Leighton Meester

Birthday: 9 April 1986, Fort Worth, Texas, USA

Birth Name: Leighton Marissa Meester

Height: 164 cm

Leighton Marissa Meester was born in Fort Worth, Texas, to Constance (Haas) and Douglas Meester. Although born in Texas when her mother was serving a jail sentence for her part in a marijuana-smuggling ring, Meester spent her early years in Marco Island, Florida with her grandparents. There, she became involved with the local playhouse and made her stage debut in a production of "The Wizard of Oz".She moved to New York with her mother at the age of 11 and was soon working as a model and appearing in TV commercials. A few years later, at age 14, she and her mother moved again, this time to Los Angeles where she soon began to pick up TV work, making her debut in Law & Order: Disciple (1999).A steady stream of TV work followed until in 2007 she landed the role in Gossip Girl (2007) which made her famous. This led to more TV and movie work, and in 2009 she launched a recording career with a single entitled, "Somebody to Love". Show less «

If you're just yourself, you'll never lose. I want to be myself. That's when you feel the most comfo...Show more »

If you're just yourself, you'll never lose. I want to be myself. That's when you feel the most comfortable, that's when you have the most success, and that's when you're the most happy. Show less «

I was picked on because I was a four-eyes and a dork. We didn't have a ton of money so I couldn't sa...Show more »

I was picked on because I was a four-eyes and a dork. We didn't have a ton of money so I couldn't say, "Mom, I need to have these crazy expensive jeans." I had long tangled hair and wore hemp necklaces, baggy T-shirts and not-so-cute jeans. I mean, for crying out loud, we were just going to throw on gym clothes and run around the track! I've grown up as far as the fashion world goes, but I still identify with the high school me. Show less «

My mom lived through a lot before I was born, and I can't judge her on that. She and my dad are good...Show more »

My mom lived through a lot before I was born, and I can't judge her on that. She and my dad are good people. Look, I could've turned out a lot worse. Show less «

I really came to realize -- and it's the best advice that will come out of the end of this show -- t...Show more »

I really came to realize -- and it's the best advice that will come out of the end of this show -- that high school is not the end, it is not the best, it is not the only. You will have a whole life afterward, if you're lucky. If you're unlucky, then the only thing you'll ever feel is how fun it is at your prom. Show less «

I don't want to do drugs. I don't want to have to start over a million times. I want to have an abun...Show more »

I don't want to do drugs. I don't want to have to start over a million times. I want to have an abundance of good things in my life, and I want it to spread out evenly - I don't want it to come and go. Show less «

[on her parents' criminal past] It made me realize that you can't judge anyone-especially your paren...Show more »

[on her parents' criminal past] It made me realize that you can't judge anyone-especially your parents-for what they've done in their past, because people change. Show less «

I think the most wonderful thing about her [Audrey Hepburn] is that she set a lot of trends and they...Show more »

I think the most wonderful thing about her [Audrey Hepburn] is that she set a lot of trends and they were all about being modern yet having your own kind of look because you can be stylish and trendy all you want but, at the end of the day, it's about what you feel amazing in. Show less «

I don't want to have a friend unless I can call them one of my best friends.

I want to do so many things -- and maybe someday a lot of it will be impossible, but right now I don...Show more »

I want to do so many things -- and maybe someday a lot of it will be impossible, but right now I don't see the impossible. Show less «

I love New York. You're never alone, but you're always on your own.

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