Blake Lively won our hearts as Serena van der Woodsen and now she’s all grown up.
At 27, the lovely Lively is married to Ryan Reynolds. She expecting their first child and has one of the best-dressed baby bumps since Kate Middleton and still rocks that wild mane of messy, golden locks.
She also curates Preserve, a lifestyle website for girls who are more down-to-earth than those who bookmark Gwyneth Paltrow‘s uppity goop site, which sells Egyptian cotton hand towels for like a bazillion space bucks.
Blake is for the people, of the people, and by the people. So let’s pull back the curtain a little on the life of Lively, shall we? Here are 15 fun facts and cute things you probably never knew about the blonde beauty.
1. She was once class president.
2. Karl Lagerfeld picked her to be the face of the Chanel Mademoiselle handbag range.
3. She loves to take cooking classes. Nom nom nom.
3. She once had a pet duck. Quack, quack, quack.
4. Her IRL dad Ernie played her on-screen papa in The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants.
5. She nabbed the role of Bridget in TSOTP without even auditioning.
6. Her fave cookies are from Tate’s Bake Shop.
7. Her favorite French phrase is “Ou le vent me port,” which translates to “Wherever the wind takes me.”
8. She went on a South African safari on her own. Right, like solo. #Adventurous.
9. She often cooks while wearing Louboutins. #Sexy. And yes, those are her stilettos and feet, you shoe fetishists.
10. She loves amusement parks, particularly Disney ones.
11. Her character of Serena wore a $12,000 Galliano jacket and $10,000 Chanel coat to school.
12. Her actor brothers Eric and Jason encouraged her career and set her up with auditions.
13. She was a cheerleader. Rah rah rah!
14. She was also a member of the championship choir.
15. She has said that she prefers to wear her hair down and is not comfortable with updos. Good thing she has great hair and can wear it down, framing her face, in a variety of ways.
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