--- title: Blake Lively on Why She Married Ryan Reynolds description: The actress and mother is keeping busy with family life and new movies. 'The Shallows' is a surfing thriller out at the end of the month. canonical: https://time.com/4370228/blake-lively-ryan-reynolds/ author: Raisa Bruner article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-06-15T20:13:07.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:33:24.699Z og:title: Blake Lively Explains How She Knew She Should Marry Ryan Reynolds og:description: The actress and mother is keeping busy with family life and new movies. og:url: https://time.com/4370228/blake-lively-ryan-reynolds/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Blake Lively Explains How She Knew She Should Marry Ryan Reynolds twitter:description: The actress and mother is keeping busy with family life and new movies. twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Blake Lively Explains How She Knew She Should Marry Ryan Reynolds  by [Raisa Bruner](https://time.com/author/raisa-bruner/)  ## Raisa Bruner Jun 15, 2016 8:13 PM UTC  by [Raisa Bruner](https://time.com/author/raisa-bruner/)  ## Raisa Bruner Jun 15, 2016 8:13 PM UTC With three movies coming out this year and a 15-month-old daughter with husband Ryan Reynolds at home, it’s safe to say Blake Lively has grown up. In a new interview with [_Marie Claire_](http://www.marieclaire.com/celebrity/a21030/blake-lively-july-2016-cover/), the star — who famously played Serena van der Woodsen on _Gossip Girl —_ shows that she’s left her iconic Upper East Side rich kid character behind. “All my eggs are in one basket, and that’s my family. That’s where my heart is. That’s where my everything is.” She also discusses her relationship with Reynolds, and why she wanted to marry him. --- > “” --- Lively plays a stranded surfer in the midst of a shark attack in the upcoming thrilled called [_The Shallows_](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EgdxIlSuB70)_._ > [](https://twitter.com/marieclaire/status/743050428384960512) Blake Lively on Why She Married Ryan Reynolds ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4370228/blake-lively-ryan-reynolds/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4370228/blake-lively-ryan-reynolds/"},"headline":"Blake Lively Explains How She Knew She Should Marry Ryan Reynolds","datePublished":"2016-06-15T20:13:07.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:33:24.699Z","description":"He's her \"best friend\"","url":"https://time.com/4370228/blake-lively-ryan-reynolds/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Entertainment","celebrities"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Raisa Bruner","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/raisa-bruner/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4370228/blake-lively-ryan-reynolds/","name":"Blake Lively Explains How She Knew She Should Marry Ryan Reynolds"}}]}] ```