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Penn Dayton Badgley (born November 1, 1986) is an American actor. He is primarily known for his roles as Dan Humphrey in The CW teen drama series Gossip Girl (2007–2012) and Joe Goldberg in the Netflix thriller series You (2018–2025). For Gossip Girl, he received six Teen Choice Award nominations, and for You, he earned MTV Movie & TV Award and Saturn Award nominations. Badgley first became known for portraying Phillip Chancellor IV on the soap opera The Young and the Restless (2000–2001), which earned him a Young Artist Award nomination, and he followed this with roles in the comedy films John Tucker Must Die (2006) and Drive-Thru (2007). Badgley went on to appear in a number of films, such as the thriller The Stepfather (2009), the teen comedy-drama Easy A (2010), the financial thriller Margin Call (2011), the biographical film Greetings from Tim Buckley (2012) and the independent drama The Paper Store (2016). For Margin Call, he won an Independent Spirit Award.
"Gossip & Bloodlines" is a high-stakes, genre-blending crossover event that brings together the glamorous, secret-filled world of Manhattan’s Upper East Side from Gossip Girl with the dark, supernatural intrigue of New Orleans from The Originals. The series explores what happens when the elite socialites of New York cross paths with the ancient, powerful Mikaelson family and their supernatural allies and enemies. The result: a collision of secrets, power struggles, forbidden romance, and supernatural danger—where no secret stays buried for long. A mysterious new family arrives in Manhattan, quickly becoming the talk of the Upper East Side. Unbeknownst to the city's elite, these newcomers are the Mikaelsons—Original vampires seeking refuge from a new supernatural threat. As the Mikaelsons integrate into the world of Constance Billard and St. Jude’s, alliances form, secrets unravel, and the lines between human and supernatural blur. When Gossip Girl’s blasts start hinting at the impossible, both worlds are forced to confront the truth: the Upper East Side has never been so dangerous—or so alluring.
