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.

Filmography

• 2026Reminders of Him — Grace Landry
• The Z-Suite — Monica Frazier, Executive Producer
• 2025Twinless — Lisa
• 2024The Best Christmas Pageant Ever — Adult Beth (voice)
• The Mighty Ducks: Game Changers — Alex Morrow, Co-Executive Producer, Director
• Zoey's Extraordinary Playlist — Joan Bennett
• Vampirina — Oxana Hauntley (voice)
• Gilmore Girls: A Year in the Life — Lorelai Gilmore
• 2016Joshy — Katee
• 2016Middle School: The Worst Years of My Life — Jules Khatchadorian
• 2015Max — Pamela
• The Odd Couple — Gaby
• 2014A Merry Friggin' Christmas — Luann Mitchler
• Go On — Amy
• Web Therapy — Grace Tiverton
• 2010It's Kind of a Funny Story — Lynn
• Parenthood — Sarah Braverman
• 2009Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs — Fran Lockwood (voice)
• 2009The Answer Man — Elizabeth
• 2008Birds of America — Betty Tanager
• 2008Flash of Genius — Phyllis Kearns
• Web Therapy — Grace Tiverton
• 2007Because I Said So — Maggie
• 2007Evan Almighty — Joan Baxter
• 2006Black Diamonds: Mountaintop Removal & the Fight for Coalfield Justice — Narrator
• 2006The Amateurs — Peggy
• 2005Gnome — Amanda
• 2005Lucky 13 — Abbey
• 2005The Life Coach — Dr. Sue Pegasus
• 2005The Pacifier — Claire Fletcher
• 2004Seeing Other People — Claire
• TV Revolution
• 2003Bad Santa — Sue
• 2002The Third Wheel — Woman at the Party (uncredited)
• 2001Chasing Destiny — Jessy James
• 2001Sweet November — Angelica
• Curb Your Enthusiasm — Bridget
• Gilmore Girls — Lorelai Gilmore
• M.Y.O.B. — Opal Brown
• 1999Dill Scallion — Kristie Sue
• Family Guy — Mother Maggie (voice)
• 1998Confessions of a Sexist Pig — Tracy
• Conrad Bloom — Molly Davenport
• 1998One True Thing — Jules
• 1997Nightwatch — Marie
• 3rd Rock from the Sun — Laurie Harris
• Good Company — Liz Gibson
• Townies — Denise Garibaldi Callahan
• Caroline in the City — Shelly
• NewsRadio — Andrea
• 1991Until the End of the World — Heidi
• Law & Order — Lisa Lundquist
• Seinfeld — Valerie
• August

Appearances as themselves (28)

• Cocktail Wars — Self - Celebrity Guest
• 2025The 77th Primetime Emmy Awards — Self
• Password — Self - Celebrity Guest
• Stars in the House — Self
• 2019It Takes a Lunatic — Self
• The Kelly Clarkson Show — Self
• Busy Tonight — Self - Guest
• The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon — Self
• Variety Studio: Actors on Actors — Self
• Hollywood Game Night — Self
• The Marriage Ref — Self - Panelist
• Late Night with Jimmy Fallon — Self
• Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen — Self - Guest
• The Bonnie Hunt Show — Self
• Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip — Self
• The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson — Self, Self - Guest
• The Reichen Show — Self - Guest
• Project Runway — Self - Guest Judge
• Jimmy Kimmel Live! — Self, Self - Guest
• The Ellen DeGeneres Show — Self - Guest
• The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn — Self - Guest
• The View — Self
• Late Night with Conan O'Brien — Self - Guest
• Late Show with David Letterman — Self
• The Tonight Show with Jay Leno — Self, Self - Guest
• LIVE with Kelly and Mark — Self - Guest
• The Emmy Awards — Self
• Untitled Gilmore Girls Documentary — Self