BLAKE LIVELY will next be seen in the much-anticipated action adventure %22Green Lantern,%22 in which she stars opposite Ryan Reynolds under the direction of Martin Campbell. The film is slated to open in June 2011. Lively first gained the attention of critics and audiences with her first starring role, in the 2005 hit %22The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants,%22 for which she earned a Teen Choice Award nomination for Best Breakthrough Performance. In 2008, she reprised her role in the sequel, %22The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2.%22
Lively's additional film credits include the comedy %22Accepted,%22 with Justin Long and Jonah Hill; the independent feature %22Elvis & Annabelle,%22 for which she won the Newport Film Festival Award for Breakout Performance; the Brett Ratner-directed segment of the anthology film %22New York, I Love You%22; and the indie drama %22The Private Lives of Pippa Lee,%22 in which she starred with Keanu Reeves, Robin Wright Penn, Julianne Moore and Alan Arkin for writer/director Rebecca Miller.
On the small screen, Lively is best known for her starring role on the popular CW series %22Gossip Girl,%22 which enters its fifth season this fall.
