38 Facts About Lauren Graham

Lauren Graham was born on March 16,1967 and is an American actress and author.

Lauren Graham published her debut novel with Ballantine Books in 2013, Someday, Someday, Maybe.

In 2016, Lauren Graham reprised her role as Lorelai Gilmore on Netflix's reunion miniseries Gilmore Girls: A Year in the Life and published a memoir, Talking as Fast as I Can.

Lauren Graham's mother, Donna Grant, was a fashion buyer, and her father, Lawrence Graham, is a candy industry lobbyist who has been president of the National Confectioners Association.

Lauren Graham was raised in her father's Catholic faith ; she is of Irish, English, and Scottish descent.

When Lauren Graham's father worked for the United States Agency for International Development in Vietnam, Lauren Graham lived for a few years in Japan.

Lauren Graham was five years old when her parents divorced, and she moved to the Virginia suburbs of the Washington, DC metropolitan area with her father, who became a congressional staffer.

Lauren Graham's mother left to pursue a music career and lived in London until her death in 2005, at the age of 61.

Lauren Graham was raised by her father and they had a close relationship.

Lauren Graham has a half-sister and a half-brother from her father's second marriage.

Lauren Graham earned her actor's Equity Card in 1988 after two years in summer stock at the Barn Theatre in Augusta, Michigan.

Lauren Graham went to New York University, but then transferred to Barnard College.

Lauren Graham graduated from Barnard College of Columbia University in 1988 with a Bachelor of Arts degree in English Literature.

Between 1996 and 1997, Lauren Graham became a regular guest star on several NBC shows.

Lauren Graham portrayed an antagonizing but friendship-starved efficiency expert on NewsRadio.

Lauren Graham returned to her guest-starring roots when she portrayed herself in two episodes of NBC's Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip.

Lauren Graham has appeared in the second season of Bravo's Celebrity Poker Showdown, co-hosted by Dave Foley of Newsradio.

Lauren Graham has said that she enjoys playing in short films, and acting in the Williamstown Theatre Festival.

Lauren Graham has performed in numerous short films, including the 15-minute-long Gnome.

In 2007, Lauren Graham signed a seven-figure development deal with NBC in one of the year's richest TV talent pacts.

Lauren Graham has worked as the voice-over announcer in national advertising for Kellogg's various Special K products in 2007, and for American Express ads in 2008 introducing the Plum Card, which is targeted towards small and growing businesses.

Lauren Graham made her Broadway debut as Miss Adelaide in the revival of Guys and Dolls, which began preview performances at the Nederlander Theatre on February 5,2009, and opened on March 1,2009.

In October 2009, it was announced that Lauren Graham would replace Maura Tierney in the television series Parenthood as single mother Sarah Braverman.

In July 2012, Lauren Graham was a guest judge in the first episode of Season 10 of the reality television series Project Runway.

In 2015, Lauren Graham appeared in the adventure drama film Max, playing the mother of an American marine killed in Afghanistan who subsequently adopts his Malinois dog.

Lauren Graham said she based her character on her grandparents who had different types of strength and that she felt connected to the film due to many in the film's choir having come from a church her grandfather attended.

The year saw Lauren Graham beginning to appear recurrently in The Odd Couple, playing Gaby, the former wife of the series' main protagonist Oscar, and appear in an episode of the hidden camera comedy Repeat After Me.

In October 2016, Lauren Graham appeared in Middle School: The Worst Years of My Life, playing the mother of Griffin Gluck's character.

That year Lauren Graham reprised her role as Lorelai Gilmore on Netflix's reunion series, Gilmore Girls: A Year in the Life.

In October 2017, Lauren Graham appeared in three episodes of HBO's acclaimed comedy Curb Your Enthusiasm, which returned after a six-year hiatus.

From 2020 to 2021, Lauren Graham was a featured actress on the NBC show Zoey's Extraordinary Playlist.

From 2021 to 2022, Lauren Graham starred as Alex Morrow in The Mighty Ducks: Game Changers, a Disney+ television series based on the 1992 film.

Lauren Graham wrote the screenplay for a pilot episode but it was not picked up for filming.

Lauren Graham has adapted the novel The Royal We into a screenplay for CBS Films; she finished the script in mid-2017.

Lauren Graham has optioned the movie rights for the novel Windfall by Jennifer E Smith.

Lauren Graham's Don't Worry About It focuses on "advice for graduates and reflections on staying true to yourself" and was her third New York Times best seller.

Lauren Graham was in a relationship with actor Peter Krause from 2010 to 2021.

Lauren Graham told More that she identified with Catholicism, and attends church occasionally.