Maureen van der Bilt
General information
Full name	Maureen van der Bilt
Nickname(s)	N/A
Birthplace	Unknown
Birthday	Unknown
Occupation	Socialite
Relationships
Family	Unknown
Romances	William "Tripp" van der Bilt III (husband; separated)
Friends	N/A
Enemies	Serena van der Woodsen
Series information
Status	Alive
Portrayed by	Holley Fain
First appearance	"The Magnificent Archibalds"
Last appearance

Maureen van der Bilt was a recurring character in the Gossip Girl television series.

Television seriesEdit

SummaryEdit

Maureen is the manipulative wife of Tripp van der Bilt. She is first introduced in "The Magnificent Archibalds," talking to Vanessa Abrams about Nate's future in the Vanderbilt family. In season three, she schemes to further her husband's political career by setting him up to be a hero. Although Tripp blames his grandfather for the plot, though he later finds out it is Maureen and is surprised by her manipulative nature.

Tripp's desires for Serena van der Woodsen and Maureen's scheme to unethically further his career leads Tripp to have an affair with Serena. At a disastrous Thanksgiving dinner, Nate reveals Tripp's affair to Maureen. Although she is crushed, she rallies and decides that she wants to be with Tripp at all costs, blackmailing Serena through Lily's secrets and offering to let Serena be Tripp's mistress: the Marilyn Monroe to Maureen's Jackie Kennedy.

She sets forward a motion of events that leads to Serena's car crash and her getting Tripp back by tempting him with his political career.

A few years later she files for divorce from Tripp.