How much is Blake Lively worth?
| Net Worth: | $30 Million |
|---|---|
| Profession: | Professional Actress |
| Date of Birth: | August 25, 1987 (age 35) |
| Country: | United States of America |
| Height: | 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) |
About Blake Lively
Blake Lively had acting in her blood. She is the daughter of veteran actors Ernie and Elaine Lively, the sister of Eric Lively and half-sister to Lori Lively, Jason Lively and Robyn Lively. While she grew up observing her parents as they performed and also taught acting classes, even having a small part in her father’s 1998 film Sandman, originally Blake had no interest in acting but rather in choir and cheerleading. She enrolled in Burbank High School and took an active role in school activities. Then, when she was 15 years old, her brother, Eric, convinced her to give acting a try.
That summer, which was the summer preceding her senior year of high school, Lively auditioned for roles eventually landing to her breakthrough role of Bridget in 2005’s The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants. Co-starring America Ferrera, Amber Tamblyn and Alexis Bledel, the film was met with praise from critics and audiences alike. A year before the release of the movie, Blake had also begun a relationship with actor, Kelly Blatz.
In 2006, Blake appeared as Monica Moreland alongside Justin Long in the college comedy, Accepted and that same year, as Jenny in the horror film Simon Says. While neither film met with very much success, Lively continued to pursue roles, including earning the role of Anabelle, in the dark independent film, Elvis and Anabelle. After getting off to such a good start Blake began to have second thoughts about her acting career, that all changed however when she was cast in the role of Serena van der Woodsen in the wildly popular CW series Gossip Girl in 2007.
The show was an epic success and suddenly Blake Lively was a known name and routinely appeared in headlines, not only pertaining to her role on the show but also circulating rumors about Lively’s love life with Penn Badgley. While paying it no mind, Blake continued to appear in more varied roles as well as began to grace the pages of numerous publications. In 2008, she reprised her role as Bridget Vreeland for The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2 this time to far greater success at the box office.
In 2010-11 Lively’s career really took off. Her relationship with Badgley ended and she invested all of her efforts into her career, appearing as Krista in Ben Affleck‘s The Town in September 2010. In 2011 Blake continued to heat up the silver screen, as Carol Ferris, in The Green Lantern.
Co-starring Ryan Reynolds, and with a $200 million dollar budget, the movie was highly anticipated. While it was met with negative reviews from audiences and panned by critics, it made $20 million dollars above budget and for Blake, was the beginning of great things. She and Reynolds became romantically involved straight away and were married a year later, in 2012. After Gossip Girl ended that same year, Lively kept herself in the spotlight through multiple appearances as herself and has since notably appeared in Savages, The Age of Adaline, The Shallows, and A Simple Favour.
Lively’s Total Net Worth
Blake Lively earned a peak salary of $60,000 per episode for her role as Serena van der Woodsen in Gossip Girl. She has also earned between $1-2 million dollars for small movie roles and as much as $3-4 million for more substantial appearances. What is more, Lively has earned substantial sums from her endorsements. Including a reported $4 million for a two-year Gucci campaign. She also became the brand ambassador of L’oreal in 2013, and earns $75,000 (and up) for appearances that she makes as herself, including at store openings and events for various brands. In total, Blake Lively has earned estimated total career income of around $50 million dollars.
Of that amount, $3-6 million is expected to have been paid in business related costs. The remainder, $45.5 million, will have been taxed at a rate of around 45% as Blake Lively has been residing in the state of New York. After tax, it is estimated that her career earnings are at around $25.02 million dollars, having paid $20.48 million dollars in taxes.
Blake Lively married Ryan Reynolds in 2012 and they remain together. They have three children together, James, Inez and Betty Reynolds, and in their personal life they are close friends with singer-songwriter Taylor Swift, who named the characters in her song “Betty” after their daughters. After the couple were married in 2012, they purchased a property in Bedford, New York for $2.35 million.
Bedford is a nice country town in upstate New York which they felt would be a wholesome surrounding to start a family. In the end they found a better property nearby in Pound Ridge and paid $5.7 million for it while selling their previous house and land for $2.5 million. Mostly, it appears that their property purchases have been to optimize their living and lifestyle and it is safe to assume that Lively has her money invested in other investments, including stocks and bonds.
In her personal life Blake Lively has likely spent $2-4 million dollars of her career earnings but also probably possesses assets valued at around $1 million, not including investment assets. In her investments, she may have earned investment returns of $8-9 million dollars. Therefore, it is estimated that Blake Lively has a net worth of a rounded down $30 million dollars.
Summing-Up
Blake Lively grew up a household of actors but never took to it in her youth. She preferred the choir and cheerleading and it wasn’t until 15 years old, that she even began to practice and audition for roles. Fortunately she was a natural and she quickly began to be cast in plays, and later, landed the role as Bridget in The Sisterhood of the Travelling Pants (2005).
However it was only when she was cast as Serena van der Woodsen two years later in Gossip Girl that she started to become known nationwide and was soon appearing in films, including the The Town, and the movie in which she met her future husband, Green Lantern. Since marrying her Green Lantern co-star Ryan Reynolds, Lively has continued to appear in films but also earns well from her endorsements, and the appearances that she makes as herself.
