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Central charactersBlair Waldorf The series main character,3 Blair Cornelia Waldorf is described as a 54 and slender girl with brilliant blue eyes and a fox-like face. She is involved in extracurricular activities and is very intelligent and determined. For the first three books, she had long, chestnut hair, but chopped it into a pixie cut in Because Im Worth It, before having it extended in Dont You Forget About Me. She is a hopeless romantic who idolizes Audrey Hepburn and has a sensitive side that contrasts her tendency to be bitchy and controlling. She loves to pretend her life is a movie and watches Breakfast at Tiffanys and Roman Holiday often. She is vain, although her friendship with it-girl Serena van der Woodsen causes her to be insecure at times. In the first book, when Serena returns, Blair is extremely reluctant to let her back into her life because it would mean giving up the queen bee position she held in Serenas absence. She also fears losing Nate to Serena since they slept together before Serena left. Blair uses her charm, money and social status to get what she wants. Her father, once a lawyer, now lives in a French chateau with his boyfriend, Giles, and their adopted Cambodian twins, Ping and Pong. He shares a love of shoes with Blair. He raised Blair under the impression that she deserves everything she wants. Her mother, Eleanor Waldorf-Rose, is a flaky society-hostess who married Cyrus Rose. Blair has a younger brother, Tyler; a stepbrother, Aaron, and a baby half-sister, Yale (named after the college Blair hoped to attend, making her a good luck charm). She has a turbulent relationship with Nate Archibald throughout the series, losing him to other girls several times, including Jenny Humphrey and Serena van der Woodsen. Blair now attends Yale University. She is portrayed by Leighton Meester in the TV series. Serena van der Woodsen Serena is described as 57 with long, pale blond hair and huge, navy eyes. She is slim and ethereally beautiful, often described as perfect in the books. She is often told that she is not working to her full potential, but her personality is usually as well regarded as her physical attributes. Like her sometimes-best friend Blair Waldorf, she and her family are prominent in New York society. Serena dabbled in modeling before landing a starring role in Breakfast at Freds, a remake of Breakfast at Tiffanys. Serena has kept a steady string of admirers, including Nate Archibald, Dan Humphrey, Aaron Rose, and an entire a capella group at Yale. Despite the attention she receives from the opposite sex, Serena longs for true romance. She seeks this in Nate. She has fallen in love many times, but nothing has been too serious. Serena is much less demanding and uptight than Blair. She gets what she wants with very little effort which causes a lot of people to envy her. She is worshiped by freshman Jenny Humphrey who aspires to be just like her despite their physical differences. Serena is often criticized by her classmates who find her an excellent source of gossip, but resent her effortless good looks and her ability to get the attention of any male. Her parents rarely appear in the series. At the end of the book series, Serena decided to stay in New York City, instead of attending one of the many Ivy Leagues schools she got into, because she wanted to discover her life for herself. She is portrayed by Blake Lively in the TV series. Nate Archibald Nate is a wealthy, good-looking lacrosse player from St. Judes school for boys. He is described as having wavy golden brown hair and sparkling, emerald-green eyes. His mother is a French socialite and his father is a former Navy captain. In the books, Nate is depicted as someone who smokes lots of marijuana and was once caught and sent to rehab after buying a dimebag in the parks. He has dated a number of girls including Serena van der Woodsen, Jenny Humphrey, Georgina Sparks, LWren from LEcole and Tawny from the Hamptons, but his only serious relationship has been with his on-again/off-again girlfriend, Blair Waldorf. After stealing his lacrosse coachs Viagra, he relied on Blair and her alumnus fathers connections to get accepted to Yale, although he eventually left to sail around the world with his fathers Navy mentor because he is unable to choose between Blair and Serena. He is portrayed by Chace Crawford in the TV series. Dan Humphrey Dan is a thin, sensitive, caffeine-addicted poet who often sees the darker side of things. Dan is a romantic whose imagination runs off wildly at the worst times. He is over-analytic and easily frustrated. He is romantically linked to Vanessa Abrams, who appears to be the love of his life, but he hasnt always been the best boyfriend. Prior to his relationship with Vanessa, he spent two years in love with Serena van der Woodsen. He has held several writing-related roles, including having a poem called Sluts published in the The New Yorker; an internship at Red Letter, a prominent literary magazine; and a short stint as songwriter/lead singer for indie-rock sensation The Raves. He has a close relationship with his sister, Jenny and his father Rufus. Before realizing he loved Vanessa, he was confused about his sexuality and experimented with a guy named Greg. His absentee mother returns in the final book because she believes that he is gay. Dan is now attending the Evergreen State College in Washington. He is portrayed by Penn Badgley in the TV series. Jenny Humphrey The younger sister of Dan Humphrey, fifteen year old Jenny is the youngest of the Gossip Girl characters. She is an aspiring artist and holds a secret desire to be a model like Serena van der Woodsen, whom she eventually befriends. She often tries to fit in with the rich girls at her school, even though she does not hold a place in their social sphere. After Jenny gets kicked out of Constance Billard School for Girls, she ends up going to a boarding school, Waverly Academy, to reinvent herself as the It Girl, a la Serena. She is now the main character in a spin-off series of books called The It Girl. She is portrayed by Taylor Momsen in the TV series. Vanessa Abrams Vanessa is a budding filmmaker. She is the polar opposite of her Constance Billard School for Girls classmates. Her parents are hippie artists who live in Vermont, while her sister Ruby is bassist for the band SugarDaddy. Shes described in the books as pale and she shaves her own head. She has a shaky relationship with Dan Humphrey. After Ruby comes back from a world tour with her new fiance, Piotr, Vanessa moves in with the Humphreys, further complicating her relationship with Dan. She is attending NYU at the end of the book series. She is portrayed by Jessica Szohr in TV series. Secondary charactersKati Farkas and Isabel Coates Kati and Isabel made up Blairs former clique before Serena returned to New York City. They are two alumna socialites and Blairs loyal sidekicks of Constance Billard School for Girls. Isabel was admitted to Princeton University, but she turned the Ivy down for Rollins College in Orlando, Florida because she wanted to attend college with her best friend, Kati. They are portrayed as followers of Blair and Serena and are constantly trying to copy their fashion sense. They are portrayed by Nan Zhang and Nicole Fiscella in the TV series. Chuck Bass A secondary figure throughout the series,4 Chuck is a handsome, lust-driven antagonist in the books. Although in the first book he tries to take advantage of both little Jenny Humphrey and an inebriated Serena van der Woodsen, who he once kissed at a hot tub party, Chuck is implied to be a homosexual in the rest of the series. Chuck has a pet monkey named Sweetie, who can often be found perching on his shoulder and wearing coordinated outfits. He is largely despised by other characters but never ostracized due to his wealth and power. After he is not accepted to any of the colleges he applies to, he ends up going to military college. Chuck is largely a secondary character in the books. In the TV series he is portrayed as a primary character by British actor Ed Westwick. Erik van der Woodsen The older brother of Serena van der Woodsen. He once had a fling with Blair Waldorf. He attends Brown University. He is portrayed by Connor Paolo in the TV series and is Serenas younger brother. Aaron Rose The herb cigarette-smoking and vegan stepbrother of Blair Waldorf and son of Cyrus Rose. He drives a red Saab, and had an unrequited crush on his stepsister, Blair. Later on he dated both Serena and Vanessa, and was accepted to Harvard University. In the TV series he knows Serena van der Woodsen and dates her before he knows Blair Waldorf or her mother Eleanor Waldorf, and he is portrayed by John Patrick Amedori. Tyler Waldorf The younger brother of Blair Waldorf and a student at St. Georges. He was a constant joke when Serena and Blair were best friends, even dropping him off and making him walk home from the Lower East Side. He late