The Characters of Gossip Girl

The series is based on the popular book series written by Cecily von Ziegesar.

The series featured 9 regular characters:

The It girl Serena van der Woodsen (Blake Lively),

Her best friend Blair Waldorf (Leighton Meester),

 Lonely Boy Dan Humphrey  (Penn Badgley),

The golden boy Nate Archibald (Chace Crawford),  

Dan's little sister, the  insecure freshman Jenny Humphrey  (Taylor Momsen),

 Nate's best friend, wealthy playboy Chuck Bass (Ed Westwick),

 Dan's best friend and ex-lover, Vanessa Abrams (Jessica Szohr),

Serena's mother, Lily van der Woodsen  (Kelly Rutherford)

And Dan's father, former rock star Rufus Humphrey (Matthew Settle),

Taylor and Jessica left the series in season 5, while Kaylee DeFer was added to the main cast, portraying Ivy Dickens, a con artist who pretends to be Serena's cousin Charlie Rhodes. The series is narrated by the mysterious, "Gossip Girl” (voiced by Kristin Bell)