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Leighton Meester

Born April 9, 1986 · Fort Worth, Texas, USA (age 40)

Leighton Marissa Meester (born April 9, 1986) is an American actress and singer. She is mostly known for her starring role as Blair Waldorf in the teen drama series Gossip Girl (2007–12). She has also appeared in the 2010 country drama film Country Strong, the 2011 thriller The Roommate, the 2011 romantic-comedy Monte Carlo, and the comedies The Oranges (2011) and That's My Boy (2012). Meester mad…

Known For

The Judge

The Judge · 2014

A successful lawyer returns to his hometown for his mother's funeral only to discover that his estranged father, the town's judge, is suspected of murder.

That's My Boy

That's My Boy · 2012

While in his teens, Donny fathered a son, Todd, and raised him as a single parent up until Todd's 18th birthday. Now, after not seeing each other for years, Todd's world comes crashing down when Donny resurfaces just before Todd's wedding.

Date Night

Date Night · 2010

MovieComedyAction

Phil and Claire Foster fear that their mild-mannered relationship may be falling into a stale rut. During their weekly date night, their dinner reservation leads to their being mistaken for a couple of thieves—and now a number of unsavoury characters want Phil and Claire killed.

The Roommate

The Roommate · 2011

MovieThrillerDrama

When Sara, a young design student from Iowa, arrives for college in Los Angeles, she is eager to fit in and get to know the big city. Her wealthy roommate, Rebecca, is more than eager to take Sara under her wing and show her the ropes. The two become close, but when Sara begins to branch out and make more friends on campus, Rebecca becomes resentful. Alarmed, Sara moves in with her new boyfriend, causing Rebecca's behavior to take a violent turn.

Monte Carlo

Monte Carlo · 2011

MovieAdventureComedy

Three young women vacationing in Paris find themselves whisked away to Monte Carlo after one of the girls is mistaken for a British heiress.

Going the Distance

Going the Distance · 2010

Going the Distance

MovieComedyDrama

Erin and Garrett are very much in love. When Erin moves to San Francisco to finish her journalism degree and Garrett stays behind in New York to work in the music industry, they gamely keep the romance alive with webcams and frequent-flyer miles. But just when it seems the lovers will soon be reunited, they each score a big break that could separate them for good.

My Father's Dragon

My Father's Dragon · 2022

My Father's Dragon

MovieAnimationAdventure

Struggling to cope after a move to the city with his mother, Elmer runs away in search of Wild Island and a young dragon who waits to be rescued. Elmer’s adventures introduce him to ferocious beasts, a mysterious island and the friendship of a lifetime.

The Weekend Away

The Weekend Away · 2022

The Weekend Away

MovieThrillerMystery

When her best friend vanishes during a girls' trip to Croatia, Beth races to figure out what happened. But each clue yields another unsettling deception.

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The Judge

The Judge · 2014

A successful lawyer returns to his hometown for his mother's funeral only to discover that his estranged father, the town's judge, is suspected of murder.

Carla Powell

That's My Boy

That's My Boy · 2012

While in his teens, Donny fathered a son, Todd, and raised him as a single parent up until Todd's 18th birthday. Now, after not seeing each other for years, Todd's world comes crashing down when Donny resurfaces just before Todd's wedding.

Jamie Martin

Date Night

Date Night · 2010

MovieComedyAction

Phil and Claire Foster fear that their mild-mannered relationship may be falling into a stale rut. During their weekly date night, their dinner reservation leads to their being mistaken for a couple of thieves—and now a number of unsavoury characters want Phil and Claire killed.

Katy

The Roommate

The Roommate · 2011

MovieThrillerDrama

When Sara, a young design student from Iowa, arrives for college in Los Angeles, she is eager to fit in and get to know the big city. Her wealthy roommate, Rebecca, is more than eager to take Sara under her wing and show her the ropes. The two become close, but when Sara begins to branch out and make more friends on campus, Rebecca becomes resentful. Alarmed, Sara moves in with her new boyfriend, causing Rebecca's behavior to take a violent turn.

Rebecca Evans

Monte Carlo

Monte Carlo · 2011

MovieAdventureComedy

Three young women vacationing in Paris find themselves whisked away to Monte Carlo after one of the girls is mistaken for a British heiress.

Meg

Going the Distance

Going the Distance · 2010

Going the Distance

MovieComedyDrama

Erin and Garrett are very much in love. When Erin moves to San Francisco to finish her journalism degree and Garrett stays behind in New York to work in the music industry, they gamely keep the romance alive with webcams and frequent-flyer miles. But just when it seems the lovers will soon be reunited, they each score a big break that could separate them for good.

Amy

My Father's Dragon

My Father's Dragon · 2022

My Father's Dragon

MovieAnimationAdventure

Struggling to cope after a move to the city with his mother, Elmer runs away in search of Wild Island and a young dragon who waits to be rescued. Elmer’s adventures introduce him to ferocious beasts, a mysterious island and the friendship of a lifetime.

Sasha (voice)

The Weekend Away

The Weekend Away · 2022

The Weekend Away

MovieThrillerMystery

When her best friend vanishes during a girls' trip to Croatia, Beth races to figure out what happened. But each clue yields another unsettling deception.

Beth

The Oranges

The Oranges · 2011

MovieComedyRomance

A man's affair with his friend's much-younger daughter throws two neighboring families into turmoil.

Nina Ostroff

River Wild

River Wild · 2023

MovieMysteryThriller

Follows a pair of siblings who love but distrust each other as they embark on a white-water rafting trip with a small group. One of their friends from childhood turns out to be more dangerous than he appears.

Joey

Life Partners

Life Partners · 2014

MovieRomanceComedy

A 29-year-old lawyer and her lesbian best friend experience a dramatic shift in their longtime bond after one enters a serious relationship.

Sasha

Semper Fi

Semper Fi · 2019

MovieActionDrama

Cal is a dedicated cop who also serves as a sergeant in the Marine Corps Reserve. When his reckless half brother lands in jail for accidentally killing a man, Cal and his buddies hatch a plan to break him out of prison -- no matter what the cost.

Clara

Country Strong

Country Strong · 2010

MovieDramaRomance

Soon after the rising young singer-songwriter Beau Williams gets involved with a fallen, emotionally unstable country star Kelly Canter, the pair embark on a career resurrection tour helmed by her husband/manager James and featuring a beauty queen-turned-singer Chiles Stanton. Between concerts, romantic entanglements and old demons threaten to derail them all.

Chiles Stanton

Drive Thru

Drive Thru · 2007

MovieHorrorThriller

A high-school student must save townspeople from a murderous clown who works at a fast-food place.

Mackenzie Carpenter

EXmas

MovieRomanceComedy

When Graham decides to surprise his family by traveling home for Christmas, he is shocked to discover them already celebrating with an unexpected guest of honor, his ex-fiancée, Ali. The two exes battle it out to see who the family will pick to stay through Christmas Day and who must go.

Ali

Like Sunday, Like Rain

Like Sunday, Like Rain · 2014

Like Sunday, Like Rain

MovieDramaMusic

A struggling musician becomes a 12-year-old musical prodigy's guardian for a summer.

Eleanor

Unity

MovieDocumentary

Despite the advent of science, literature, technology, philosophy, religion, and so on -- none of these has assuaged humankind from killing one another, the animals, and nature. UNITY is a film about why we can't seem to get along, even after thousands and thousands of years.

Narrator (voice)

Killer Movie

Killer Movie · 2008

MovieHorrorMystery

A reality TV director copes with a spoiled celebutante and a show gone haywire when a masked killer starts bumping off the crew in this slasher-movie satire.

Jaynie Hansen

Zoolander: Super Model

Zoolander: Super Model · 2016

Zoolander: Super Model

MovieAnimationComedy

Ridiculously good-looking superheroes Derek Zoolander and Hansel defend people from the dark forces of the fashion world.

Leighton Meester (voice)

By the Gun

By the Gun · 2014

MovieCrimeDrama

A rising Boston gangster endangers those around him when he starts to make moves without the knowledge of his boss.

Ali Matazano

Remember the Daze

Remember the Daze · 2008

Remember the Daze

MovieComedyDrama

During the summer of 1999, a group of teenagers, through interconnected narratives, live through their last day of high school and prepare for the future. Holly, once the new girl in school, does whatever it takes to remain popular. Dawn, who is secretly a lesbian, battles drugs. Tori is the valedictorian of her class, but, on the eve of graduation, she decides to experiment with drugs for the first time.

Tori

Flourish

Flourish · 2006

MovieDramaMystery

A tutor recounts a frantic night that culminated in a 16-year old girl's disappearance. Unfolding in front of a video camera direct from a psychiatric ward, Gaby Winters recalls a dreadful babysitting job that sent her on a frantic search for a missing teenager out into the heart of a mysterious city. Woven into the story are a multitude of subplots that add up to one chaotic night that Gaby will never forget.

Lucy Covner

The North Wind's Gift

The North Wind's Gift · 2018

The North Wind's Gift

A magic microwave ensnares a starving family and their landlord.

Gemma

The Haunting of Sorority Row

The Haunting of Sorority Row · 2007

The Haunting of Sorority Row

MovieHorrorThriller

Samantha Willows, a college freshman, looks to pledge a sorority. Unbeknownst to Sam, it is haunted by a former pledge taking revenge on those who wronged her.

Samantha Willows

Law & Order

Law & Order · 1990

SeriesCrimeDrama

In cases ripped from the headlines, police investigate serious and often deadly crimes, weighing the evidence and questioning the suspects until someone is taken into custody. The district attorney's office then builds a case to convict the perpetrator by proving the person guilty beyond a reasonable doubt. Working together, these expert teams navigate all sides of the complex criminal justice system to make New York a safer place.

Alyssa Turner

House

Dr. Gregory House, a drug-addicted, unconventional, misanthropic medical genius, leads a team of diagnosticians at the fictional Princeton–Plainsboro Teaching Hospital in New Jersey.

Ali

CSI: Miami

CSI: Miami · 2002

SeriesDramaMystery

The show follows Crime Scene Investigators working for the Miami-Dade Police Department as they use physical evidence, similar to their Las Vegas counterparts, to solve grisly murders. The series mixes deduction, gritty subject matter, and character-driven drama in the same vein as the original series in the CSI franchise, except that the Miami CSIs are cops first, scientists second.

Heather Crowley

SeriesAction & AdventureDrama

Counterterrorism agent Jack Bauer fights the bad guys of the world, a day at a time. With each week's episode unfolding in real-time, "24" covers a single day in the life of Bauer each season.

Debbie Pendleton

Gossip Girl

Gossip Girl · 2007

An exclusive group of privileged teens from a posh prep school on Manhattan's Upper East Side whose lives revolve around the blog of the all-knowing albeit ultra-secretive Gossip Girl.

Blair Waldorf

Numb3rs

Numb3rs · 2005

SeriesCrimeDrama

Inspired by actual cases and experiences, Numb3rs depicts the confluence of police work and mathematics in solving crime as an FBI agent recruits his mathematical genius brother to help solve a wide range of challenging crimes in Los Angeles from a very different perspective.

Karen Camden

Crossing Jordan

Crossing Jordan · 2001

Crossing Jordan

Crossing Jordan is an American television crime/drama series that stars Jill Hennessy as Jordan Cavanaugh, M.D., a crime-solving forensic pathologist employed in the Massachusetts Office of the Chief Medical Examiner.

Marie Strand

Entourage

Entourage · 2004

SeriesComedyDrama

Film star Vince Chase navigates the vapid terrain of Los Angeles with a close circle of friends and his trusty agent.

Justine Chapin

Veronica Mars

Veronica Mars · 2004

SeriesMysteryDrama

In the fictional town of Neptune, California, student Veronica Mars progresses from high school to college while moonlighting as a private investigator under the tutelage of her detective father.

Carrie Bishop

The Orville

The Orville · 2017

SeriesDramaComedy

Follow the crew of the not-so-functional exploratory ship in the Earth's interstellar fleet, 400 years in the future.

Laura Huggins

The Tyra Banks Show

The Tyra Banks Show · 2005

The Tyra Banks Show

The Tyra Banks Show, also known as and shortened to Tyra or The Tyra Show, is an American talk show hosted by Tyra Banks. The last new episode aired on Friday, May 28, 2010. The show featured many special guest stars which include Mike Epps, Cheryl Tiegs, Miley Cyrus, LL Cool J, Rihanna, Michael Rapaport, and Robbi Morgan.

Boston Public

Boston Public · 2000

Principal Steven Harper runs Winslow High School as best as he can while dealing with the demands of the faculty, the students and their parents.

Sarah Breen

7th Heaven

7th Heaven · 1996

SeriesFamilyDrama

Reverend Eric Camden and his wife Annie have always had their hands full caring for seven children, not to mention the friends, sweethearts and spouses that continually come and go in the Camden household.

Kendall

8 Simple Rules

8 Simple Rules · 2002

SeriesComedyDrama

Paul and Cate are raising their three children -- Bridget, Kerry and Rory -- which is no easy task. Oldest daughter Bridget is traversing the dating scene. Kerry is cute and smart, but she has a hard time getting in touch with her true feelings because of her lack of self-confidence. The youngest of the three children, and only boy, Rory is beginning to discover one of life's greatest mysteries -- girls.

Nikki

CollegeHumor Shorts

CollegeHumor Shorts · 2007

CollegeHumor Shorts

Original sketches, music videos, and pop culture parodies spanning the last CollegeHumor decade.

Leighton Meester

Shark

SeriesDramaMystery

Notorious Los Angeles defense attorney Sebastian Stark becomes disillusioned with his career after his successful defense of a wife-abuser results in the wife's death. After more than a month trying to come to grips with his situation, he is invited by the Los Angeles district attorney to become a public prosecutor so he can apply his unorthodox-but-effective talents to putting guilty people away instead of putting them back on the street.

Megan

The Last Man on Earth

The Last Man on Earth · 2015

The Last Man on Earth

SeriesDramaComedy

The year is 2022, and after an unlikely event, only one man is left on earth: Phil Miller, who used to be just an average guy who loved his family and hated his job at the bank. Now, in his RV, Phil searches the country for other survivors.

Zoe

Nobody Wants This

Nobody Wants This · 2024

Nobody Wants This

SeriesComedyDrama

An agnostic sex podcaster and a newly single rabbi fall in love, but can their relationship survive their wildly different lives and meddling families?

Abby

Single Parents

Single Parents · 2018

A group of single parents lean on each other to help raise their 7-year-old kids and maintain some kind of personal lives outside of parenthood.

Angie

How I Met Your Father

How I Met Your Father · 2022

How I Met Your Father

SeriesComedyDrama

In the near future, Sophie tells her son the story of how she met his father: a story that catapults us back to the year 2021 where Sophie and her close-knit group of friends are in the midst of figuring out who they are, what they want out of life, and how to fall in love in the age of dating apps and limitless options.

Meredith

Once and Again

Once and Again · 1999

The series depicts the family of a single mother and her romance with a single father.

Amanda

Surface

Surface · 2005

SeriesSci-Fi & FantasyDrama

A marine biologist, an insurance salesman and a teenage boy find their lives changed when a new and often dangerous sea life species emerges, while the government tries to keep the affair under wraps.

Savannah Barnett

I Love LA

I Love LA · 2025

A codependent friend group navigates life and love in Los Angeles. With aspirations of becoming a talent manager, Maia is stalled out as an assistant while living with her boyfriend...until her longtime best friend and frenzied influencer Tallulah returns.

Alyssa Barzak

Good Cop/Bad Cop

Good Cop/Bad Cop · 2025

Good Cop/Bad Cop

SeriesDramaComedy

An odd couple sister and brother detective team in a small Pacific Northwest police force must contend with colorful residents, a serious lack of resources, and their very complicated dynamic with each other and with their police chief, Big Hank who happens to be their father.

Det. Lou Hickman