Gossip Girl...!

Serena van der Woodsen is smart and super pretty ... but is constantly being told she is not working to her full potential.

Serena van der Woodsen is also surprisingly vulnerable, despite seemingly having it all together on the surface.

Like Blair Waldorf, her best friend (but with whom she has a strained relationship) Serena and her family are prominent in New York society

Given her beauty and personality, Serena enjoys a steady string of admirers, namely Dan Humphrey (Penn Badgley) and Nate Archibald (Chace Crawford) at present, but also numerous others in the past.

After a scandalous affair with Nate - who was dating Blair Waldorf - Serena left N.Y.C., only to return a year later under a cloud of suspicion.

The subject of their secret - or not so secret - hookup remains sore and mysterious for Blair and others. But it turns out Serena left for another reason: A guy she was hooking up with overdosed on drugs and died while her friend Georgina Sparks filmed the whole thing.

Georgina later resurfaced and when Serena would not reenter their old, wild lifestyle, G threatened to blackmail her with the tape.

S then came clean about the overdose and ultimately G got hers - thanks to a little help from Blair and Chuck Bass, whose father Bart married Serena's mom in the season finale.

Despite the attention she receives from the opposite sex, Serena constantly longs for real romance... which she eventually finds with Dan Humphrey, a middle class guy from Brooklyn who sweeps her off her feet with is genuine charm.

But her web of lies and distancing herself over the situation with G - who also tried to meddle with Dan - scared him away, and the two are not together... at least for now.

Serena has one younger brother, Eric van der Woodsen, and lives with her mother, Lily van der Woodsen, as well as her new stepfather, Bart Bass, and stepbrother and friend, Chuck Bass.

Birth Name
Blake Christina Lively
Height
5' 10" (1.78 m)

Mini Biography
Blake Lively was born in a showbiz family in California and quickly followed her parents and siblings steps. Her first role was Trixie the Tooth Fairy in 1998 movie "Sandman" directed by her dad, Ernie Lively. Her big break came along a few years later though. Blake was up to finish high school when she got the co-starring role of Bridget in "The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants" on 2005.[/spolier]

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Blair Waldorf (full name: Blair Cornelia Waldorf) was born into high society on Manhattan's Upper East Side. Her father is Harold Waldorf, Esq., and her mother is Eleanor Waldorf.

The youngster is 5'4" and slender, with beautiful brown eyes. Blair is also a hopeless romantic who idolizes Audrey Hepburn, classic movies and upscale traditions, but whose sensitive side often clashes with her tendency to be bitchy and controlling.

Blair Waldorf is vain, though her friendship with Serena van der Woodsen (Blake Lively) causes her to be insecure at times. Perhaps as a result, she has become known as Queen B - useing her charm, money and social clout to win people over.

Blair Waldorf's dad, once a uptight lawyer, now lives in a French chateau with his French lover, Roman, who was a model Eleanor used to work with. He brought Roman to New York for Christmas and after some initial friction, Blair warmed up to him and they invited her to spend the summer in France.

She has been through - and continues to experience the ups and downs of - a rather turbulent relationship with boyfriend Nate Archibald (Chace Crawford) throughout the series, losing him to other girls several times, including Jenny Humphrey (Taylor Momsen) and even Serena. In fact, Serena's tryst with Nate was thought to be the reason S left town - and still looms large over their friendship.

After an uncharacteristic night in which she performed at a burlesque club on a whim, Blair Waldorf lost her virginity to Chuck Bass (Ed Westwick) in the back of his father's limo.

She proceeded to keep this secret affair going for a bit, but it blew up in her face and she was temporarily ousted as the school's social queen by Jenny Humphrey. She then went back to Nate after he finally showed some gumption at the ball. This upset Chuck, who is Nate's best friend and was starting to fall for Blair.

At the end of the first season of Gossip Girl, Blair and Chuck seemed to have a good thing going, only to have him return to his womanizing ways and throw it away. Can Chuck and Blair recapture the magic - or is this Queen Bee destined to find new love this year?

Birth Name: Leighton Marissa Meester
Birth Place: Marco Island, FL
Date of Birth / Zodiac Sign: 04/09/1986, Aries
Profession: Actor
Height:5' 5" (1.65 m)

Trivia
Has an older brother, Douglas Meester.

Her surname "Meester" is Dutch for "master" or "teacher".

She has worked with famous photographer Sofia Coppola.

She enjoys singing and even sang in the movie Drive Thru (2007).

She is naturally blonde but dyed her hair brown for the role of "Blair Waldorf" for her TV series "Gossip Girl" (2007).

Named one of People Magazines' 100 Most Beautiful in 2008.

Ranked #48 on the Maxim magazine Hot 100 of 2008 list.

Has a younger brother named Lex.

Attended Beverly Hills High School in Beverly Hills, California.

Actor Sebastian Stan is her boyfriend [2008].

Is bringing out an electric pop album sometime in 2009.

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Nate Archibald is a wealthy, good-looking lacrosse player at St. Jude's school.

His mother is a French socialite and his father is a former Navy captain. Nate smokes copious amounts of marijuana and was once caught and sent to rehab for buying a dimebag in the park. Tough luck on that one.

Archibald� has dated a number of girls including Jenny Humphrey, Serena, Georgina Spark, and Lexie -� but his only serious relationship has been with his on again/off again girlfriend Blair.

Although Nate was originally planning to attend Yale University and play lacrosse, he eventually left to sail across the world with his father's Navy mentor, Captain Chips White, to figure his life out.

Date of Birth
18 July 1985, Lubbock, Texas, USA

Birth Name
Christopher Chace Crawford

Height
6' (1.83 m)
Mini Biography
Chace grew up in Dallas, Texas. His father is a dermatologist and his mother is a teacher. He has one sibling, a younger sister, Candice, who is studying broadcast journalism. Chace played football and golf in high school and is a talented artist. He graduated from Trinity Christian Academy in 2003. Although he worked as a model in Dallas, he never pursued acting. He moved to Malibu, California to attend Pepperdine University after high school where he was a member of the Sigma Nu fraternity. He struggled to identify a career path, vacillating between advertising, business and communications majors. Midway through his second year his mother encouraged him to pursue acting. He credits her for initiating this bold move. She states that "it was a practical move," based on career aptitude test he had taken in high school which revealed he was best suited for a career in the performing arts. He was signed by the first talent agent that interviewed him and then committed full-time to acting studies.

Only 14, Jenny Humphrey is the youngest of the Gossip Girl characters. Jenny is the younger sister of Dan Humphrey (Penn Badgley).

She's an aspiring social climber, and while she physically resembles Serena van der Woodsen, she often tries to fit in with the rich-girl clique of Blair Waldorf at her school, even though she doesn't hold a place in their social world, being from (relatively) middle-class Brooklyn.

Despite her lack of clout, Jenny managed to steal Nate Archibald from Blair Waldorf at one point, and dethroned Blair to become the de facto new social queen herself for a brief period.

Young and insecure but spunky and driven to get what she wants, "Little J" often goes to wild and embarrassing lengths to set up an image for herself, which causes much consternation for her brother Dan and father Rufus (Matthew Settle).

Near the end of the first season, Jenny began dating a boy named Asher Hornsby to help climb the social ladder. However, it turned out Asher was gay - and mean. This episode resulted in the outing of Serena's brother, Eric van der Woodsen.

Jenny Humphrey was also busted stealing clothes from one of Blair's rich friends.

Date of Birth
26 July 1993, St. Louis, Missouri, USA

Birth Name
Taylor Michel Momsen

Height
5' 8" (1.73 m)
Mini Biography
Taylor Michel Momsen was born on July 26th, 1993 in St Louis, Missouri to parents Michael and Colette Momsen. She began her acting career at age 3 with a national commercial for Shake-N-Bake. She first landed the role of Honey Bee Swan in The Prophet's Game (1999). Her first big role was as Cindy Lou Who in 'Jim Carrey''s How the Grinch Stole Christmas (2000). After that, Taylor landed the role of Julie Moore in We Were Soldiers (2002) which also starred her younger sister, Sloane Momsen. After landing roles in movies such as _Hansel & Gretel (2002)_Spy Kids II,, Saving Shiloh (2005), Doubting Thomas (2005), she will soon be seen in a new series for WB, "Misconceptions" (2006) in which she has a lead role.

I'm Chuck Bass. That's his trademark line - but who is he, really? We learn a little bit more every week about this, rich and pompous character who desires the finer things in life ... such as expensive clothes, alcohol and sex.

He's as obnoxious - but hilarious - as he is wealthy and charming at times. Everyone may despise Chuck Bass, but there's no question that he is the most connected kid on Upper East Side. He is the son of Bart Bass, a business magnate.

Chuck has come close to a sexual encounter with Jenny Humphrey and makes dirty remarks at new stepister Serena van der Woodsen (her mom Lily married Bart at the end of Season One), but his true sexual fascination is Blair Waldorf.

She lost her virginity to him in the back of his limo in Season One, and ever since, he's pined for her like no girl he has ever known. In Season Two, they have been playing a cat and mouse game, cashing each other, unsure of their true feelings.

Date of Birth
27 June 1987, Stevenage, Hertfordshire, England, UK

Birth Name
Edward Westwick

Height
6' (1.83 m)
Trivia
He is the lead singer of the band The Filthy Youth.

His father lectures in business studies and his mother is an educational psychologist.

Has two older brothers.

Dream Job: Landscape Gardening.

Cites American Psycho as one of his favorite films, and frequently watches it with his co-star Chace Crawford.

Vanessa Abrams is a young, beautiful artist who remains an outcast among a cluster of New York's most elite, wealthy teens. Her best friend is Dan Humphrey, who is from a similar middle-class background. She works at a coffee shop in Brooklyn and has a history with Dan that has not been fully revealed yet, but was evident in the tension between herself and Serena van der Woodsen at the time Serena began to date Dan. Towards the end of the first season of Gossip Girl, Vanessa developed a romance of her own with Nate Archibald, although that fizzled before it really got going. We can't wait to see what's next for Vanessa in Season 2!

Date of Birth
31 March 1985, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA

Birth Name
Jessica Karen Szohr

Height
5' 5" (1.65 m)
Trivia
Graduated from Menomonee Falls High School, Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin.

Did print modeling for Kohl's Department Store during high school.

Measurements are 32B-25-32.

Is of Hungarian and African-American descent.