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- ). She graduated to a regular role on the short-lived action drama, “Surface” (NBC, 2005-06), and…more
![Leighton Meester is bringing bitchy back as Blair Waldorf, one half of the Serena/Blair duo in ytvshow id=40313]Gossip Girl[/ytvshow]. Meester has popped up before in 24, Veronica Mars, and 7th Heaven, but this is her chance to shine in a leading role. Blair is willing to do anything to get what she wants, and that includes stepping all over her “friends” in the process.](http://l.yimg.com/l/tv/us/img/site/23/45/0000042345_20070828175121_th.jpg)
