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Serena van der Woodsen

Serena van der Woodsen
Gossip Girl character
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Blake Lively as Serena van der Woodsen
First appearance Novel:
Gossip Girl
Television:
"Pilot"
(episode 1.01)
Last appearance Novel:
I Will Always Love You
Television:
"New York, I Love You XOXO"
(episode 6.10)
Created by Character
Cecily von Ziegesar
Developed for Television
Josh Schwartz
Stephanie Savage
Portrayed by Blake Lively
Information
Full name Serena Celia van der Woodsen
Aliases S
Occupation Novels:
Fashion model
High school student
Dutch shipping heiress
Television:
Socialite
Fashion model (former)
Publicist (former)
High school student
(at Constance Billard; graduated)
College student
(at Columbia)
Family William van der Woodsen
(father)
Lillian "Lily" van der Woodsen
(mother)
Eric van der Woodsen
(brother)
Television:
Bartholomew "Bart" Bass
(former stepfather; deceased)
Rufus Humphrey
(former stepfather)
Scott Rosson
(maternal half-brother)
Charles "Chuck" Bass
(former stepbrother / adoptive brother)
Henry Bass
(nephew, via Chuck and Blair)
Rick and Celia "CeCe" Rhodes
(maternal grandparents)
Spouse(s) Television:
Daniel Humphrey
(husband; flash-forward)
Relatives Carol Rhodes
(maternal aunt)
Charlotte "Lola" Rhodes
(paternal half-sister/cousin)

Serena Celia van der Woodsen is a main character in the Gossip Girl novel series and its TV adaptation, in which she is portrayed by Blake Lively. Serena is featured on the blog of the series' mysterious narrator, "Gossip Girl." Serena is Blair Waldorf's best friend and is a character that appears to easily get whatever she wants, because of her good looks, energy and charisma. She is also known as the "It Girl" in the series.

Serena is tall, blonde, thin teenage girl from the Upper East Side of Manhattan in New York City. Many of the girls at the Constance Billard school accuse her of using her good looks as a means to secure everything she wants. She is not particularly academically skilled, but she is often told that she is not meeting her full potential. Her father runs the same Dutch shipping firm his great-great-grandfather founded in the 18th century, and her mother, Lillian van der Woodsen, is a socialite, art collector, and philanthropist. Her parents are on the boards of all major charities and art organizations in the city. The van der Woodsens reside at 994 Fifth Avenue, a ritzy, white-gloved doorman building directly across the street from The Met and Central Park. Serena and her family own half the top floor in a 14-room penthouse.

Serena has a nail-biting habit and also cuts her split ends off, mainly during her classes at Constance Billard. Though exposed and aware of the on-goings in the fashion world, she, unlike Blair, is not as meticulous about her fashion choices and wardrobe. She is described to have an effortless way about her. Serena is charismatic, charming, talented, funny, kind, care-free and laid-back. These attributes help her to thrive and often, whether wittingly or unwittingly, attract older men.

Despite all of her attributes, Janet Malcolm of The New Yorker considers her "incandescently beautiful, exceptionally kind, and, in the end, it has to be said, somewhat boring."


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