Leighton Meester

Leighton Meester was in a romantic relationship with actor Sebastian Stan between 2008 and 2010.

In 2013 she got engaged to actor Adam Brody. They got married in 2014 and had a daughter named Arlo Day Brody on 4 August 2015.

She has had a strained relationship with her mother, with both parties filing lawsuits against each other regarding financial support for her younger brother’s health treatment, alleging contract breach, physical abuse, and other reasons. In the recent years, with the court dismissing the claims made by her mother, Meester received a judgment in her favour.

On 9 April 1986, Leighton Marissa Meester was born in Fort Worth, Texas. Her father Douglas Meester worked for an internet company and mother Constance was a writer. She has a younger brother named Alexander ‘Lex’ and is known to have an older brother named Douglas Meester.

She was born at a time when her mother was serving prison time for trafficking marijuana from Jamaica to the USA. Her mother was allowed to give birth in prison and nurse her for three months in a halfway house after which she had to return to prison to complete her sentence. During this time, Leighton Meester was cared for by her grandmother.

At the age of 11, she moved to New York City along with her mother where she attended the Professional Children’s School. Later, at 14 she shifted to Los Angeles and attended the Hollywood High School and Beverly Hills High School. She later completed her school education in a private school.

Around this time she began modelling with agencies like Wilhelmina Models and for designers like Ralph Lauren. She also appeared in commercials for brands like Clearasil and Tamagotchi.

Leighton Meester made her acting debut in an episode of the political and legal drama series ‘Law & Order’ in 1999. This was followed by several guest appearances in television series like ‘Boston Public’ (2001), ‘Once and Again’ (2002) and ‘Family Affair’ (2002).

Her debut feature film appearance was in the horror film ‘Hangman’s Curse’ (2003). The same year she was part of the main cast in the television series ‘Tarzan, a show that went on to be cancelled after just eight episodes.

Between 2003 and 2005, she made special appearances in several television series like ‘The Big Wide World of Carl Laemke’ (2003), ‘Crossing Jordan’ (2004), ‘7th Heaven’ (2004), ‘North Shore’ (2004),’24’ (2005), ‘Veronica Mars’ (2005) and ‘8 Simple Rules’ (2005).

In 2005, she got a recurring role in the science fiction series ‘Surface’. The following year she did two feature films, ‘Flourish’ and ‘Inside’. The same year she played short roles in television series ‘CSI: Miami’ and ‘Shark’.

In 2007, she was cast as part of the television series ‘Gossip Girl’. The series was based on a book series by the same name by Cecily von Ziegesar. She earned much critical appreciation for her performance and earned several awards and nominations for the same. The series went on for six seasons, until 2012.

Leighton Meester is an actress popularly known for her character ‘Blair Waldorf’ in the television series ‘Gossip Girl’. She has also played noteworthy roles in feature films such as ‘Killer Movie’ (2008), ‘Country Song’ (2010) and ‘The Roommate’ (2011).