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

Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
2013
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
2025
Law & Order
1997
Family Guy
2002
The Kelly Clarkson Show
2022
Late Show with David Letterman
2002
The View
2002
The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
2006
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
2003
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
2021
Gilmore Girls
2000
Seinfeld
1997

FILMOGRAPHY

All
Movies
TV
Acting
86
Directing
1
Producing
2
2026
Reminders of Him
as Grace Landry
2026
Cocktail Wars
as Self - Celebrity Guest
2025
Twinless
as Lisa
2025
The 77th Primetime Emmy Awards
as Self
2025
The Z-Suite
as Monica Frazier
2025
The Emmy Awards
as Self
2025
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
as Self
2024
The Best Christmas Pageant Ever
as Adult Beth (voice)
2024
Password
as Self - Celebrity Guest
2022
The Kelly Clarkson Show
as Self
2021
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
as Self - Guest
2021
The Mighty Ducks: Game Changers
as Alex Morrow
2021
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
as Self - Guest
2020
Stars in the House
as Self
2020
Zoey's Extraordinary Playlist
as Joan Bennett
2019
It Takes a Lunatic
as Self
2018
Busy Tonight
as Self - Guest
2017
Curb Your Enthusiasm
as Bridget
2017
Vampirina
as Oxana Hauntley (voice)
2017
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
as Self
2016
Joshy
as Katee
2016
Middle School: The Worst Years of My Life
as Jules Khatchadorian
2016
Gilmore Girls: A Year in the Life
as Lorelai Gilmore
2015
Max
as Pamela
2015
The Odd Couple
as Gaby
2014
A Merry Friggin' Christmas
as Luann Mitchler
2014
Hollywood Game Night
as Self
2014
Web Therapy
as Grace Tiverton
2014
Web Therapy
as Grace Tiverton
2014
The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
as Self - Guest
2013
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
as Self - Guest
2012
Go On
as Amy
2012
Project Runway
as Self - Guest Judge
2011
The Marriage Ref
as Self - Panelist
2011
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
as Self
2010
It's Kind of a Funny Story
as Lynn
2010
Parenthood
as Sarah Braverman
2010
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
as Self - Guest
2009
The Answer Man
as Elizabeth
2009
Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs
as Fran Lockwood (voice)
2009
Late Night with Jimmy Fallon
as Self
2008
Birds of America
as Betty Tanager
2008
Flash of Genius
as Phyllis Kearns
2008
The Bonnie Hunt Show
as Self
2007
Because I Said So
as Maggie
2007
Evan Almighty
as Joan Baxter
2007
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
as Self
2006
The Amateurs
as Peggy
2006
Black Diamonds: Mountaintop Removal & the Fight for Coalfield Justice
as Narrator
2006
Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip
as Self
2006
The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
as Self
2006
The Reichen Show
as Self - Guest
2005
The Life Coach
as Dr. Sue Pegasus
2005
The Pacifier
as Claire Fletcher
2005
Lucky 13
as Abbey
2005
Gnome
as Amanda
2004
Seeing Other People
as Claire
2004
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
as Self - Guest
2004
TV Revolution
2003
Bad Santa
as Sue
2003
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
as Self
2002
The Third Wheel
as Woman at the Party (uncredited)
2002
Family Guy
as Mother Maggie (voice)
2002
The View
as Self
2002
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
as Self - Guest
2002
Late Show with David Letterman
as Self
2001
Sweet November
as Angelica
2001
Chasing Destiny
as Jessy James
2001
The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn
as Self - Guest
2000
Gilmore Girls
as Lorelai Gilmore
2000
M.Y.O.B.
as Opal Brown
1999
Dill Scallion
as Kristie Sue
1998
One True Thing
as Jules
1998
Confessions of a Sexist Pig
as Tracy
1998
Conrad Bloom
as Molly Davenport
1997
Nightwatch
as Marie
1997
Law & Order
as Lisa Lundquist
1997
Seinfeld
as Valerie
1997
NewsRadio
as Andrea
1996
Townies
as Denise Garibaldi Callahan
1996
Good Company
as Liz Gibson
1996
3rd Rock from the Sun
as Laurie Harris
1995
Caroline in the City
as Shelly
1991
Until the End of the World
as Heidi
August
Untitled Gilmore Girls Documentary
as Self