Biography: Blake Lively: birth name: Blake Christina Lively; born on August 25, 1987 in Tarzana, California, height: 5 feet 10 (178 cm)   Zodiac Sign: Virgo.

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Blake stars in the TV series Gossip Girl as the main character Serena van der Woodsen. Blake is  the daughter of actors Ernie and Elaine Lively. As a child, Lively was homeschooled.

Lively dated actor Kelly Blatz from 2004 to 2007; the two had been friends since childhoood in Teen Vogue interview, when asked if she was dating Penn Badgley, her co-star in Gossip Girl, Penn is also her childhood pal and homeschool classmate. Lively said that “I try not to talk about my dating life. I want to, but once you start, it’s all downhill from there.” In May 2008, People magazine published photos of Lively and Badgley kissing while on vacation in Mayan Riviera, Mexico.

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