Blake Lively

Blake Lively was the best dressed girl at the 61st Emmy Awards on Sunday night. Blake wore a red Versace halter gown with a plunging neck, with nude Louboutins, and jewelry by Lorraine Schwartz.



The Gossip Girl star really dresses well for the red carpet. Above Lively is the cynosure of all the photogs' cameras at the "The Model As Muse: Embodying Fashion" Costume Institute Gala this May. Blake is wearing a one-shouldered teal chiffon Versace dress with a split front. Also eye-catching is the beautiful way she did her hair and makeup.



Blake Lively and Leighton Meester on Gossip Girl. The show is known more for its clothes and accessories; Blake Lively credits costume designer Eric Daman for her own improved taste in clothes. "Being on a show that's so fashion-driven and doing fittings once or twice a week, doing fashion shoots for magazines, getting to spend time with Anna Wintour at Vogue — it's a big passion for me. My mom and my sisters were models. I love to find things."

"I'm from Burbank, California, I'm the youngest of five kids, and everyone in my family has been in show business," says Blake. Her father Ernie and brother Eric are actors, but young schoolgirl Lively wanted to go to Columbia or Stanford. With her brother's urging Blake auditioned for and got the part of soccer-playing Bridget on The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants. Later at age 20 she was cast in the CW's series Gossip Girl.



Blake Lively's intimate moment with co-star and boyfriend Penn Badgley. In her personal life 22-year old Blake is quite conservative. She doesn't smoke or drink and is not a party girl. Lively told the Independent: "I've kissed just three people in my life, other than stuff I've done for TV or movies. I grew up with the mindset that after work you go to dinner and watch a movie. I don't want to go to a club and not wear panties."



Blake Lively with the other love of her life, Penny the Maltipoo, a Maltese and Poodle cross. "She eats bones and stuff. She's a real dog," Lively told USA Today. "I bring her with me everywhere. It's nice to have another heartbeat. She's a little piece of home."



In school Blake was a cheerleader and enjoyed playing sports, "I am so energetic. I always have to be going, going and making things fun. Plus, I enjoy playing sports. I love soccer. It's my favorite sport to play." Blake Lively is 5'10" tall and has a curvy figure, she loves to cook and eat all kinds of food. "My family's originally from Georgia; I love fried food, cheese, sugar, salt, butter," Blake told Teen Vogue.