Biography
Embraced for her girl-next-door persona, actress Lauren Graham enjoyed a fruitful career, most often playing nurturing single mothers and supportive wives. After paying her dues as a struggling New York actress, Graham relocated to Los Angeles, where she quickly began picking up television guest spots on sitcoms like "Caroline in the City" (NBC, 1995-99). Early attempts at regular work on such failed shows as "Townies" (ABC, 1996) eventually …
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Career Milestones
| After college, traveled by bicycle throughout France and Spain | ||
| Made TV debut in the HBO program "Hardcore TV" | ||
| Performed with the female a capella/comedy troupe the Metronomes at Barnard College | ||
| Worked in summer stock in Augusta, Michigan | ||
1995 | Had recurring role of Shelley, Richard's dim-witted girlfriend on the NBC sitcom "Caroline in the City" | |
1996 | Co-starred in the short-lived ABC sitcom "Townines" | |
1996 | TV series debut as a regular, played a copywriter on the short-lived CBS sitcom "Good Company" | |
1997 | Played recurring role of Andrea, highly-inept efficiency expert, on the NBC sitcom "NewsRadio" | |
1998 | Feature film debut, "Nightwatch" | |
1998 | Had supporting role in "One True Thing" | |
1998 | Returned to series TV as co-star of the NBC sitcom "Conrad Bloom" | |
2000 | Had lead in the short-lived NBC sitcom "MYOB" | |
2000 | Starred as a single mother raising a teenage daughter in "Gilmore Girls" (WB/CW) | |
2003 | Co-starred as a Santa groupie in "Bad Santa" | |
2004 | Cast opposite Jay Mohr and Andy Richter in "Seeing Other People" | |
2005 | Starred with Vin Diesel in "The Pacifier" | |
2007 | Co-starred with Diane Keaton and Mandy Moore in "Because I Said So" | |
2007 | Played Steve Carell's wife in "Evan Almighty," the sequel to the 2003 comedy "Bruce Almighty" | |
2008 | Played Greg Kinnear's supporting wife in "Flash of Genius" | |
2009 | Made her Broadway debut as 30s nightclub singer Miss Adelaide in the revival of "Guys and Dolls" | |
2010 | Cast as Sarah Braverman on NBC's updated version of the 1989 film, "Parenthood" | |
Awards
2001 | Golden Globe Award for Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Series - Drama in Gilmore Girls |
2001 | Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Drama Series in Gilmore Girls |
2002 | Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Drama Series in Gilmore Girls |