A display device with space for accommodating elements of a gate driver in a display area of the display device, the display device including first and second adjacent pixel electrodes, and third and fourth adjacent pixel electrodes; a gate line extending between the first pixel electrode and the second pixel electrode and between the third pixel electrode and the fourth pixel electrode; a gate driver having a plurality of elements and configured to drive the gate line; and a light blocking layer overlapping the gate line, wherein the light blocking layer comprises a first light blocking portion and a second light blocking portion, the first light blocking portion is adjacent to the first pixel electrode and the second pixel electrode, the second light blocking portion is adjacent to the third pixel electrode and the fourth pixel electrode, the second light blocking portion having a larger size than a size of the first light blocking portion, and at least one of the plurality of elements of the gate driver overlaps the second light blocking portion.