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'''Lauren Graham''' (born March 16, 1967)<ref>[https://www.ibdb.com/broadway-cast-staff/lauren-graham-481632 Lauren Graham listing], [[The Broadway League]] official website.</ref> is an American actress and author.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Lauren Graham |url=https://people.com/tag/lauren-graham/ |access-date=June 8, 2022 |website=PEOPLE.com |language=en}}</ref> She is best known for her roles as [[Lorelai Gilmore]] on [[The WB]]/[[The CW|CW]] television series ''[[Gilmore Girls]]'' (2000–2007), for which she received nominations for [[Screen Actors Guild Award|Screen Actors Guild]], [[Golden Globe]] and [[Satellite Award]]s, and as Sarah Braverman on the [[NBC]] television drama ''[[Parenthood (2010 TV series)|Parenthood]]'' (2010–2015).
Graham's film work includes roles in ''[[Sweet November (2001 film)|Sweet November]]'' (2001), ''[[Bad Santa]]'' (2003), ''[[The Pacifier]]'' (2005), ''[[Because I Said So (film)|Because I Said So]]'' (2007),
==Early life==
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Graham was five years old when her parents divorced, and she moved to the Virginia suburbs of the [[Washington metropolitan area|Washington, DC metropolitan area]] with her father, who became a congressional staffer. Her mother left to pursue a music career<ref>{{cite web|last=Miller |first=Kenneth |title=Lauren Graham: Independent Spirit |url=http://www.lhj.com/style/covers/lauren-graham/?page=1 |work=[[Ladies' Home Journal]] |access-date=January 8, 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140108193445/http://www.lhj.com/style/covers/lauren-graham/?page=1 |archive-date=January 8, 2014 }}</ref> and lived in [[London]] until her death in 2005, at the age of 61.<ref name="gilmorenews">{{cite web|url=http://www.gilmoregirls.org/news/19.html|title=GilmoreGirls.org : Recent News|work=gilmoregirls.org|access-date=August 1, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161231163602/http://www.gilmoregirls.org/news/19.html|archive-date=December 31, 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Hochman |first=David |title=Lauren Graham, TV's Favorite Single Mom |url=http://www.more.com/news/womens-issues/lauren-graham-tvs-favorite-single-mom?page=2 |work=[[More (magazine)|More]] |access-date=January 8, 2014 |page=2 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140108224435/http://www.more.com/news/womens-issues/lauren-graham-tvs-favorite-single-mom?page=2 |archive-date=January 8, 2014 }}</ref> Graham was raised by her father and they had a close relationship. She said, "I thought I kind of had it best. My dad has a very mellow way about him and I was a self-starter as a kid. I liked a certain amount of being on my own. It just worked great for me."<ref>{{Cite web |date=November 17, 2016 |first=Mia |last=McNiece |title=Gilmore Girls: Lauren Graham Opens Up About Being Raised By Her Father |url=https://people.com/tv/gilmore-girls-how-lauren-graham-was-raised-by-her-father-after-her-parents-divorced/ |access-date=June 8, 2022 |website=people.com |language=en}}</ref> Graham also spent a few of her childhood years in [[Southampton, New York]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite news|url=https://longislandweekly.com/lauren-graham-scene-stealer-page-turner/|title=Lauren Graham: Scene Stealer To Page Turner – Long Island Weekly|date=July 26, 2017|work=Long Island Weekly|access-date=July 26, 2017|language=en-US|archive-date=April 13, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190413092431/https://longislandweekly.com/lauren-graham-scene-stealer-page-turner/|url-status=live}}</ref> Graham has a half-sister and a half-brother from her father's second marriage. Her British half-sister from her mother's second marriage, Shade Grant, works at a talent agency.<ref name="gilmorenews" /><ref>{{cite web|last=Meyers|first=Kate|title=Lauren Graham chills out and finds love|url=http://www.parade.com/37561/katemeyers/lauren-graham-chills-out-and-finds-love/|work=[[Parade (magazine)|Parade]]|access-date=May 20, 2013|date=December 1, 2010|archive-date=January 11, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140111135930/http://www.parade.com/37561/katemeyers/lauren-graham-chills-out-and-finds-love/|url-status=live}}</ref>
As a girl, Graham rode horses competitively, but soon switched to acting,<ref name=parade>{{cite news|last=Kaplan|first=Jales|title=Lauren Graham: 'My Life Is My Job'|url=http://www.parade.com/celebrity/2009/07/lauren-graham-my-life-is-my-job.html|work=Parade|date=July 12, 2009|access-date=July 9, 2010|archive-date=December 4, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101204054254/http://www.parade.com/celebrity/2009/07/lauren-graham-my-life-is-my-job.html|url-status=live}}</ref> honing her talent at [[Langley High School (Fairfax County, Virginia)|Langley High School]], where she took part in the [[drill team]] and graduated in 1984.<ref>Lee, Luaine. [http://www.shns.com/shns/g_index2.cfm?action=detail&pk=PROFILE-02-01-05 Graham's 'Gilmore Girls' success took a while to build] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080228061538/http://www.shns.com/shns/g_index2.cfm?action=detail |date=February 28, 2008 }}, ''Scripps Howard News Service'', February 1, 2005. Accessed July 13, 2008</ref> She earned her actor's [[Equity Card]] in 1988<ref>{{cite web|title=Television's Gilmore Girl is reborn a Doll|url=https://www.thestar.com/entertainment/2009/03/02/televisions_gilmore_girl_is_reborn_a_doll.html|work=[[Toronto Star]]|access-date=January 8, 2014|date=March 2, 2009|archive-date=January 8, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140108203602/http://www.thestar.com/entertainment/2009/03/02/televisions_gilmore_girl_is_reborn_a_doll.html|url-status=live}}</ref> after two years in summer stock at the Barn Theatre in [[Augusta, Michigan]]. Graham went to [[New York University]], then transferred to [[Barnard College]]. She graduated from Barnard College of [[Columbia University]] in 1988 with a [[Bachelor of Arts]] degree in English literature.<ref name="barnesnoble">{{cite web|last=Chastain|first=Emma|title=Lauren Graham on Writing, Procrastinating, and Her Favorite Authors|url=http://www.barnesandnoble.com/blog/lauren-graham-on-writing-procrastinating-and-her-favorite-authors/|work=The Barnes & Noble Book Blog|access-date=May 9, 2013|date=April 17, 2013|archive-date=May 10, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130510085805/http://www.barnesandnoble.com/blog/lauren-graham-on-writing-procrastinating-and-her-favorite-authors/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="mortarboard">{{cite book | url=https://archive.org/stream/mortarboard9419barn#page/184/mode/2up | title=Mortarboard 1988 | publisher=Barnard College | year=1988 | pages=181}}</ref> After moving to Texas in 1992, Graham earned a [[Master of Fine Arts]] degree in Acting Performance from [[Southern Methodist University]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Lauren Graham: Acting Is Being The Real You|url=http://blog.smu.edu/smumagazine/2008/05/lauren-graham-acting-is-being-the-real-you/|work=SMU Magazine|date=May 13, 2008|access-date=May 9, 2013|archive-date=October 29, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131029203542/http://blog.smu.edu/smumagazine/2008/05/lauren-graham-acting-is-being-the-real-you/|url-status=live}}</ref>
==Acting career==
===1994–99: Beginnings===
After completing her education, Graham moved back to New York City where she earned her living as a waitress and as a tutor teaching SAT test prep for [[The Princeton Review]].<ref name="gilmorenews"/><ref name="barnesnoble"/> While she aspired to become an actress, she made publicity appearances wearing the costume of [[FIFA World Cup mascot|Striker]], the dog [[mascot]] of the US-based [[1994 FIFA World Cup]].<ref name="gilmorenews"/> In 1995, she relocated to Hollywood. She appeared in various commercials for products such as Cascade [[dishwasher detergent]],<ref>{{Citation |title=Lauren Graham Cascade Commercial 1994 | date=May 4, 2009 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f9mSG5glCSc |language=en |access-date=June 8, 2022}}</ref> [[Dimetapp]], [[AT&T]] and [[Lean Cuisine]] and hosted [[free preview]] weekends on [[The Movie Channel]].<ref>{{Citation |title=Very Young Lauren Graham in a Lean Cuisine ad (1995) | date=May 20, 2021 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A48bkXl7LtE |language=en |access-date=June 8, 2022}}</ref><ref>{{Citation |title=1995 Lauren Graham Century Converter Box Commercial | date=January 4, 2020 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T11zQY2hepc |language=en |access-date=June 8, 2022}}</ref>
Between 1996 and 1997, Graham became a regular guest star on several [[NBC]] shows. She played a graduate student who caught the eye of Dick on ''[[3rd Rock from the Sun]]''; Richard's overly optimistic girlfriend on ''[[Caroline in the City]]''; and [[Jerry Seinfeld (character)|Jerry]]'s speed-dial ranking girlfriend on ''[[Seinfeld]].'' She played a Hollywood producer who had a love interest in Detective [[Rey Curtis]] in a three-part episode of ''[[Law & Order]],'' where she acted opposite [[Scott Cohen (actor)|Scott Cohen]], who later played one of Graham's love interests ([[Max Medina]]) on ''Gilmore Girls.'' She also portrayed an antagonizing but friendship-starved [[Business efficiency expert|efficiency expert]] on ''[[NewsRadio]].''
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Graham made her [[Broadway (theatre)|Broadway]] debut as Miss Adelaide in the [[revival (theatre)|revival]] of ''[[Guys and Dolls (musical)|Guys and Dolls]]'', which began preview performances at the [[Nederlander Theatre]] on February 5, 2009, and opened on March 1, 2009. Reviews of the production were mixed. The production closed June 14, playing 121 shows and 28 previews.<ref>{{cite web|last=Gans |first=Andrew |title="Gilmore Girls" Star Graham Cast in Guys and Dolls Revival |url=http://www.playbill.com/news/article/122816.html |work=[[Playbill]] |access-date=October 28, 2008 |date=October 28, 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081031164841/http://www.playbill.com/news/article/122816.html |archive-date=October 31, 2008 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Jones|first=Kenneth|title=Adelaide's New Lament: Broadway's Guys and Dolls to Close June 14|url=http://www.playbill.com/news/article/130070-Adelaide%27s_New_Lament_Broadway%27s_Guys_and_Dolls_to_Close_June_14|work=[[Playbill]]|date=June 9, 2009|access-date=June 23, 2009|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090612021905/http://www.playbill.com/news/article/130070-Adelaide%27s_New_Lament_Broadway%27s_Guys_and_Dolls_to_Close_June_14|archive-date=June 12, 2009}}</ref>
It was announced in January 2009 that Graham would star in the comedy pilot ''The Bridget Show'' (previously ''Let It Go'') for [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]] playing a talk show host and self-help guru who fails to follow her own advice during a breakup. The pilot was not given a series order.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.tvguide.com/News/Lauren-Graham-Go-1002280.aspx|title=Pilot News: Lauren Graham's New Show Is a Go!|work=TV Guide|date=January 30, 2009|access-date=January 30, 2009|archive-date=February 2, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090202075320/http://www.tvguide.com/News/Lauren-Graham-Go-1002280.aspx|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="letitgo">{{cite news|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-abc-idUSTRE50T1GS20090130|title='Let It Go' gets go-ahead at ABC|last=Andreeva|first=Nellie|date=January 30, 2009|access-date=March 14, 2013|publisher=Reuters|archive-date=October 29, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131029211028/http://www.reuters.com/article/2009/01/30/us-abc-idUSTRE50T1GS20090130|url-status=live}}</ref> In September 2009, Graham voiced the character Fran Lockwood, Flint's late mother, in the [[Sony Pictures Animation]] film ''[[Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs (film)|Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs]]''. In October 2009, it was announced that Graham would replace [[Maura Tierney]] in the television series ''[[Parenthood (2010 TV series)|Parenthood]]'' as single mother Sarah Braverman. Tierney left the show to seek treatment for cancer.<ref>{{cite news|author=Abrams, Natalie|title=Gilmore Girls' Lauren Graham Takes Starring Role in Parenthood|url=https://www.tvguide.com/News/Lauren-Graham-Parenthood-1010693.aspx|work=TV Guide|access-date=October 9, 2009|date=October 9, 2009|archive-date=October 11, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091011043857/http://www.tvguide.com/News/Lauren-Graham-Parenthood-1010693.aspx|url-status=live}}</ref> The series debuted on NBC the following year, and ran for a total of six seasons.{{Citation needed|date=July 2016}}
In June 2010, it was confirmed that Graham would star in ''[[Scream 4]]'',<ref name="Scream">{{cite news|url=https://www.bloody-disgusting.com/news/20597|title=Gilmore Girl MILF Heads to Michigan for 'Scream IV'|last=Miska|first=Brad|date=June 16, 2010|access-date=June 16, 2010|archive-date=June 17, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100617203937/http://www.bloody-disgusting.com/news/20597|url-status=live}}</ref> but she left the project on June 30, 2010.<ref name="Scream-cut">{{cite news|url=https://www.bloody-disgusting.com/news/20764|title=Lauren Graham Cut from 'Scream IV' Due to Date Conflict?|last=Miska|first=Brad|date=June 30, 2010|access-date=June 1, 2010|archive-date=July 2, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100702152057/http://www.bloody-disgusting.com/news/20764|url-status=live}}</ref> In July 2012, Graham was a guest judge in the first episode of Season 10 of the reality television series ''[[Project Runway]]''.
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From 2020 to 2021, Graham was a featured actress on the NBC show ''[[Zoey's Extraordinary Playlist]]''. She played Zoey’s ([[Jane Levy]]) boss, Joan. From 2021 to 2022, Graham starred as Alex Morrow in ''[[The Mighty Ducks: Game Changers]]'', a [[Disney+]] television series based on the [[The Mighty Ducks (film)|1992 film]].
In 2024, Lauren Graham and [[Aisling Franciosi]] were cast opposite [[Dylan O'Brien|Dylan O’Brien]] and James Sweeney in ''Three Point Capital'' and David Permut’s movie ''Twinless''.<ref>{{Cite web |last=D'Alessandro |first=Anthony |date=2024-05-11 |title=Lauren Graham & Aisling Franciosi To Star Opposite Dylan O'Brien & James Sweeney In Three Point Capital & David Permut's 'Twinless' |url=https://deadline.com/2024/05/lauren-graham-aisling-franciosi-to-star-opposite-dylan-obrien-james-sweeney-in-three-point-capital-david-permuts-twinless-1235912233/ |access-date=2024-05-12 |website=Deadline |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=2024-05-12 |title=Twinless: All you may want to know about cast, storyline and production team |url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/international/us/twinless-all-you-may-want-to-know-about-cast-storyline-and-production-team/articleshow/110042602.cms?from=mdr |access-date=2024-05-12 |work=The Economic Times |issn=0013-0389}}</ref>
==In the media==
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