Lauren Graham
Biography
Lauren Graham is an American actress and author who was born in Honolulu and grew up in Virginia. She became known for playing Lorelai Gilmore on Gilmore Girls, a part that earned her a Golden Globe nomination and two SAG Award nominations, and she later portrayed Sarah Braverman on Parenthood. Her film work includes Sweet November (2001), Bad Santa (2003), The Pacifier (2005), Because I Said So (2007), Evan Almighty (2007) and Max (2015), and she provided the voice of Fran Lockwood in Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs (2009). In 2009 her Broadway debut came as Miss Adelaide in a revival of Guys and Dolls, and she returned to Lorelai for the Netflix miniseries Gilmore Girls: A Year in the Life. She wrote the novel Someday, Someday, Maybe and the memoir Talking as Fast as I Can, and in 2025 the Hollywood Walk of Fame awarded her a star.
59years old
Turns 60 on March 16in 157 days
- Born Honolulu
- Star sign: PiscesThe sign runs February 19 to March 20
- Also credited as Lauren Helen Graham
Movie Career
- Films
- 22
- Career span
- 29 years1997 to 2026
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A change of course
Before acting paid off, Graham worked as a waitress and tutored SAT test prep for The Princeton Review, and wore the Striker dog mascot costume for the 1994 FIFA World Cup.
Beyond film
Graham played Miss Adelaide in a Guys and Dolls revival, marking her Broadway debut. Previews started February 5, 2009, at the Nederlander Theatre, the official opening was March 1, 2009, and the run ended June 14 with 121 shows and 28 previews.
A role that slipped away
Graham was confirmed in June 2010 to star in Scream 4, but she departed the project on June 30, 2010.
Behind the camera
Starting with the season seven episode To Whom It May Concern, Graham was a producer on Gilmore Girls for the rest of that season. TV Guide said the role was given to her to try to get her to commit to an eighth season.
Behind the camera
Graham's debut novel Someday, Someday, Maybe, drawn from her years trying to make it as an actress in 1990s New York, reached the New York Times best seller list in May 2013.
Lauren Graham movies on Netflix
Best known for
The films on Netflix they are best known for, with the part played in each.
Most often with
Eight actors appear in two of them each. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.
Films together
James Caan's page
Frank Langella's page
Tony Hale's page
Tom Everett Scott's page
Aasif Mandvi's page
Zoë Kravitz's page
Also two films together2 more actors
- Adam PallyJoshy (2016) and Middle School: The Worst Years of My Life (2016)
- Alex BorsteinSeeing Other People (2004) and Bad Santa (2003)
When several people share the same number of films, the ones with the most films on Netflix are in the chart.
Box office
What Lauren Graham's films earned in cinemas worldwide.
Combined worldwide box office
$1.0 billion
15 of the 22 films have a worldwide figure.
Of the 22 films: 15 worldwide figure; 3 us gross only; 4 figure not found.
- 15Worldwide figure
- 3US gross only
- 4Figure not found
Highest grossing
The eight biggest films earned 93% of the total. The bars are drawn to scale.
- 1$243M23.5% of the total
- 2$199M19.2% of the total
- 3$174M16.9% of the total
- 4$89M8.6% of the total
- 5$77M7.4% of the total
- 6$69M6.7% of the total
- 7$66M6.4% of the total
- 8$44M4.3% of the total
$72.8 millionfrom the other 7 films with a worldwide figure, 7% of the total
Awards
One award and honor.
| Year | Award | Film | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| Other honors | |||
| 2025 | Star on Hollywood Walk of Fame | Honored | |
Online
Official profiles and reference pages.