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Leighton Meester

  • Birthplace: Fort Worth, Texas, USA
  • Birthday: April 9, 1986

Actress Leighton Meester vaulted into the pop culture vanguard in the fall of 2007 as the anti-heroine Blair Waldorf on the teen soap, "Gossip Girl" (The CW, 2007- ). Prior to her star-making turn on the popular show, the young Meester established her credentials with a voluminous list of television credits that included episodes of "7th Heaven" (WB/The CW, 1996-2007), "Veronica Mars" (UPN/The CW, 2004-07) and "24" (Fox, 2001-10). She graduated to a regular series role on the short-lived action drama, &qu…more

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Career Milestones

  • 2010

    Appeared opposite Steve Carell and Tina Fey in the comedy "Date Night"

  • 2010

    Portrayed beauty queen-turned-singer, opposite Gwyneth Paltrow in "Country Strong"

  • 2008

    Reprised her role of Justine Chapin on season five of "Entourage" (HBO)

  • 2007 to 2010

    Breakthrough role as snobbish, Blair Waldorf in the CW teen series, "Gossip Girl"

  • 2007

    Played the female lead in the comedy/horror film "Drive-Thru"; appeared with "Gossip Girl" co-star, Penn Badgley