Robyn Elaine Lively was born on February 7, 1972, to talent manager Elaine Lively (néeMcAlpin) and her first husband Ronald Otis Lively.[2] Her older siblings are sister Lori and brother Jason Lively.
Following her parents divorce, her mother married acting coach Ernie Lively (néBrown) in 1979. She was later adopted by Ernie, who is the father of her younger half siblings, Eric and Blake Lively.[3] Her mother, adoptive father, and all four siblings are or have been in the entertainment industry.
After she was cast as Jessica Andrews in The Karate Kid Part III in 1989, producers were forced to modify her role of protagonist Daniel LaRusso's new love interest because Lively was only 16 at the time of filming and still a minor while Ralph Macchio was 27 (although his character Daniel is 17). This situation caused romantic scenes between Jessica and Daniel to be rewritten so that the pair only developed a close friendship.[5] In 2022, Lively reprised her role as Jessica Andrews in the fifth season of Cobra Kai, where it is revealed that Daniel is married to her cousin, Amanda.[6]
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