01Meet the major players
From left to right: Serena, Chuck, Nate, Dan, Blair and Jenny. Not a bad looking bunch, are they? Click through the gallery to find out more about them...
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02Heel to heel
Jenny, Serena and Blair: the Upper East Side's finest
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03Leighton Meester is Blair Waldorf
Blair was born into Manhattan's high society and is the "It" girl of the Upper East Side. After a roller-coaster finish to series two, there are some changes in store for her this time round
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04Blake Lively is Serena van der Woodsen
Just like best friend Blair (although the two definitely have a strained relationship) Serena comes from a prominent New York family. She has history with both Nate and Dan
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05Taylor Momsen is Jenny Humphrey
Jenny is the youngest of the Gossip Girl crew and, not having been born into money like the rest, she's desperate to impress
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06Madchen Amick is Catherine
At the beginning of series two, Serena and Nate have everyone fooled into thinking they are a couple to cover up the fact that Nate has been hooking up with a married older woman. And here she is...
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07Boys boys boys
How lucky are the actresses in Gossip Girl? Not only do they have the best wardrobes in the world, but they get to look at their male co-stars all day long. Take a look at the pick of the fit bunch
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08Chace Crawford is Nate Archibald
In the first series, Nate was torn between his girlfriend, Blair, and her best mate, Serena. Now he's got an older lady in his life...
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09Ed Westwick is Chuck Bass
A flamboyant dresser, Chuck is the son of an extremely wealthy Manhattan businessman. Watch out for him - he's very badly-behaved. Hubba and indeed hubba
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10Penn Badgley is Dan Humphrey
Dan is good at writing poetry. And pretty handy at shopping. He's close to his younger sister, Jenny, and is very protective of her
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11Patrick Heusinger is Marcus
Meet the new man in Blair's life. His arrival signals a big old bout of jealousy for Chuck...
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