She's beautiful, to be sure, but she lacks the bleached-blonde, high-gloss, look-at-me exterior so common among young female celebrities.

Instead, the Wisconsin-raised former child model is truly refreshingly real.

") A little confusion, though, is understandable: When the 24-year-old turns up for her interview at a très chic West Village gastro-pub, she's swaddled in sweaters.

Her thick, dark hair is pulled into a ponytail and she's wearing very little makeup.

Better than being named after an actual pen, we guess. In her novels, Vanessa only wears black and is completely bald. Her white and gold dress is by Georges Chakra Couture. Serena's is Serena Celia van der Woodsen (the ' Celia' is after her grandma, Ce Ce).

He turned down the role twice, and had to be convinced into taking it by producer Stephanie Savage. She plays a guest at a Constance Billard mixer event.

Her family gambled their future to move to LA for Millie’s career but it paid off.

The producers didn't want two blondes in the lead roles, so according to producer Josh Schwartz, Leighton 'did a sink-rinse dye job to audition as a brunette.' Talk about commitment. While Serena's wardrobe was based on Kate Moss and Sienna Miller's more bohemian style. It was never picked up, and Jenny only had a handful of appearances after season four, as Taylor chose to focus on her musical career with The Pretty Reckless.

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But the producers decided he 'looked more like a serial killer than a romantic lead.' Ouch.

Eventually, they went with the (then) lesser known actresses Leighton Meester and Blake Lively, because they 'captured the essence' of the stories.