Lauren Graham

In 2002, Lauren dated Tate Donovan, whom she met in the play ‘Once in a Lifetime’ at the Williamstown Theatre Festival, Massachusetts. She later claimed that their personalities were incompatible.

In 2003, she dated actor Matthew Perry who played Chandler Bing on the famous series ‘Friends’ but they broke-up eventually.

She briefly dated Marc Blucas, an American Actor, in 2005. Apparently, it didn’t work out.

Graham was born to Donna Grant, a fashion buyer, and Lawrence Graham, a candy industry lobbyist who is the present President of National Confectioners Association.

Graham’s parents split-up when she was just five, and she moved to Washington D.C. along with her father, who became a Congressional Staffer there. She grew up in Northern Virginia in close proximity to Washington D.C.

Horse-riding was her leisure pursuit, but soon she took to acting, perfecting this art at Langley High School’s drill team.

She gained an Actor’s Equity Card in 1988 after being a part of Summer Stock at the Barn Theatre in Augusta, Michigan for two years. In the same year, Graham graduated from Bernard College of Columbia University, New York, with a Bachelor of Arts degree in English Literature.

After shifting to Texas in 1992, she earned a post-graduation degree in Acting Performance from Southern Methodist University, Dallas.

After finishing her formal education, Lauren moved back to New York City where she worked as a waitress. Although her first salaried job came later as a ‘Striker’, the mascot of US-based 1994 FIFA World Cup.

In 1995, she moved to Hollywood, California where she did various commercials for products such as Dimetapp and Lean Cuisine and hosted free preview weekends on ‘The Movie Channel.’

Her early works encompass many guest-starring and co-starring roles on prime-time television, including few of the failed sitcoms such as ‘Townies’, ‘Lush Life’ and ‘M.Y.O.B.’

Between 1996 and 1997, she became a regular guest star at many hit shows of NBC, such as ‘3rd rock from the sun’, ‘Caroline in the City’, ‘Law and Order’ and ‘NewsRadio.’

In 2000, she got her breakthrough role as Lorelei Gilmore of ‘Gilmore Girls’, an American comedy-drama series. Commencing with season 7 episode ‘To whom it may concern’, she worked as a producer till the closing stage of that season. TV Guide revealed later on that it was a mere persuasion to get her on eighth season of the series.

She played a lead role in critically acclaimed ‘Gilmore Girls’ Series which received an American Film Institute Award. It also won an Emmy award for its only nomination in 2004.

She won high accolades for her performance in an American dramedy ‘Parenthood’ which won PRISM Awards in 2012.