Lauren Graham is still well-known for playing determined young mother Lorelai Gilmore. Before starring on "Gilmore Girls," Lauren Graham had minor roles on several popular TV shows, including NBC's "Law and Order" and "Seinfeld." The actress also had larger roles on ABC's "Townies" and NBC's "Conrad Bloom."
While starring on the show, Graham appeared in films like "The Pacifier" (2005) and "Because I Said So" (2007). Graham has continued her acting career and she's become a published author.
The actress also appeared as herself on shows like Bravo's "Project Runway," reprised her role as Lorelai for Netflix's "Gilmore Girls: A Year in the Life" miniseries, worked on Disney Junior's "Vampirina," and recently starred on NBC's "Zoey's Extraordinary Playlist."
Graham went on to appear in "Evan Almighty" (2007) and "Middle School: The Worst Years of My Life" (2016). Outside of acting, Graham has written three books in the past decade: "In Conclusion, Don't Worry About It," "Talking as Fast as I Can," and "Someday, Someday, Maybe."
The actress recently starred on the Disney+ original series "The Mighty Ducks: Game Changers." Alexis Bledel played Lorelai "Rory" Gilmore, a bright and ambitious teenager with a strong relationship with her young mother.
Rory Gilmore was Alexis Bledel's first major acting role. Before the show, she'd only acted in an uncredited role in "Rushmore" (1998). While starring on "Gilmore Girls," Bledel also appeared in movies such as "Tuck Everlasting" (2002) and "Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants" (2005).
After "Gilmore Girls," Bledel went on to star in movies like "The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2" (2007), "Post Grad" (2009), "Violet and Daisy" (2011), and "Crypto" (2019). The actress has also starred on hit series, including Fox/Crackle's "Us and Them," Netflix's "Gilmore Girls: A Year in the Life," and Hulu's "The Handmaid's Tale."
Bledel's work on "The Handmaid's Tale" even earned her the 2017 Emmy for outstanding guest actress on a drama series. She's currently set to reprise her iconic role as Lena in "Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 3." Scott Patterson played Luke Danes, Star Hollow's grouchy diner owner. Before playing Lorelai's eventual love interest, Luke, Scott Patterson had a professional baseball career.
He got his start acting in movies like "Little Big League" (1994) and "Three Wishes" (1995) and on NBC's "Seinfeld" and "Will and Grace." During his years playing Luke, Patterson also worked on Cartoon Network's "Justice League Unlimited" and "Her Best Move." Patterson has played several leading characters on shows and in movies since "Gilmore Girls" ended.
He went on to work on "Saw IV" (2007), "Saw V" (2008), and "Saw VI" (2009), as well as "Other People's Children" (2015), "Batman: Gotham by Gaslight" (2018), and "Con Man" (2018). The actor has also continued to find success on TV shows like The CW's "Aliens in America," Fox's "90210," NBC's "The Event," and Netflix's "Gilmore Girls: A Year in the Life."
In 2021, Patterson started the "Gilmore Girls" rewatch podcast "I Am All In With Scott Patterson." Kelly Bishop portrayed Lorelai's mother and Rory's grandmother, Emily Gilmore. Before playing Emily Gilmore, Kelly Bishop had a successful background in theater, film, and television.
In Hollywood, she was well known for "Dirty Dancing" (1987), "Six Degrees of Separation" (1993), and "Wonder Boys" (2000). However, much of her success also came from her roles on stage in musicals like "On the Town" (1971), "A Chorus Line" (1975), and "Six Degrees of Separation" (1990).
After playing Emily Gilmore, Bishop reunited with "Gilmore Girls" showrunner Amy Sherman-Palladino to star on ABC Family's "Bunheads" and reprised her iconic role on "Gilmore Girls: A Year in the Life." The actress also continued her theater career, starring in the 2011 revival of "Anything Goes" alongside her future-"Bunheads" costar Sutton Foster.
Most recently, Bishop appeared in "The Salzburg Story" (2018) and "Art of Falling in Love" (2019). The actress also appeared on Amazon Prime's "The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel." Edward Herrmann acted in dozens of roles and narrated several documentary series such as PBS' "Nova" and "Liberty! The American Revolution" before his work on "Gilmore Girls."
Herrmann was well known for "The Great Gatsby" (1974), "Annie" (1982), "Richie Rich" (1994), and "Nixon" (1995). During his run on "Gilmore Girls," he also worked on ABC's "The Practice," "The Aviator" (2004), and several documentaries.
He appeared on popular shows like ABC's "Grey's Anatomy," NBC's "30 Rock," CBS' "How I Met Your Mother," and CBS' "The Good Wife." He also had a small voice role in "The Wolf of Wall Street" (2013). Before Melissa McCarthy played Sookie St. James, she had minor credits on other television shows. Melissa McCarthy had just started working in the entertainment industry as a comedian and actress before she joined the cast as Sookie St. James.
While starring on "Gilmore Girls," she worked on movies like "The Kid" (2000), "Charlie's Angels" (2000), and "The Life of David Gale" (2003). McCarthy has found big success in comedy since her time as Sookie.
However, the comedic actress is better known for her work in films like "Bridesmaids" (2011), "Identity Thief" (2013), "The Heat" (2013), "Tammy" (2014), "Spy" (2015), "Ghostbusters" (2016), and "Life of the Party" (2018), and "Thunder Force" (2021) — many of which she also produced.
More recently, McCarthy has stepped into dramatic roles in "Can You Ever Forgive Me?" (2018), in "The Kitchen" (2019), and on Hulu's "Nine Perfect Strangers."
She recently appeared in "Thor: Love and Thunder" (2022) and on Netflix's "God's Favorite Idiot," and she's set to star in the upcoming live-action remake of "The Little Mermaid."
Keiko Agena had only a handful of roles under her belt before starring as Rory's best friend, Lane Kim. Before starring as Lane, Keiko Agena had only played a few minor roles in film and on television, including parts on Fox's "Beverly Hills 90210" and ABC/The WB's "Sister, Sister."
She voiced a character on Disney's "Kim Possible," appeared in "Transformers: Dark of the Moon" (2011), and had a small role on Showtime's "Shameless" before reprising her role as Lane on "Gilmore Girls: A Year in the Life."
Agena also acted on Netflix's "13 Reasons Why," AMC's "Better Call Saul," Fox's "Prodigal Son," and Apple TV+'s "Central Park." After "Gilmore Girls," Padalecki landed one of the lead roles on The CW's "Supernatural," which ran for 15 years. The show finished airing its final season in November 2020.
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