Lauren Graham as Lorelai Gilmore:
Birthday: March 16
Hometown: Honolulu, HI
Actress
Bio:
Lauren Graham has been nominated for a Golden Globe Award for Best Actress
in a Drama Series and a Screen Actors Guild Award for Female Actor in a Drama
Series for her sarcastic yet sensitive portrayal of Lorelai Gilmore. The role
also earned Graham a Best Actress nod from Viewers for Quality Television, as
well as an award as Best Actress in a Drama from the Family Friendly Forum.
Shortly after arriving in Los Angeles, Graham quickly landed a recurring role as Richard's (Malcolm Gets) relentlessly sunny girlfriend, Shelly, in the first season of Caroline in the City. Recurring roles followed as Graham played an efficiency expert hoping to downsize the staff of NewsRadio and a Los Angeles studio executive who pursued Benjamin Bratt when his marriage was on the rocks on Law & Order. In addition, Graham guest-starred on Seinfeld and 3rd Rock From the Sun.
She was a regular on the comedy series Conrad Bloom and Townies and then starred as a high school administrator dealing with her disruptive niece on M.Y.O.B. prior to landing the role of Lorelai Gilmore Girls.
Showing her versatility in both comedic and dramatic roles, Graham appeared on the big screen opposite Keanu Reeves in the Warner Bros. Feature film Sweet November. She starred in the independent film Dill Scallion on VH-1, which was a mockumentary on the world of country music in which Graham had very big hair. Graham's first feature film was the thriller Nightwatch, starring Patricia Arquette and Ewan McGregor. She also played Renee Zellweger's best friend and confidante in the Meryl Streep drama One True Thing.
Growing up an avid equestrian in Northern Virginia, she attended Barnard College in New York, where she majored in English. She then earned an M.F.A. in acting from Southern Methodist University. Graham currently lives in Los Angeles, California.
Besides Gilmore Girls Lauren was an executive producer of the movie Something More and she has been in the following movies and TV shows: The Pacifier, The Moguls, Life Coach: The Movie, Seeing Other People, Lucky 13, Bad Santa, The Third Wheel, Chasing Destiny, Sweet November, M.Y.O.B., Dill Scallion, Conrad Bloom, One True Thing, Confessions of a Sexist Pig, Nightwatch, Townies, Good Company, The View, The Ellen DeGeneres Show, The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, Celebrity Poker Showdown, The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn, Family Guy, News Radio, Seinfeld, Law & Order, Caroline In The City, and 3rd Rock from the Sun.
Character Bio:
Lorelai Gilmore has it all, including a sixteen year old daughter. She's
smart, she's sweet and she and her daughter could pass for sisters. Lorelai
dreams of opening her own inn with her best friend and sending her daughter to
an ivy league college, and she just might be determined enough to make it all
happen.