Blake Ellender Brown\u00a0(born August 25, 1987), known professionally as\u00a0Blake Lively,\u00a0is an American actress. A daughter of actor\u00a0Ernie Lively, she made her professional debut in his directorial project\u00a0Sandman\u00a0(1998). She had her\u00a0breakthrough\u00a0role in\u00a0The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants\u00a0(2005) and\u00a0its 2008 sequel. Lively achieved stardom with her portrayal of\u00a0Serena van der Woodsen\u00a0in\u00a0the CW\u00a0teen drama television series\u00a0Gossip Girl\u00a0(2007\u20132012). During this period, she also took on supporting roles in the romantic comedies\u00a0New York, I Love You (2008) and\u00a0The Private Lives of Pippa Lee (2009), as well as in the thrillers\u00a0The Town\u00a0(2010) and\u00a0Savages\u00a0(2012).<\/p>\n
Lively shifted her focus to films in the ensuing years. She starred in the romantic fantasy\u00a0The Age of Adaline\u00a0(2015), the survival film\u00a0The Shallows (2016), the comedy\u00a0Caf\u00e9 Society\u00a0(2016), and the comedy thriller\u00a0A Simple Favor\u00a0(2018) and\u00a0its 2025 sequel. She expanded her career by directing\u00a0Taylor Swift’s 2021 music video “I Bet You Think About Me”, and produced and starred opposite\u00a0Justin Baldoni\u00a0in Baldoni’s romantic drama\u00a0It Ends with Us\u00a0(2024). The latter emerged as her biggest box office success, but\u00a0drew controversies, resulting in a number of lawsuits, including Lively and Baldoni suing each other for\u00a0defamation. In 2025, she was included in\u00a0Time\u00a0magazine’s\u00a0100 most influential people list.<\/p>\n
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Blake Ellender Brown\u00a0(born August 25, 1987), known professionally as\u00a0Blake Lively,\u00a0is an American actress. A daughter of actor\u00a0Ernie Lively, she made her professional debut in his directorial project\u00a0Sandman\u00a0(1998). She had her\u00a0breakthrough\u00a0role in\u00a0The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants\u00a0(2005) and\u00a0its 2008 sequel. Lively achieved stardom with her portrayal of\u00a0Serena van der Woodsen\u00a0in\u00a0the CW\u00a0teen drama television series\u00a0Gossip Girl\u00a0(2007\u20132012). During […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","class_list":["post-37392","movie_engine_person","type-movie_engine_person","status-publish","hentry"],"yoast_head":"\n