Line #5 Creator/BlakeLively


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5	[[quoteright:971:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/blake_lively_8404.jpg]]
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7	Blake Lively (real name Blake Ellender Brown, born August 25, 1987) is an American actress.
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9	She got into acting for some very amusing reasons; her parents taught acting classes and didn't want to leave her with a babysitter, so they brought her along whenever they taught. She was initially not interested in pursuing it as a career, and her first role was only a bit part in a film called ''The Sandman'' (which was directed by her father). Apparently in her first audition, she simply walked in and handed them her headshot, not thinking she'd have to do anything else. The audition was for ''Film/TheSisterhoodOfTheTravelingPants'', and they decided she was perfect for the role they were casting.
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11	Blake soon started appearing in various projects - usually playing an EveryoneLovesBlondes character. She also became a media sensation when she was cast as the lead in The CW's flagship TeenDrama ''Series/GossipGirl''. Playing the beautiful and wild Serena van der Woodsen, the show was a hit and lasted six seasons. Despite the fame it brought her, Blake has distanced herself from the show in recent years - calling some of the work "emotionally compromising".
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13	Despite getting her start in roles that catered to her beauty, she sought to really earn her stripes as an actress. It started with getting [[PlayingAgainstType very against-type parts]] in ''Film/TheTown'' (as a [[BeautyInversion trashy alcoholic]]) and ''{{Film/Hick}}'' (as a coke-sniffing con woman). The former won her acclaim, but the latter has been mostly forgotten.
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15	Not to let that deter her, she struck gold when she was cast in ''Film/TheAgeOfAdaline''. A planned Creator/KatherineHeigl vehicle, the film saw Blake playing an immortal woman who [[WhoWantsToLiveForever sees all her friends and family die as she never ages]]. Critics heaped praise on her, and they did likewise for the film ''Film/TheShallows''. Both were also modest box office successes, proving she could draw a crowd with more than just her beauty.
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17	Her father is late actor Creator/ErnieLively, who appeared with her in ''Literature/TheSisterhoodOfTheTravelingPants''. She has one older full brother, [[Creator/EricLively Eric]], and three older half-siblings from her mother's side, [[Creator/LoriLively Lori]], [[Creator/JasonLively Jason]], and [[Creator/RobynLively Robyn]], all of whom are also actors. In 2012, she married Creator/RyanReynolds, her costar in ''Film/{{Green Lantern\|2011}}''. They have four children.
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20	!!Works associated with this actress:
21	* ''Literature/TheSisterhoodOfTheTravelingPants'' (2005) as Bridget Vreeland
22	* ''Film/{{Accepted}}'' (2006) as Monica Moreland
23	* ''Film/SimonSays'' (2006) as Jenny
24	* ''Series/{{Gossip Girl\|2007}}'' (2007-12) as Serena van der Woodsen
25	* ''Film/TheTown'' (2010) as Krista Coughlin
26	* ''Film/{{Green Lantern\|2011}}'' (2011) as Carol Ferris
27	* ''Film/{{Hick}}'' (2011) as Glenda
28	* ''Film/{{Savages}}'' (2012) as Ophelia "O" Sage
29	* ''Film/TheAgeOfAdaline'' (2015) as Adaline Bowman
30	* ''Film/CafeSociety'' (2016) as Veronica Hayes
31	* ''Film/TheShallows'' (2016) as Nancy Adams
32	* ''Film/ASimpleFavor'' (2018) as Emily Nelson
33	* ''Film/WhenYouWishUponAPickle'' (2018) as Delivery Person
34	* ''Film/{{IF\|2024}}'' (2024) as Octopuss (voice)
35	* ''ComicBook/{{Seconds}}'' (TBA, director)
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37	!!Her roles provide examples of:
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43	* BeautyInversion:
44	** For ''Film/TheTown'' she looks decidedly unglamorous, with make-up layered on, messy hair and looking constantly tired and spaced out.
45	** In ''Film/TheShallows'' her character suffers several nasty injuries including a gash along her leg, sunburn from being stranded at sea all day and blemishes along her face.
46	* ClusterFBomb: Blake says "fuck" countless times throughout ''Film/TheTown''.
47	* EveryoneLovesBlondes: She often plays these types of characters. Most famously as Serena in ''Series/GossipGirl''.
48	* MsFanservice: Her roles often place her in rather revealing outfits.
49	* TimeShiftedActor: To Creator/RobinWright (and Madeline [=McNulty=]) as the title role in ''The Private Lives Of Pippa Lee''.

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