Blake Lively is one-half of one of Hollywood’s most famous celebrity couples—she’s been married to mega-star Ryan Reynolds since 2012—and a popular actress in her own right, thanks to the iconic teen series Gossip Girl (in which she played lead Serena van der Woodsen from 2007 to 2012) and movies like The Age of Adeline, The Shallows, The Town, Savages, A Simple Favor and, most recently, the 2024 romantic drama It Ends with Us.
The latter title—an adaptation of the best-selling Colleen Hoover book of the same name—has been the 37-year-old actress’s biggest box office hit thus far, grossing $351 million worldwide against a $25 million budget. (Fun fact: When the film was released in August 2024, Lively and Reynolds became the first married Hollywood couple since Bruce Willis and Demi Moore in 1990 to have two separate movies top the box office on the same weekend, with Reynolds’s Deadpool & Wolverine also smashing into theaters.)
However, the success of It Ends with Us hasn’t come without hardship. A rumored onset feud between Lively (who starred in and produced the adaptation) and Justin Baldoni (the film’s director and male lead) has imploded into a back-and-forth legal battle between the two parties, with the actress lobbing sexual assault and harassment allegations against Baldoni, and the director following up earlier this year with a defamation counter suit against both Blake Lively and Ryan Reynolds.
With all of the legal mess, it’s no doubt been an expensive year so far for Lively, who can now be seen on screen in the Another Simple Favor sequel opposite Anna Kendrick. The film began streaming on Amazon Prime Video on Thursday, May 1. But while Blake’s character jet sets to Capri, let’s find out Blake Lively’s real life net worth and what’s been going on with the star’s financial situation.
What is Blake Lively’s net worth in 2025?
As one of the most recognizable names and faces in Hollywood, it’s no surprise that Blake Lively has a hefty estimated net worth of $30 million, per Celebrity Net Worth.
That fortune is a combination of her work as an actress and producer, as well as a brand ambassador for big-name companies like L’Oreal and Gucci. Blake is also an entrepreneur: the actress debuted a line of non-alcoholic drink mixers called Betty Buzz in 2021, as well as a hair care brand called Blake Brown Beauty in 2024, the latter of which launched exclusively at Target.
Who is richer: Blake Lively or Ryan Reynolds?
Though she’s certainly no slouch where money is concerned, Lively has a much smaller estimated net worth than that of her husband, fellow Hollywood star Ryan Reynolds. Per Celebrity Net Worth, the Canadian-born actor has a net worth of $350 million. (Casual!)
That sum comes from Reynolds’s blockbuster flicks including 2016’s Deadpool (which grossed over $780 million worldwide) and its 2018 sequel Deadpool 2 (with a global gross of over $785 million) and popular movies like National Lampoon’s Van Wilder, The Proposal, Hobbs & Shaw, Pokémon Detective Pikachu and Free Guy, among others. He is also a successful businessman: he is part owner, spokesman and creative director of Aviation Gin, is an owner alongside fellow comedic actor Rob McElhenney of the Welsh soccer club Wrexham AFC and was a part owner in Mint Mobile, which was acquired by T-Mobile in a billion-dollar deal in March 2023.
How much did Blake Lively make for Gossip Girl?
According to Celebrity Net Worth, as series lead Serena van der Woodsen, Lively was reportedly making $60,000 per episode on Gossip Girl, which would put her total series gross at $7.26 million.
How much did Blake Lively make for It Ends with Us?
Blake Lively was reportedly paid $3 million to star as Colleen Hoover heroine Lily Bloom in the film It Ends with Us. The figure was nearly ten times that of her co-star’s salary: actor-director Justin Baldon allegedly earned just $320,000 for playing Lily’s love interest Ryle Kincaid in the romantic drama.
What movies has Blake Lively been in?
The Los Angeles-born actress has been in 20-plus feature films over the course of nearly three decades. They are:
- Sandman (1998)
- The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants (2005)
- Accepted (2006)
- Simon Says (2006)
- Elvis and Anabelle (2007)
- The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2 (2008)
- New York, I Love You (2009)
- The Private Lives of Pippa Lee (2009)
- The Town (2010)
- Green Lantern (2011)
- Hick (2011)
- Savages (2012)
- The Age of Adaline (2015)
- The Shallows (2016)
- Café Society (2016)
- All I See is You (2017)
- A Simple Favor (2018)
- The Rhythm Section (2020)
- IF (2024)
- Deadpool & Wolverine (2024)
- It Ends with Us (2024)
- Another Simple Favor (2025)
How much is Blake Lively getting sued for?
As of press time, Blake Lively is facing two separate lawsuits. Firstly, there’s the $7 million defamation suit from crisis PR specialist Jed Wallace and his company Street Relations (he claims the star defamed him by falsely accusing him of participating in a campaign to harm her reputation).
Secondly, there’s the $400 million defamation suit from Justin Baldoni and his production company Wayfarer Studios. That lawsuit claims that Lively and Reynolds orchestrated a press campaign to smear Baldoni’s reputation and alleges civil extortion, defamation and several contract-related claims centered on the film It Ends With Us.
Given that both cases are presently ongoing, it’s not yet clear how much money, if any, Lively and Reynolds will have to ultimately fork over in connection to the legal proceedings.
