Leighton Meester: filmography, biography and personal life

Today the heroine of our narrative will be an American singer, songwriter, model and actress - Leyton Mister. Spectators around the world, she is mainly known for the role of Blair Waldorf in the popular television series "Gossip Girl".

Biography Leighton Meester

The future Hollywood celebrity was born on April 9, 1986 in the American town of Marco Island, Florida. At birth, the girl was named Leighton Marissa. As for the name Mister, it is of Dutch origin and in translation means "teacher". Leighton's mother, Connie, and her father, Doug, were members of a criminal group smuggling marijuana from Jamaica into the mainland of the United States. They were both arrested. In anticipation of the trial, Connie and Doug were released on bail. At this time they had time to conceive a child. At the trial Connie was sentenced to a long ten years in prison and sent to the prison of Texas, where she spent almost all of her pregnancy. When she started fighting, the prisoner was taken to a local hospital, where little Leighton appeared. Three months after the birth of the girl, she was sent to be raised for her grandmother, and the young mother again went to prison to continue serving the sentence. After 16 months, Connie was released early, after which she began to live with a small daughter. Leighton has two brothers: the elder - Douglas and the younger - Lex.

At the age of 11, the young Mister, along with her aunt, moved to New York, where she began her modeling career. At first, she collaborated with the agency Wilhelmia, and then began working with the famous photographer Sophia Coppola.

Leighton Meester: filmography, movie debut

For the first time the heroine of our story appeared on the blue screens in 1999. She played a character named Alice Turner in the series "Law and Order". After this came out such films with Leighton Meester as "The Seventh Heaven", "24 hours", "CSI: Crime Scene Miami", "Surface" and others, where the novice actress performed episodic roles. As for the debut on the big screen, it took place in 2003. It was a horror film called The Curse of a Suicide. In this project, Leighton played one of the key roles, playing a character named Elisha Springfield. According to the plot of the picture, in a school in the walls of which several years ago one of the students hanged himself, very strange events begin to occur. So, one of the children suffers from hallucinations, someone falls into a swoon, and someone even dies. In the end, everyone agrees that here is the curse of a suicide. To understand the situation, several special agents are sent to school under the guise of an ordinary family ...

Continuation of career

Leighton Meester, whose filmography already included a number of notable works, in 2007 was invited to one of the main roles in the "horror movie" called "The Snack of Death". Her partner on the set was Nick D'Agosto. The film itself narrates the story of a heroine named Mackenzie Carpenter, whose classmates suddenly began to die one after another from a large loss of blood. The girl began to try to understand what was happening and found out that she was in close contact with both the killers and their victims.

Now the directors are no longer afraid to trust Leighton Meester's leading roles. A real success for a young actress came in 2007, when she was invited to the popular television series "Gossip Girl". In this project, Leighton played one of the key roles for several years. Her shooting partners were Chase Crawford, Penn Badgley and Blake Lovely. The directors of the project were Michael Fields, Norman Buckley and Tony Warmby.

Leighton Meester: filmography, the path to success

In parallel with the shooting in Gossip Girl, the actress also took part in work on other projects, among which are the following pictures: "Stunned", "Secrets of a Small Town", "Blind Faith", "Shark", "Free Porn" and "Test Fire ".

In full, his actor's talent, Leighton Mister managed to manifest in the thriller of 2008 under the title "Winter Dead". According to the plot of the picture, a group of filmmakers shooting a reality show falls into a mess in the northern town.

Another very successful project was the 2010 film "Mad Meeting". Mister's partners on the set in this picture were actors such as Steve Carell, Mark Wahlberg and Tina Fey.

Last works

Leighton Meester, whose filmography regularly replenishes with new interesting roles, today is a very popular actress. So, in 2012 she appeared before the audience in the picture "Papa-dosvidos". Last year, a film with her participation entitled "Only God Knows" was released on the screens. In 2014 same year, the tape "Judge" will appear at the box office.

Leighton Meester: personal life and interesting facts

• In the period from 2008 to 2010, the heroine of our story was in a romantic relationship with the American actor of Romanian origin Sebastian Stan. Then the girl spun an affair with Aaron Hymelstein. Since 2013, Leighton has met with the actor, producer and screenwriter Adam Brodie. At the beginning of this year, the couple secretly entered into marriage.
• The height of Leighton Meester is 165 cm, and the weight is 50 kg.
• In 2011, the actress sued her own mother. The fact is that every year Leighton paid her a certain amount for the treatment of her sick younger brother. However, it turned out that the mother spent money exclusively for her own needs.