Blake Lively’s family

Blake Lively is an American actress, born on August 25, 1987, in Los Angeles, California. She was interested in acting from a very young age. Lively made her film debut in Sandman (1998), directed by her father Ernie Lively. Her breakthrough role was in The Sisterhood of the Travelling Pants (2005). She is well-known for her iconic role as Serena van der Woodsen in Gossip Girl (2007-2012).

Her other notable works include The Town (2010), The Age of Adaline (2015), The Shallows (2016), and A Simple Favor (2018). Apart from acting, Blake Lively has been involved in many other businesses. She is known for her fashion sense and has worked with top brands like Chanel and L’Oréal as a brand ambassador. In 2021, she co-founded Betty Buzz, a company that makes non-alcoholic mixers. Recently on August 4, 2024, Blake Lively also launched her hair care line, Blake Brown.

Blake Lively’s parents and siblings

Blake Lively comes from a family where everyone belongs to the entertainment industry. Elaine Lively, Blake Lively’s mother, was a talent scout who helped young actors find roles in Hollywood. Because of her mother’s job, Blake grew up surrounded by actors and show business. Elaine played a big role in Blake’s career. She guided her and helped her get started in the industry. Blake thanked her mother in an interview with Today and shared that her mother gave her the best advice on motherhood. She said, "My mom was really great because my mom had a career and had five kids.” She added, "Don’t compromise one for the other. You can do both fantastically, and some days you’ll do both horribly. As long as you’re happy and give your family all the love and attention they need, it all sort of falls into place."

Her father, Ernie Lively, was an actor and director who appeared in many TV shows and movies. He even played Blake’s father in The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants. He is best known for his work in Passenger 57 (1992), Showdown in Little Tokyo (1991), Air America (1990), and Shocker (1989). Ernie and Elaine got married in 1979. He became stepfather to Elaine’s three kids from her previous marriage. He also took Elaine’s last name and dropped his last name, Brown. Blake talked about her father’s last name during the launch of her hair care line in New York and said, “Brown is my dad's name. My dad took Lively from my mom, which is her story to tell. It's a longer, much more interesting story," she added "But I just thought that was really cool. My mom had three kids and he was like, ‘I'm not going to take their name from them, I'm not going to make them take my name. I'll just take their name.’ That was before I was born, well before I was born."

Blake Lively has four older siblings, and all of them are involved in entertainment. She has two brothers, Eric and Jason Lively, and two sisters, Robyn and Lori Lively. Robyn Lively is best known for her role in the film Teen Witch and has acted in many TV shows. Jason Lively was in National Lampoon’s European Vacation, and Eric Lively has appeared in films and TV shows as well.

Blake Lively’s husband and kids

Blake Lively is married to Ryan Reynolds. He is a famous Canadian and American actor. He was born on October 23, 1976, in British Columbia, Canada. He is known for movies like The Proposal (2009), Woman in Gold (2015), Deadpool (2016), Life (2017), and Free Guy (2021). They met in 2010 while filming for the film Green Lantern (2011) and became good friends before they started dating. Ryan and Blake got married on September 9, 2012, in a private ceremony in South Carolina.

The couple are known for their funny and loving relationship, often cracking jokes about each other on social media. In 2016, when Ryan Reynolds got his star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, during the ceremony he thanked Blake Lively. He said Blake is his everything and added, "You are the best thing, the best thing that has ever happened to me — second only to this star …You make everything better, absolutely everything in my life better. You've made me the father of my dreams when I thought I only had fun uncle potential."

The couple has four children together. Their first daughter is James Reynolds, born in 2014. They welcomed their second daughter in 2016, Inez Reynolds, followed by their third daughter, Betty Reynolds, in 2019. In 2023, they welcomed their fourth child, but they have not shared the baby’s name or gender publicly. Blake and Ryan prefer to keep their children’s lives private, but they sometimes talk about parenthood in interviews.

In a recent interview with E! News Ryan said, “The more the merrier. As many as possible. As many little heartbeats as possible, just running around, wrecking stuff in the house. I love it. Let’s have more!” Blake Lively has said that being a mother is her biggest joy. In an interview with Vogue, she said, "Sitting around with them doing chicken dances while I have a very serious conversation with you is probably the most accurate portrait of me possible,"

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