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Serena van der Woodsen

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Serena van der Woodsen is smart and amazingly pretty ... but is constantly being told she is not working to her full potential. She is also vulnerable, despite having it all together on the surface.

Like her occasional pal Blair Waldorf, Serene and her family are prominent in New York society. This socialite dabbled in modeling before landing a starring role in Breakfast at Fred's, a remake of Breakfast at Tiffany's.

Given her beauty and personality, Serena enjoys a steady string of admirers, including Dan Humphrey (Penn Badgley), Nate Archibald (Chace Crawford), Aaron Rose and an entire a capella group at Yale.

After a scandalous affair with Nate - who is dating Blair - Serena left New York, only to return a year later under a cloud of suspicion. The subject of their secret - or not so secret hookup - remains sore and mysterious for Blair and others.

Despite the attention she receives from the opposite sex, Serena constantly longs for real romance... which she eventually finds with Dan, a middle class guy from Brooklyn who sweeps her off her feet with is genuine charm.

This is someone far less demanding and uptight than Blair; however, she shares with Blair the tendency to be a bit self-centered. She has one younger brother, Eric, and lives with her mother, Lily van der Woodsen.