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Penn Badgley

Penn Badgley

Details

Date of Birth:
November 1, 1986
Height:
5' 9"
Hometown:
Baltimore

Bio:
Penn Badgley (born Penn Dayton Badgley in Baltimore, Maryland on November 1, 1986) is an American actor. Before achieving fame, Penn did voiceovers for video games and appeared in several TV shows, including Will and Grace. He rose to fame by starring as Dan Humphrey in the CW drama, Gossip Girl. He has also acted in the feature films John Tucker Must Die, The Stepfather, Easy A, and Margin Call.

Best Known For:
Penn is best known for playing “outsider” Dan Humphrey on the CW hit, Gossip Girl.

Personal Life:
Penn married girlfriend Domino Kirke on February 27, 2017. Before tying the knot, Penn dated Gossip Girl co-star Blake Lively from 2007 until 2010. He was later linked to Zoe Kravitz, but they split from each other in June 2013 after more than two years together.

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'Gossip Girl' Recap: Chuck's Secret About Blair's Divorce, Plus 4 More 'OMG' Moments

Freeing Blair from her royal ties was too big of a task for Georgina Sparks to handle — she had to bring Chuck into the picture.
A few episodes back Georgina Sparks (Michelle Tractenberg) was set out on a mission: end the marriage of Blair (Leighton Meester) and Prince Louis’ (Hugo Becker).

April 9, 2012

'Gossip Girl' Recap: Dan & Blair Finally Get Alone Time

Dan and Blair have sex for the first time, Serena gives a try at being Gossip Girl and a secret from Chuck’s near-death experience is revealed on the April 2 episode of ‘Gossip Girl.’
All I have to say is either Dan (Penn Badgley) and Blair (Leighton Meester) are big fat drama queens or the sex was truly just indescribably awful. If the latter was the case, why they’d even go back to each other is beyond me.

April 2, 2012

'Gossip Girl' Recap: Blair Loves Chuck, But Is In Love With Dan Plus 4 More 'OMG' Moments

Blair and Dan turn up the heat, Ivy hits the jackpot and Georgina resigns as Gossip Girl on the Feb. 27 episode.
Unfortunately for our beloved Chuck (Ed Westwick) and Blair (Leighton Meester), love does not conquer all — at least for right now.

February 27, 2012
Dan Blair Kiss

'Gossip Girl' Recap: Dan Kisses Blair, Plus 4 More 'OMG' Moments

Lonely Boy turned not so lonely on Valentine’s Day on the Feb. 13th episode of ‘Gossip Girl” He finally he got the kiss for which he had been longing.
But unfortunately for Chairleaders — like myself–  it wasn’t the dream for which we were hoping. At all.

February 13, 2012

'Gossip Girl' Stars Ed Westick & Penn Badgley Reveal Who Loves Blair More

There’s no doubt Chuck & Blair’s love story is the greatest of all time, but Ed & Penn tell HollywoodLife.com that Chuck’s love for B may not be what it’s all cracked up to be. Plus, Penn reveals the truth about the recent photos of that scary DAIR kiss.
Chuck (Ed Westwick) and Blair’s (Leighton Meester) relationship on Gossip Girl is intense, tortuous and far from normal — but maybe that’s why we are all so infatuated by it. No matter what roadblocks they may come across, they still find their way back to each other which is why they are totally meant to end up together.

February 13, 2012
Blair Waldorf and Louis Wedding

Click for more pics from Blair's wedding!

Nicole Says: Chuck Bass Go Find Blair Waldorf, YOUR Runaway Bride

Even though Blair is now married to an evil Prince and has run off with a boy from Brooklyn, I think she’s closer than EVER to finally being with her true love, Chuck Bass.
Blair’s royal fairytale turned into her absolute worst nightmare on the Jan. 30 episode of Gossip Girl. She was humiliated in front of the entire world and had to torture herself by not resisting being whisked away by Chuck, only to end up being schemed by her own husband (yes, HUSBAND).

January 30, 2012

'Gossip Girl' Recap: Blair Waldorf Is Arrested, Plus More 'OMG' Moments

Blair’s bachelorette party took a 180 when she went from dancing on tables to dancing into jail on the Jan. 23rd episode!
Oh Blair, I must say, there’s nobody who could get arrested as elegantly as you did!

January 23, 2012
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