Blake Lively

Wanting to be an actor and wanting to be famous are different.” Since then, the 28-year-old actress has married the man of her dreams,

But her growing family isn’t the only thing worth celebrating; Lively’s new film, The Shallows, officially hit theaters this Friday. In honor of our favorite Gossip Girl, here, five little-known facts about Blake Lively.

Despite playing a party girl in films like The Town and Savages, Lively told Vogue that she has never had a drink in her life. But she hasbroken the law: She sneaks spices in from other countries by hiding them in teddy bears. “I'm always traveling, and I get so excited when I find a new spice or a new sauce,” Lively once said. “This is absolutely crazy, but I wanted a sauce from New Orleans, and they wouldn't send it because the FDA didn't approve it. I called the restaurant and I said, "Okay, can you buy a teddy bear and cut it open and put it in and send it?" They're like, ‘No, we are not the drug cartel; we’re not sending you your sweet-potato sauce in a teddy bear.’ ”