Today, the heroine of our story will be an American singer, songwriter, model and actress - Leighton Mister. For viewers around the world, she is mostly known for playing the role of Blair Waldorf in the popular television series Gossip Girl.
Leighton Mister Biography
The future Hollywood celebrity was born on April 9, 1986 in the American town of Marco Island, in the state of Florida. At birth, the girl was given the name Leighton Marissa. As for the surname Mr., it is of Dutch origin and means “teacher” in translation. Leighton's mother, Connie, and father, Doug, were members of a criminal group smuggling marijuana from Jamaica to the mainland of the United States. They were both arrested. While awaiting trial, Connie and Doug were released on bail. At this time, they managed to conceive a child. At the trial, Connie was sentenced to ten long years of imprisonment and sent to a Texas state prison , where she spent almost her entire pregnancy. When her labor began, the prisoner was transferred to a local hospital, where little Leighton was born. Three months after the birth of the girl, she was given to her grandmother for raising, and the young mother went to prison again to continue serving her sentence. After 16 months, Connie was prematurely released, after which she began to live with her little daughter. Leighton has two brothers: the eldest - Douglas and the youngest - Lex.
At the age of 11, young Mr. and her aunt moved to New York, where she began her modeling career. At first, she collaborated with Wilhelmia, and then began to work with the famous photographer Sofia Coppola.
Leighton Mister: filmography, film debut
For the first time, the heroine of our story appeared on blue screens in 1999. She played a character named Alice Turner in the series Law & Order. After that, films with Leighton Mister came out such as Seventh Heaven, 24 Hours, CSI: Miami Crime Scene, Surface, and others, where the aspiring actress played episodic roles. As for the debut on the big screen, it took place in 2003. It was a horror film called The Curse of 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 the school, within the walls of which several years ago one of the students hanged himself, very strange events begin to occur. So, one of the guys suffers from hallucinations, someone faints, and someone even dies. As a result, everyone agrees that there is a curse of suicide. To understand the situation, several special agents are sent to school under the guise of an ordinary family ...
Career continuation
Leighton Mister, whose filmography already included a number of notable works, was invited in 2007 to co-star in a horror movie called The Death Snack. Her partner on the set was Nick D'Agosto. The film itself tells 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 were no longer afraid to trust Leighton Mister to the main roles. Real success for the young actress came in 2007, when she was invited to the popular television series "Gossip Girl". In this project, Leighton played a key role for several years. Her filming partners were Chase Crawford, Penn Badgley and Blake Lovely. The directors of the project were Michael Fields, Norman Buckley and Tony Wormby.
Leighton Mister: filmography, the path to success
In parallel with the filming of Gossips, the actress took part in work on other projects, including the following paintings: “Stun”, “Secrets of a small town”, “Blind faith”, “Shark”, “Free porn” and “Test” by fire. "
Leighton Mister was able to fully demonstrate his acting talent in the thriller of 2008 under the title Winter Dead. According to the plot of the picture, a group of filmmakers filming a reality show gets into an alteration in the northern town.
Another highly successful project was the 2010 film Crazy Date. Actors such as Steve Karel, Mark Wahlberg and Tina Fey became Mr. partners on the set in this film.
Last works
Leighton Mister, whose filmography is regularly updated with new interesting roles, is today a very popular actress. So, in 2012, she appeared before the audience in the film "Papa dosvidos". Last year, a film with her participation entitled “Only God Knows” was released. In 2014, the tape “Judge” will appear at the box office.
Leighton Mister: personal life and interesting facts
- In the period from 2008 to 2010, the heroine of our story was in a romantic relationship with an American actor of Romanian origin, Sebastian Stan. Then the girl began an affair with Aaron Himelstein. Since 2013, Leighton dated actor, producer and screenwriter Adam Brody. At the beginning of this year, the couple secretly married.
- Leighton Mister is 165 cm tall and weighs 50 kg.
- In 2011, the actress sued her own mother. The fact is that each year Leighton paid her a certain amount for the treatment of her sick younger brother. However, it turned out that the mother spent the money solely on her own needs.