--- title: Blake Lively on Why She Married Ryan Reynolds description: The actress and mother is keeping busy with family life and new movies. 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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) ```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"}}]}] ```