena van der Woodsen.
Blake Lively was born in Los Angeles on August 251987 Her father was an actor and director, and her mother was a talent manager. During her high school years, the girl auditioned for a role in a teenage series, but only after a while she got the main role in the “girlish” action movie “Jeans-mascot” (2005). Two years later, the actress appeared in the acclaimed TV series “Gossip Girl”, which was broadcast until 2012. To date, this multi-part film version released by the CW Network channel is one of the most popular and viewed.
Blake Lively was not born in a simple family.From birth, she was surrounded by show business. There are five children in their family, and each of them has moved into the film industry. Before moving to Los Angeles to continue his career in show business, Lively's parents lived in Tarzana (California).
The actress confesses that she had a strong southernfamily. Many do not believe that she is from Los Angeles, because she respects the traditions in which her parents raised her. Perhaps the reason for the former residence of her parents. This is especially evident in the culinary preferences: Blake prefers fried, sweet, cheese dishes.
Это удивительно, но Блейк Лайвли пошла в первый class when she was only three years old. Her six-year-old brother was so nervous that he would go to school alone, that the mother sent our heroine along with him. The teachers did not ask questions at the admissions office, because the woman had convinced everyone that Blake Lively had enough years to study.
Lively remembers that in a few weeksthe teachers said that she would have to attend a class with the mentally retarded, because she did not have time for the other children. Everyone thought that she was very slow and incapable, because she quickly got tired and wanted to sleep all the time while other children were active.
After the teachers literally put on fatpoint on the abilities of the future actress, the girl managed to change 13 different schools before the end of primary school. In the end, she was transferred to Burbank High School, where she excelled in both her academic and extra-curricular activities. Lively was a cheerleader, a class president and the voice of a school choir.
The actress first appeared in the film when she was only 10 years old. In 1998, she played a short role in the film “Sandman”, which was shot by her father.
Despite the strong pressure from eldersbrothers and sisters to quit school and start an acting career, the girl did not seek - she did not show much interest in this type of activity. Instead, Lively dreamed of entering Stanford University. However, feeling her sister's potential and talent, her older brother Eric sent the girl for the first audition.
The actress remembers that her brother tried to force hermake vital decisions in 15 years. He began to contact agents and tell them about his charming and talented younger sister. She was very busy at school, but when the agents called and said that an audition was scheduled, it was very difficult for Lively to say no, because she didn’t want to upset her brother.
At the age of 17, Blake Lively (photo famousyou can see the actress below) finally agreed to attend several auditions. The girl was waiting for almost instant success. After several months of auditions, she starred in the movie “Mascot Jeans” (2005) as Bridget. The lead role earned her the Breakthrough Movie Star nomination at Teen Choice.
After filming the movie “Mascot Jeans” actressreturned to Burbank to get to graduation and finish school. As soon as the actress received a diploma, she immediately returned to acting and got into the comedy “We were accepted!” (2006), where she starred with Justin Long and John Hill.
A year later, in 2007, the world saw a new role for Lively in the teen drama “Gossip Girl”. It is believed that this is her most famous role to date, except for the acclaimed film “The Age of Adaline” (2015).
The series “Gossip Girl” tells about the privileged teenagers of New York. The leader of the company is a stylish blonde and a reformed party girl - Serena van der Woodsen.
Thanks to the active coverage of the series in the media, andalso provocative and controversial photo shoots in the Rolling Stones magazine, the series “Gossip Girl” quickly became a cult among teenagers. Beautiful and young cast all the time appeared on all the covers of fashion magazines.
Thanks to the dazzling appearance, naturalacting talent, incredible support of fans of “Gossip Girl”, the girl began to be perceived as a potential top movie star. In January 2010, Esquire magazine called the girl “a promising, interesting, talented actress of the year.” In the same year, viewers watch the crime thriller “The City of Thieves”, where Lively plays a role in the young mother of Ben Affleck Doug McRae. Both the film itself and the acting game Lively received wide acclaim from critics and the public.
The following year, Blake Lively and Ryan ReynoldsWe played together in the movie “The Green Lantern”, where the story of the character of the comic was taken as a basis. The picture received a lot of negative reviews and disappointed commercially, but the romance between the characters of the main characters turned into something more and grew into a deep feeling in real life.
No less successful films of Blake Lively:
Lively won the 2008 Teen Choice Award as the best television actress in the series Gossip Girl. The last episode of the film adaptation was released in 2012.
In 2010, the film “City of Thieves” brought her two more awards. She received them from the Washington Film Critics Association and the US National Council of Film Critics.
In 2011, she won the award “Artistyears ”from CinemaCon. In the same year, she was included in the Top 100 most influential people according to the Times magazine, and also topped the AskMen list of the most desirable women.
Первые отношения актрисы были замечены сразу after the movie “Simon Speaks”. But Lively herself admits that Kelly Blats was a good childhood friend for her, with whom they became close after filming from 2004 to 2007.
In 2007, because of the screen romance in the series “Gossip Girl,” Lively began to meet with her colleague Penn Badgley. They met from 2007 to 2010.
Blake Lively and Ryan Reynolds quickly becomeinseparable. They bought a shared home in upstate New York in April 2012. Having managed to hide their plans from the media, the couple registered their marriage in a closed ceremony on September 9, 2012, near Charleston in South Carolina. About 70 guests attended the Reynolds and Blake Lively weddings.
The girlfriend of the actress, singer Florence Welch, performedright during the ceremony. It should be noted that this is the first marriage of Lively. Before dating and marriage with Reynolds, the girl met with the actor Leonardo DiCaprio. They were spotted in France, where they spent their holidays together. The couple broke up in October 2011 after a five-month relationship.
Children of Blake Lively and Ryan Reynold: James, who was born in December 2014, and Ines, born in September 2016.
Blake Lively is not rich in filmographylist, but its roles are bright, memorable. When she was a child, parents often took the girl with them to acting classes, which they taught because they did not want to leave the baby with the nurse. She often says that she watched her parents conduct classes - this was what helped to gain confidence when she got older and started acting in films.
When the actress first tried herself for a role inthe film “Jeans mascot”, she just came in and gave her photo. Prior to that, she had never been to auditions and had no idea how to behave during the tests, and this despite the fact that her whole family was literally consumed with show business. It was this film that nominated her for the Teen Choice Award.
Blake Lively was repeatedly teased forclumsiness, because during the filming of “Jeans-mascot” she constantly got into funny situations, but this did not stop the future actress - she became popular. So, the series “Gossip Girl” became so famous that any outfit that Blake Lively wore in the role of Serena, appeared in stores the very next day.
Актриса признавалась, что съемки интимных сцен - the hardest thing in cinema. It is very hard to relax and be as natural as possible when 40 people look at you in the hall and say what to do.
In October 2010, a photo hit the media, whereRyan Gosling and Blake Lively rest in Disneyland. However, they still claim that they are just good friends. In addition, the actress has repeatedly admitted that she loves this park so much, that is why she so often visits him with her colleagues, relatives and friends.
Around the same time, the actress has started a serious love affair with Reynolds. Photos of husband Blake Lively and her children you will see below.
Blake Lively is a charming and talented actress. You will be surprised, but she even replaced Jennifer Lawrence during the filming of The Hunger Games.
Lively has been the face of L’Oreal since 2013; she has repeatedly appeared in commercials for this brand.
Blake once told reporters that she does not like to wear heels because she considers herself rather high.
Her favorite films are The Wizard of Oz, Moulin Rouge, Romeo and Juliet.
