Blake Ellender BrownΒ (born August 25, 1987), known professionally asΒ Blake Lively,Β is an American actress. A daughter of actorΒ Ernie Lively, she made her professional debut in his directorial projectΒ SandmanΒ (1998). She had herΒ breakthroughΒ role inΒ The Sisterhood of the Traveling PantsΒ (2005) andΒ its 2008 sequel. Lively achieved stardom with her portrayal ofΒ Serena van der WoodsenΒ inΒ the CWΒ teen drama television seriesΒ Gossip GirlΒ (2007β2012). During this period, she also took on supporting roles in the romantic comediesΒ New York, I Love You (2008) andΒ The Private Lives of Pippa Lee (2009), as well as in the thrillersΒ The TownΒ (2010) andΒ SavagesΒ (2012).
Lively shifted her focus to films in the ensuing years. She starred in the romantic fantasyΒ The Age of AdalineΒ (2015), the survival filmΒ The Shallows (2016), the comedyΒ CafΓ© SocietyΒ (2016), and the comedy thrillerΒ A Simple FavorΒ (2018) andΒ its 2025 sequel. She expanded her career by directingΒ Taylor Swift's 2021 music video "I Bet You Think About Me", and produced and starred oppositeΒ Justin BaldoniΒ in Baldoni's romantic dramaΒ It Ends with UsΒ (2024). The latter emerged as her biggest box office success, butΒ drew controversies, resulting in a number of lawsuits, including Lively and Baldoni suing each other forΒ defamation. In 2025, she was included inΒ TimeΒ magazine'sΒ 100 most influential people list.
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