What are Gossip Girl’s cast members up to in 2024? From Blake Lively’s music video with Taylor Swift and Penn Badgley’s Netflix hit You to Leighton Meester, Ed Westwick and Chace Crawford’s projects

Jun 24 , 2024

Where is the Gossip Girl cast today? Chace Crawford, Leighton Meester, Penn Badgley and Blake Lively during the show’s heyday in 2008. Photo: Getty Images

Teen drama series Gossip Girl was a huge hit when it first aired in 2007 – 12 years later, its memorable characters are still pursuing their dreams IRL, and some of them already have kids

Blake Lively has a family with Ryan Reynolds, Leighton Meester released her album Heartstrings, and Ed Westwick got engaged this year, but did Chace Crawford really date a GG cast mate?

Teen drama series Gossip Girl might have concluded 12 years ago ... but it maintains its currency even today. The “It” girl phenomenon is only the start.

The show continues to inspire fashion and beauty trends, and is widely referenced in film, television and pop culture. It even influenced several other TV shows like Pretty Little Liars and, most recently, Netflix’s Spanish teen thriller Elite.

So as the show remains relevant today, where are its cast members now? Here’s what we know about Blair Waldorf, Serena van der Woodsen and the rest ...

1. Blake Lively, 36

Blake Lively filming for Gossip Girl in New York City, in 2011. Photo: Getty Images

Blake Lively played the protagonist of Gossip Girl, socialite Serena van der Woodsen. After skyrocketing to fame, Lively has remained largely active on the silver screen, appearing in films like The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2, The Age of Adaline, A Simple Favor and more.

Lively also made her directorial debut when she co-wrote and directed the music video for Taylor Swift’s I Bet You Think About Me. She is set to make her feature directorial debut soon, too.

Blake Lively and her husband Ryan Reynolds have four children. Photo: @afam_themovieplug/Instagram

Meanwhile, Lively has launched a line of non-alcoholic drink mixers called Betty Buzz and another line of alcoholic canned cocktails called Betty Booze. Her new film, It Ends with Us, based on the mega-hit novel of the same name by Colleen Hoover, will be released in US cinemas on August 9.

2. Leighton Meester, 38

Leighton Meester looking fashionable as usual as Blair Waldorf. Photo: Getty Images

Leighton Meester played Blair Waldorf on Gossip Girl, who went on to be one of the show’s most popular and critically acclaimed characters. Following Gossip Girl, she delved into music and released her debut album Heartstrings in 2014. She also stepped into Broadway, making her stage debut in an adaptation of John Steinbeck’s novel Of Mice and Men.

Meester has starred in several films and TV shows since then, including Like Sunday, Like Rain, Single Parents and, most recently, How I Met Your Father.