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Lauren Graham

Acting · Born March 16, 1967 · Honolulu, Hawaii, USA

Lauren Helen Graham (born March 16, 1967) is an American actress and author. She is best known for portraying Lorelai Gilmore on The WB series Gilmore Girls, for which she was nominated for the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Television Series Drama, and for playing Sarah Braverman on the NBC drama series Parenthood (2010–2015). She also appeared in the films  Sweet November (2001), Bad Santa (2003), The Pacifier (2005), Because I Said So (2007), Evan Almighty (2007), and Max (2015). In 2013, Graham published her debut novel with Ballantine Books, Someday, Someday, Maybe. In 2016, Graham reprised her role on a Gilmore Girls Netflix revival miniseries, A Year in the Life and published a memoir, Talking as Fast as I Can.

Movies with Lauren Graham

• Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs (2009) — Fran Lockwood (voice)
• Evan Almighty (2007) — Joan Baxter
• The Pacifier (2005) — Claire Fletcher
• Reminders of Him (2026) — Grace Landry
• Sweet November (2001) — Angelica
• Bad Santa (2003) — Sue
• The Best Christmas Pageant Ever (2024) — Adult Beth (voice)
• Because I Said So (2007) — Maggie
• It's Kind of a Funny Story (2010) — Lynn
• A Merry Friggin' Christmas (2014) — Luann Mitchler
• Twinless (2025) — Lisa
• Until the End of the World (1991) — Heidi

TV shows with Lauren Graham

• Gilmore Girls (2000) — Lorelai Gilmore
• Parenthood (2010) — Sarah Braverman
• Caroline in the City (1995) — Shelly
• Vampirina (2017) — Oxana Hauntley (voice)
• The Mighty Ducks: Game Changers (2021) — Alex Morrow
• Zoey's Extraordinary Playlist (2020) — Joan Bennett
• Townies (1996) — Denise Garibaldi Callahan
• Conrad Bloom (1998) — Molly Davenport