full name Kitra Miriam Stone date of birth 18 October, 1990 hometown UES, New York City residence New York & Los Angeles

family Levi & Deborah status Married career Actress personality ENFP-T / Scorpio / Slytherin

Kitra Stone (born October 18, 1990) is an American actress and model. She is best known for her starring role as Blair Waldorf in the television series Gossip Girl (2007-2012) and as Mystique in the X-Men film series.

early life Kitra Stone was born in Mount Sinai Hospital in New York City to Levi Stone, an investment banker, and Deborah Katz-Stone, an interior designer. She was raised in the city, a deliberate choice on her parents’ parts, as they were intent on exposing Stone to as much culture as possible and on providing her with “the best of everything the world has to offer.”

As a child, Stone expressed a great deal of interest in the arts. She has stated that her “first goal in life was to become a ballerina,” which led her to enroll in The School of American Ballet at age eight. She trained in earnest until she was fourteen years old, at which point she parted ways with the school for unspecified reasons. When asked, Stone has explained her decision to discontinue her training as being due to “a lot of different reasons […] but the place is amazing, and [she] has nothing but fondness for it.” Having been tutored throughout her childhood, she entered Chapin for her freshman year of high school; she found the transition difficult but enjoyed the new environment despite this.

Although she didn’t dance on a pre-professional level anymore, Stone joined the dance team at her new school, where she became fast friends with many girls. During an interview in 2016, she claimed that she “still has a lot of super close friends from Chapin” and that she “keep[s] in touch with a lot of them pretty regularly.” In 2012, she briefly hired one former classmate as a personal assistant, a move that seems to back up her statements.

Throughout her childhood, her parents experienced constant marital problems, an experience that left her shaken. When they divorced in 2006, Stone was “devastated,” though she has claimed not to have taken any sides as the split played out. The divorce was mostly amicable, with both Levi and Deborah splitting custody of Stone and initially living in neighboring buildings on the Upper East Side; in 2009, Levi moved to Newport, Rhode Island, where Stone also eventually purchased an apartment in 2016.

career In January 2007, Stone auditioned for the part of Blair Waldorf on Gossip Girl. The opportunity fell into her lap courtesy of her father, who is childhood friends with Josh Schwartz. Despite some accusations of nepotism and the fact that they had initially wanted Ashley Olsen to play the role, both Scwartz and his co-showrunner Stephanie Savage insisted that Stone was the best fit for the part. In later years, Stone claimed that “Blair was easy to play because in a lot of ways she is me. I grew up on the Upper East Side, and I was surrounded by that culture of materialism and obsession with social status. There are parts of the show that aren’t exactly as accurate as they could be, but that’s kind of the point, isn’t it? It’s campy. Everyone loves campy!”

In 2011, Stone appeared in the film X-Men: First Class as Mystique. Her casting sparked controversy within the fan community, as many fans claimed she was “physically unfit for the role” due to her less than statuesque stature. However, she also had staunch defenders of her portrayal, especially with feminists. Of her participation within the franchise, Stone has said that she “didn’t realize exactly what [she] was signing up for,” but also that she was “glad for the opportunity to learn more about the comics,” since she had not read them while growing up.

Despite her appearances in very public, very mainstream projects, Stone has also made it a point to choose smaller projects with which she feels “a connection.” In 2013, directly after finishing Gossip Girl, she appeared in Lars von Trier’s Nymphomaniac. Fans of hers from the television series and from X-Men were shocked upon seeing Nymphomniac, but in 2017 Stone stated in an interview that “working on it was one of my favorite experiences, hands down.” She continued to appear in somewhat controversial psychosexual projects, such as Side Effects (2013) and The Childhood of a Leader (2015). She will also appear in Rosy (2017).

Critically, her films have not always received high praise. Her 2017 film mother! received an F Cinemascore. Many critics question her true acting ability, though her role in Silver Linings Playbook (2012) won her an Academy Award for Best Actress, making her the second youngest recipient of the award. Some wonder whether her portrayal of Tiffany Maxwell was a fluke, and some wonder whether her acting in the film was overrated, though Stone retains a base of vehement fans, as well.

In 2018, Stone will appear in the remake of Suspiria as Susie Bannion.

personal life Coming soon.

filmography (20??) borough park PRE-PRODUCTION .... rebecca
(2018) x-men: dark phoenix FILMING .... raven / mystique
(2018) suspiria POST-PRODUCTION .... susie bannion
(2018) mary magdalene POST-PRODUCTION .... mary magdalene
(2017) rosy .... rosy
(2017) mother! .... mother
(2016) personal shopper .... maureen
(2016) x-men: apocalypse .... raven / mystique
(2015) dior and i .... herself (jennifer lawrence's role)
(2015) carol .... therese belivet
(2015) the childhood of a leader .... the teacher
(2014) x-men: days of future past .... raven / mystique
(2014) 9 kisses (short) .... fangirl
(2014) the clouds of sils maria .... valentine
(2013) side effects .... emily taylor
(2013) nymphomaniac vol. i & ii .... young joe
(2012) silver linings playbook .... tiffany maxwell
(2011) x-men: first class .... raven / mystique
(2010) easy a .... rhiannon
(2007-2012) "gossip girl" .... blair waldorf (121 episodes)