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Leighton Marissa Meester (born on April 9, 1986) is an American actress, fashion model, singer and songwriter, mostly known as Blair Waldorf in the television series Gossip Girl.

She was born in Forth Worth, Texas and grew up in Marco Island, Florida. She moved to New York with her mother when she was 11 and attended the Professional Children’s School and also started working as a model with Wilhemina. She debuted on television on an episode of Law & Order. When she was 14, she moved to Los Angeles, California where she attended Hollywood High School and Beverly Hills High School.

Following her television debut on Law & Order, she had guest appearances in two other series before appearing in the movie Hangman’s Curse. She began to get guest roles in such television series as Crossing Jordan, Veronica Mars with Kristen Bell, 7th Heaven, 24, and Entourage.
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Kristen Anne Bell (born on July 18, 1980) is an American actress who rose to fame with the title role in the television series Veronica Mars.

She was born and grew up in Huntington Woods, Michigan, a suburb of Detroit. She attended Shrine Catholic High School in Royal Oak and graduated in 1998. She moved to New York City and attended Tisch School of the Arts at New York University where she majored in musical theater.

In 1992, she won a dual role at her first audition in a suburban Detroit theater’s production of Raggedy Ann and Andy. She also appeared in newspaper advertisements for numerous Detroit retailers and TV commercials. In 2001, she took the role of Becky Thatcher in the Broadway musical of The Adventures of Tom Sawyer. She also made her film debut in Pootie Tang. A year later appeared in the Broadway production of The Crucible alongside Angela Bettis, Laura Linney and Liam Neeson. She then moved to Los Angeles, California and appeared in several television shows as a special guest. In 2003, she got a role in the movie The King and Queen of Moonlight Bay.
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