Lauren Graham

Lauren Graham

Known for
Acting
Born
March 16, 1967 (age 59)
Birthplace
Honolulu, Hawaii, USA

Biography

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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Lauren Graham, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Known For

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Filmography

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August

August

Movie

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Untitled Gilmore Girls Documentary

Untitled Gilmore Girls Documentary

Movie · as Self

2026
Reminders of Him poster

Reminders of Him

Movie · as Grace Landry

2026
Drink Coffee, Talk Fast poster

Drink Coffee, Talk Fast

Movie · as Self

2026
Cocktail Wars poster

Cocktail Wars

TV · as Self - Celebrity Guest · 1 ep

2025
Twinless poster

Twinless

Movie · as Lisa

2025
The Z-Suite poster

The Z-Suite

TV · as Monica Frazier · 8 eps

2024
The Best Christmas Pageant Ever poster

The Best Christmas Pageant Ever

Movie · as Adult Beth (voice)

2022
Password poster

Password

TV · as Self - Celebrity Guest · 1 ep

2021
The Mighty Ducks: Game Changers poster

The Mighty Ducks: Game Changers

TV · as Alex Morrow · 20 eps

2020
Stars in the House poster

Stars in the House

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2020
Zoey's Extraordinary Playlist poster

Zoey's Extraordinary Playlist

TV · as Joan Bennett · 12 eps

2019
It Takes a Lunatic poster

It Takes a Lunatic

Movie · as Self

2019
The Kelly Clarkson Show poster

The Kelly Clarkson Show

TV · as Self · 3 eps

2018
Busy Tonight poster

Busy Tonight

TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep

2017
Vampirina poster

Vampirina

TV · as Oxana Hauntley (voice) · 147 eps

2016
Joshy poster

Joshy

Movie · as Katee

2016
Middle School: The Worst Years of My Life poster

Middle School: The Worst Years of My Life

Movie · as Jules Khatchadorian

2016
Gilmore Girls: A Year in the Life poster

Gilmore Girls: A Year in the Life

TV · as Lorelai Gilmore · 4 eps

2015
Max poster

Max

Movie · as Pamela

2015
The Odd Couple poster

The Odd Couple

TV · as Gaby · 1 ep

2014
A Merry Friggin' Christmas poster

A Merry Friggin' Christmas

Movie · as Luann Mitchler

2014
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors poster

Variety Studio: Actors on Actors

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2014
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon poster

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2013
Hollywood Game Night poster

Hollywood Game Night

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2012
Go On poster

Go On

TV · as Amy · 1 ep

2011
Web Therapy poster

Web Therapy

TV · as Grace Tiverton · 2 eps

2010
It's Kind of a Funny Story poster

It's Kind of a Funny Story

Movie · as Lynn

2010
The Marriage Ref

The Marriage Ref

TV · as Self - Panelist · 1 ep

2010
Parenthood poster

Parenthood

TV · as Sarah Braverman · 103 eps

2009
The Answer Man poster

The Answer Man

Movie · as Elizabeth

2009
Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs poster

Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs

Movie · as Fran Lockwood (voice)

2009
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen poster

Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen

TV · as Self - Guest · 2 eps

2009
Late Night with Jimmy Fallon poster

Late Night with Jimmy Fallon

TV · as Self · 2 eps

2008
Birds of America poster

Birds of America

Movie · as Betty Tanager

2008
Flash of Genius poster

Flash of Genius

Movie · as Phyllis Kearns

2008
The Bonnie Hunt Show poster

The Bonnie Hunt Show

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2008
Web Therapy poster

Web Therapy

TV · as Grace Tiverton · 3 eps

2007
Because I Said So poster

Because I Said So

Movie · as Maggie

2007
Evan Almighty poster

Evan Almighty

Movie · as Joan Baxter

2006
The Amateurs poster

The Amateurs

Movie · as Peggy

2006
Black Diamonds: Mountaintop Removal & the Fight for Coalfield Justice

Black Diamonds: Mountaintop Removal & the Fight for Coalfield Justice

Movie · as Narrator

2006
Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip poster

Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip

TV · as Self · 2 eps

2005
The Life Coach poster

The Life Coach

Movie · as Dr. Sue Pegasus

2005
The Pacifier poster

The Pacifier

Movie · as Claire Fletcher

2005
Lucky 13 poster

Lucky 13

Movie · as Abbey

2005
Gnome poster

Gnome

Movie · as Amanda

2005
The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson poster

The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson

TV · as Self, Self - Guest · 3 eps

2005
The Reichen Show poster

The Reichen Show

TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep

2004
Seeing Other People poster

Seeing Other People

Movie · as Claire

2004
TV Revolution

TV Revolution

TV · 1 ep

2004
Project Runway poster

Project Runway

TV · as Self - Guest Judge · 1 ep

2003
Bad Santa poster

Bad Santa

Movie · as Sue

2003
The Ellen DeGeneres Show poster

The Ellen DeGeneres Show

TV · as Self - Guest · 7 eps

2003
Jimmy Kimmel Live! poster

Jimmy Kimmel Live!

TV · as Self, Self - Guest · 3 eps

2002
The Third Wheel poster

The Third Wheel

Movie · as Woman at the Party (uncredited)

2001
Sweet November poster

Sweet November

Movie · as Angelica

2001
Chasing Destiny poster

Chasing Destiny

Movie · as Jessy James

2000
Gilmore Girls poster

Gilmore Girls

TV · as Lorelai Gilmore · 153 eps

2000
M.Y.O.B.

M.Y.O.B.

TV · as Opal Brown · 4 eps

2000
Curb Your Enthusiasm poster

Curb Your Enthusiasm

TV · as Bridget · 3 eps

1999
Dill Scallion poster

Dill Scallion

Movie · as Kristie Sue

1999
Family Guy poster

Family Guy

TV · as Mother Maggie (voice) · 1 ep

1999
The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn poster

The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn

TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep

1998
One True Thing poster

One True Thing

Movie · as Jules

1998
Confessions of a Sexist Pig poster

Confessions of a Sexist Pig

Movie · as Tracy

1998
Conrad Bloom poster

Conrad Bloom

TV · as Molly Davenport · 15 eps

1997
Nightwatch poster

Nightwatch

Movie · as Marie

1997
The View poster

The View

TV · as Self · 6 eps

1996
Townies poster

Townies

TV · as Denise Garibaldi Callahan · 15 eps

1996
Good Company

Good Company

TV · as Liz Gibson · 6 eps

1996
3rd Rock from the Sun poster

3rd Rock from the Sun

TV · as Laurie Harris · 1 ep

1995
Caroline in the City poster

Caroline in the City

TV · as Shelly · 5 eps

1995
NewsRadio poster

NewsRadio

TV · as Andrea · 4 eps

1993
Late Night with Conan O'Brien poster

Late Night with Conan O'Brien

TV · as Self - Guest · 4 eps

1993
Late Show with David Letterman poster

Late Show with David Letterman

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1992
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno poster

The Tonight Show with Jay Leno

TV · as Self, Self - Guest · 1 ep

1991
Until the End of the World poster

Until the End of the World

Movie · as Heidi

1990
Law & Order poster

Law & Order

TV · as Lisa Lundquist · 3 eps

1989
Seinfeld poster

Seinfeld

TV · as Valerie · 1 ep

1988
LIVE with Kelly and Mark poster

LIVE with Kelly and Mark

TV · as Self - Guest · 3 eps

1949
The Emmy Awards poster

The Emmy Awards

TV · as Self · 1 ep