how old was blake lively in gossip girl

Blake Lively was 19 turning 20 when she started filming Gossip Girl, and 20 years old when the show premiered in 2007.

Quick Scoop

• Blake Lively was born on August 25, 1987.

• Gossip Girl first aired in 2007, meaning she was about 20 years old during the show’s debut season.

• Filming typically starts months before a premiere, so she was around 19–20 during early Serena van der Woodsen episodes.

Gossip Girl Timeline

• The first season of Gossip Girl ran from 2007 to 2008, covering the characters’ senior year of high school.

• Across the series (2007–2012), Lively aged from about 20 to 25 in real life while playing Serena.

Little Fan-Fact Flavor

• Lively’s role as Serena quickly became her breakout TV part, cementing her as a fashion and pop culture “it girl” of late 2000s teen drama.

• Even years later, anniversaries of Gossip Girl still trend online, with fans revisiting how young the cast was when the show started.

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