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  • Gossip Girl: Could "Bluck" Be Any Hotter?
    E! Online - Found Dec. 1, 2008
    ... standing by while watching the video above, because Gossip Girl's Chuck (Ed Westwick) and Blair (Leighton Meester) are back on your TV tonight...
  • TV's Biggest Scene Stealers
    PEOPLE.com: Celebrity Photos - Found Nov. 25, 2008
    Gossip Girl's Leighton Meester & Ed Westwick! The Hills' Audrina Patridge! See the small-screen stars who kept us captivated. By Serena Kappes
  • The Gossip Girl Kids Leave Their Sneakers at Home
    POPSUGAR - Insanely addictive. - Found Nov. 21, 2008
    Blake Lively kept Penny warm under her coat as usual and Leighton Meester bundled up in Uggs before changing into heels for the camera.
  • Gossip Girl: Could "Bluck" Be Any Hotter?
    EOnline.com - Found 5 hours ago
    ... standing by while watching the video above, because Gossip Girl's Chuck (Ed Westwick) and Blair (Leighton Meester) are back on your TV tonight...
  • TV highlights, December 3
    The Age - Found 4 hours ago
    There's mystery about why she left, tension with her alleged best friend, Blair (Leighton Meester, centre) and unresolved romantic issues with...
  • Mr. Bass Gets Into An Accident On 'Gossip Girl'
    Starpulse - Found 5 hours ago
    One of Blair's (Leighton Meester) minions, Penelope (Amanda Setton) had eyes for Nate too.
  • Advertising: Is ?On Sale? the Greeting of the Season? And Other ...
    New York Times - Found Nov. 30, 2008
    Crisco?¶Why does a new campaign for the Coolpix S60 camera sold by Nikon feature the young actors Leighton Meester and Ed Westwick from the...
  • Is On Sale the Greeting of the Season? And Other Questions
    New York Times - Found Nov. 30, 2008
    ¶Why does a new campaign for the Coolpix S60 camera sold by Nikon feature the young actors Leighton Meester and Ed Westwick from the CW...
  • Critic's corner
    Boston Globe - Found Nov. 30, 2008
    Pictured: Leighton Meester (left) as Blair and Blake Lively as Serena. The Sterile Cuckoo 8 p.m., TCM Pookie. Lost 7-11 p.m., Sci Fi Spooky.
  • Nancy Franklin: Poor little rich kids on the CW, from 2007.
    New Yorker - Found Dec. 1, 2008
    The beautiful Blair (Leighton Meester) and the beautiful Serena (Blake Lively, from The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants) are BFFs, and have...

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Leighton Meester
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Leighton Meester

Born Leighton Marissa Claire Meester
April 9, 1986 (1986-04-09) (age 22)
Marco Island, Florida
Occupation Actress
Years active 1999-present

Leighton Marissa Claire Meester (born April 9, 1986) is an American actress and aspiring Singer-Songwriter, best known for her role as Blair Waldorf in the TV show Gossip Girl.1 Her first acting role on a television program was on NBC's legal drama Law & Order in 1999.2 Other series in which Meester has appeared include Surface, Entourage, CSI: Miami,3 8 Simple Rules, 24,4 7th Heaven,5 and House.6

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Early life

Meester's parents, Connie and Doug, were involved in a drug ring that smuggled marijuana from Jamaica to the United States. Both were convicted for their involvement in the ring; Connie was sentenced to ten years. Prior to her conviction, Connie was released on bail, and during that time period, she became pregnant with Leighton. Leighton was delivered in a Texas hospital, and Connie was allowed to live with Leighton in a half-way house for three months. At the end of those three months, Connie returned to a Texas prison and Leighton was sent to live with a relative.7 After serving sixteen months, Connie was released and resumed her role in Leighton's life.8 Leighton has always been adamant in maintaining that she has no hard feelings towards her parents for what they did in the past, and she has repeatedly said that her mother is one of her best friends.

Career

Meester became interested in acting when she appeared in a local production of The Wizard of Oz. When she was eleven, she moved with her family to New York City and soon after began working as a model with Wilhelmina, booking a Ralph Lauren campaign shot by Bruce Webber and working with then-photographer Sofia Coppola.2

Other roles include a role as Savannah Bennett on Surface. She has guest starred as Debbie Pendleton on Season 4 of the FOX drama 24,4 as Ali, an underage teenager who has a crush on Dr. House in episode 3 and 4 of Season 3 of the FOX drama, House6, as Carrie Bishop on Season 1 of the UPN drama Veronica Mars and Chandler's new girlfriend Kendall in Season 8 of the WB drama 7th Heaven, as well as the role of Justine Chapin in Season 1 of the HBO comedy Entourage. Meester made her film debut in the feature Hangman's Curse, based on the best-selling novel by Frank Peretti.

She recently starred in the independent comic-thriller Flourish with House co-stars Jennifer Morrison and Jesse Spencer.

In 2006, she wrapped the female lead role in the comedy/horror film Drive-Thru.5 She has also recorded a song for the soundtrack of Drive-Thru. In the spring of 2006, she played a part in the ensemble comedy/drama entitled Remember the Daze.

Currently, Meester stars as Blair Waldorf in The CW series Gossip Girl, from Josh Schwartz, creator of The O.C. and based on the book series about the lives of New York's two privileged Upper East Side high school students. Meester has stated in interviews that she identifies with Blair "on every level, in one way or another." She has also recently guest starred on CSI: Miami3 and has a recurring role on James Woods' court drama Shark. When not on the set, Meester, who attended Beverly Hills High School, pursues her talent for music and creative writing. She currently resides in New York.2

She has worked with actress Kristen Bell on two TV series. In Gossip Girl, Bell provides the voice of Gossip Girl and Leighton plays Blair Waldorf, and in Veronica Mars, which stars Bell, Leighton appeared briefly as gossip queen Carrie Bishop. Additionally, she has worked with fellow Gossip Girl co-star Penn Badgley in her previous lead role film Drive-Thru, where Penn played Val Espinoza.

She reprised her role of Justine Chapin on Entourage in season five. She is currently dating Sebastian Stan

Filmography

Films

Year Movie Role
2003 Hangman's Curse Elisha Springfield
2004 Hollywood Division (TV) Michelle
2006 Flourish Lucy Covner
Inside Josie
2007 Drive-Thru Mackenzie Carpenter
Remember the Daze Tori
The Haunting of Sorority Row (TV) Samantha Willows
2008 Killer Movie Jaynie Hansen
Prodigy Megan
Wrong Turn 3 Kealey
2010 Nightmare Academy Elisha Springfield

Television

Year Television Show Role Notes
1999 Law & Order Alyssa Turner
2001 Boston Public Sarah Breen
2002 Family Affair Irene
2003 Tarzan Nicki Porter
2004 Crossing Jordan Marie Strand
7th Heaven Kendall
North Shore Veronica Farrell
Entourage Justine Chapin
2005 24 Debbie Pendleton
8 Simple Rules Nikki Alcott
Veronica Mars Carrie Bishop
Numb3rs Karen Camden
2005-2006 Surface Savannah Bennett
2006 Secrets of a Small Town Kayla Rhodes \ Kelly Rhodes
House Ali
2007 CSI: Miami Heather Crowley
Shark Megan
2007-present Gossip Girl Blair Waldorf
2008 Entourage Justine Chapin
2009 My Sister, My Roommate Tammy Guest Star

References

  1. ^ Marikar, Sheila (2007-09-19). "'Gossip Girl': Teen Drama So Adult, So Aspirational", ABC News. Retrieved on 24 January 2008. 
  2. ^ a b c "Leighton Meester Biography". The CW Television Network (2007). Retrieved on 2008-01-24.
  3. ^ a b "Broken Home". CSI: Miami. CBS. 2007-02-19. No. 113.
  4. ^ a b "Day 4: 11:00 AM-12:00 Noon". 24. Fox. 2005-01-17.
  5. ^ a b Southern, Nathan (2007). "Leighton Meester - Biography". AOL Television. Allmovie. Retrieved on 2008-01-24.
  6. ^ a b Meester has starred in the House episodes "Informed Consent" and "Lines in the Sand", according to Fox.com
  7. ^ Joyce Eng (2008-09-25). "Leighton Meester Opens Up About Prison Past". TV Guide. Retrieved on 2008-10-12.
  8. ^ "Meester More Tolerant After Mother's Prison Sentence". SFGate.com. Retrieved on 2008-10-12.

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