Leighton Marissa Meester (born April 9, 1986) is an American actress, pop singer, and fashion model best known for her role as Blair Waldorf in the television series Gossip Girl.
Leighton Meester was born while her mother was serving a federal prison sentence in Fort Worth, Texas. Although her mother, Constance, was serving time in prison for her involvement in a drug ring that smuggled marijuana from Jamaica to the United States, she was able to give birth to Leighton Meester in a hospital and nurse her for three months in a halfway house before returning to prison to complete her sentence.
Lindsay Lohan was born on July 2, 1986, in New York City and grew up in Merrick and Cold Spring Harbor on Long Island, New York. Lindsay Lohan is the eldest child of Donata "Dina" (née Sullivan) and Michael Lohan. Lindsay Lohan has three younger siblings, all of whom have been models or actors: Michael Jr. (who appeared with Lindsay in The Parent Trap), Aliana ("Ali"), and Dakota ("Cody"), the youngest Lohan child. Lindsay Lohan is of Irish and Italian heritage and was raised as a Catholic. Her maternal family were "well known Irish Catholic stalwarts" and her great-grandfather, John L. Sullivan, was a co-founder of the Pro-life Party in Long Island. Lindsay Lohan attended Cold Spring Harbor High School, where she did well in science and mathematics until grade 11 when she started homeschooling.
