{"id":764693,"date":"2025-11-28T14:43:24","date_gmt":"2025-11-28T13:43:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/numero.com\/?p=764693"},"modified":"2025-11-28T14:43:28","modified_gmt":"2025-11-28T13:43:28","slug":"should-we-believe-in-gossip-girl-star-leighton-meesters-comeback","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/numero.com\/en\/culture-en\/tv-shows\/should-we-believe-in-gossip-girl-star-leighton-meesters-comeback\/","title":{"rendered":"Should we believe in Gossip Girl star Leighton Meester’s comeback?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Actress Leighton Meester in New York in June 2025. \u00a9 Photo by XNY\/Star Max\/GC Images via Getty Images.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

The comeback of actress Leighton Meester<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

American actress and singer Leighton Meester<\/strong>, 39, a sophisticated brunette with a magnetic gaze, made her first strong impression as the embodiment of the privileged and troubled teenager in the cult teen series Gossip Girl<\/strong> <\/em>in 2007. At the time, she was becoming a preppy style icon in the process. She played the role of the very chic, ambitious, and mean girl Blair Waldorf<\/strong>, next to Blake Lively<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p><\/p>\n\n\n

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But in 2014, after a difficult childhood – her mother was serving a prison sentence for her involvement in a marijuana ring when she was born – Leighton Meester<\/strong> shed the socialite image. She ventured into more intimate territory with Heartstrings.<\/em><\/strong> Alongside producer Jeff Trott<\/strong>, she crafted a pop-rock album with folk overtones. That project revealed a different side of the woman – a singer-songwriter capable of creating intimate atmospheres with a restrained, almost whispered voice, at odds with the media frenzy that once made her a star.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n\n\n

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The trailer of the season 2 of Nobody Wants This<\/em> (2025).<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Appearances in I Love LA<\/em> and Nobody Wants This<\/em><\/h2><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

In recent years, the actress was spotted in several films (Love Next Door<\/em>, Crazy Dad<\/em>, The Judge<\/em>, The Roommate<\/em>) and TV shows (How I Met Your Father<\/em><\/strong>, The Buccaneers<\/em><\/strong>). But she seems to be truly staging a comeback in the past few months. Indeed, Leighton Meester<\/strong> may be pursuing a more ambitious artistic rebirth now.<\/p><\/p>\n\n\n\n

In 2025, the actress starred in the first season of I Love LA<\/em><\/strong>, a zany comedy series directed by Rachel Sennott<\/a><\/strong>, about a group of friends trying to make it in Los Angeles. At the same time, the Texan actress also starred in the excellent series Nobody Wants This<\/em><\/strong>, season 2. The romcom created by Erin Foster<\/strong> focuses on the unlikely, yet hilarious relationship between a podcaster and a newly divorced rabbi. The cast includes Kristen Bell<\/strong> and Adam Brody<\/strong>, who is Leighton Meester\u2019s real-life partner. First released in 2024 and already renewed for a third season, the series is one of Netflix\u2019s comedy hits thanks to its caustic tone and offbeat couple dynamic.<\/p><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Une publication partag\u00e9e par Leighton Meester (@itsmeleighton)<\/a><\/p><\/div><\/blockquote>\r\n