Leighton Meester
Biography
Leighton Meester is an American actress, singer, and model. Born in Fort Worth, Texas, she acted in local playhouse productions in Marco Island, Florida, before making her television debut on Law & Order in 1999. After early roles in Tarzan and Veronica Mars, she became widely known as Blair Waldorf on The CW drama Gossip Girl, a role critics called the show's breakout character. Her film work includes Killer Movie (2008), Country Strong (2010), The Roommate (2011), Monte Carlo (2011), The Judge (2014), The Weekend Away (2022), and EXmas (2023), and she starred as Angie D'Amato on the ABC sitcom Single Parents. She also appeared on Broadway in Of Mice and Men in 2014, and received a Best Actress award at the Williamsburg Independent Film Festival for Like Sunday, Like Rain. As a singer, she released the album Heartstrings in 2014 and provided vocals for Cobra Starship's Good Girls Go Bad.
40years old
Turns 41 on April 9in 178 days
- Born Fort Worth
- Star sign: AriesThe sign runs March 21 to April 19
- Leighton Marissa Meester (birth name)
Movie Career
- Films
- 21
- Career span
- 16 years2007 to 2023
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Big break
In 2007, Meester was cast as Blair Waldorf on Gossip Girl. She had tried out for Serena van der Woodsen but told producers she was better suited to Blair, and since Serena had to be blonde and Blair brunette, Meester dyed her hair brown.
A first
Meester first appeared on Broadway in a stage version of John Steinbeck's 1937 novel Of Mice and Men, with James Franco and Chris O'Dowd. National Theatre Live chose the production as its first Broadway show, filming it for a one-night cinema broadcast.
Getting ready for a role
After finishing work on the film, Meester got a guitar as a gift from Tim McGraw and chose to learn how to play it.
Behind the camera
Meester's debut album, Heartstrings, came out on October 28 through her own label, Hotly Wanting. She wrote the nine-song LP, and Jeff Trott produced it.
A role that slipped away
Scheduling conflicts kept Meester from playing Carrie Bishop again in the 2014 film Veronica Mars, so singer Andrea Estella, of the band Twin Sister, took over the part.
Leighton Meester movies on Netflix
Best known for
The films on Netflix they are best known for, with the part played in each.
Worked with
Leighton Meester shares four films with Adam Brody, and one with each of the others. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.
Films together
Adam Brody's page
Nick Kroll's page
Harvey Keitel's page
Susan Sarandon's page
Whoopi Goldberg's page
Robert Duvall's page
David DobkinDirector, 1 film, 2014
All films by David Dobkin
All films by Shawn Levy
Sean AndersDirector, 1 film, 2012
All films by Sean Anders
Box office
What Leighton Meester's films earned in cinemas worldwide.
Combined worldwide box office
$451 million
10 of the 21 films have a worldwide figure.
Of the 21 films: 10 worldwide figure; 4 never in cinemas; 1 streaming, short cinema run; 6 figure not found.
- 10Worldwide figure
- 4Never in cinemas
- 1Streaming, short cinema run
- 6Figure not found
Top grosser
Highest grossing
The eight biggest films earned 100% of the total. The bars are drawn to scale.
- 1$152M33.7% of the total
- 2$84M18.7% of the total
- 3$58M12.8% of the total
- 4$53M11.6% of the total
- 5$42M9.3% of the total
- 6$40M8.8% of the total
- 7$21M4.6% of the total
- 8$1.9M0.4% of the total
$36,473from the other 2 films with a worldwide figure, 0% of the total
Awards
Two awards and honors from 2009 to 2010.
| Year | Award | Film | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| Other honors | |||
| 2010 | Teen Choice Award for Choice TV Actress Drama | Gossip Girl | Won |
| 2009 | Teen Choice Award for Choice TV Actress Drama | Gossip Girl | Won |
Online
Official profiles and reference pages.