From the coming-of-age classic “The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants” in 2005 to her latest romance drama, “It Ends With Us,” in theaters Friday (August 9), Blake Lively’s star power has been on the rise for the past 20 years. But Blake is not the only star in her famous orbit. And we’re not even talking about .
Long before she and Reynolds began their love story, Lively was surrounded by Hollywood talent in the form of her parents and four siblings. Read on to learn all about her star-studded family, particularly her older sisters, Lori and Robyn Lively, and brothers Jason and Eric Lively. The entertainment industry runs in the Lively blood.
Mother to all five of the Lively kids, Elaine Lively is a talent manager. She had Lori, Jason and Robyn with her first husband, Ronnie Lively. After their divorce, Elaine married Ernie Brown, an actor, director and acting coach who took her last name and became Ernie Lively.
The couple then welcomed Eric and Blake together. Ernie at the age of 74; Ronnie died in 2023 at the age of 80, according to his . Blake’s eldest half sister, Lori Lively, was born in 1966 and has been a working actor since her first big-screen role in the 1979 mystery “The Double McGuffin.
” In addition to filling her résumé with one-off television credits, including spots on “ER,” “Two and a Half Men,” “Cold Case” and “The Mentalist,” Lori starred with Blake and Eric in the 1998 film “Sandman,” directed by Ernie. Behind the.