Lauren Graham

Biography: Lauren Graham

Though she was born in Hawaii, actress Lauren Graham spent her childhood traveling with her single father. After earning her Bachelor's degree in English from Barnard College in New York City, she got her Master's in Acting from Southern Methodist University in Dallas. She moved to California and landed a guest spot on 3rd Rock From the Sun in 1996. After playing recurring roles on Caroline in the City, Law & Order, and NewsRadio, she made her film debut in the horror hriller Nightwatch. Other film roles followed, including the mainstream sentimental drama One True Thing (starring Meryl Streep) the independent mockumentary Dill Scallion (starring Billy Burke). After starring in a few short-lived TV series, Graham's big breakthrough came in 2000 with the lead role on the WB family drama Gilmore Girls. As Lorelai Gilmore, the 32-year-old single mother of a teenager (Alexis Bledel), Graham earned several award nominations during the first two seasons. While the show itself earned critical acclaim, Graham gained much media exposure for her strong and independent yet conventionally attractive portrayal of a single mom. Even though her persona was that of a "sexy mom," she also (per the material given her by the program's creators) held fast to "PG Material, " and won the Best Actress prize from the Family Television Awards. Lest she be pigeonhold Graham traveled to the opposite extreme for a plum role in Terry Zwigoff's holiday crime comedy Bad Santa; she made many viewers do a double take as a lover of bad boy Billy Bob Thornton who harbors a thoroughly naughty little fetish for Santa caps - a part that justly won her critical raves. More feature film projects followed, including supporting roles in the omantic comedies Lucky 13 (2004), Seeing Other People (2004), and The Pacifier (2005) (opposite unlikely action hero-turned family star Vin Diesel). By the spring of 2007, Gilmore (which drew repeated rumors of cancellation that persisted for at least a year) finally did wrap, and Graham focused all of her attention and energy on the big screen. Assignments included a supporting part in the Diane Keaton/Mandy Moore mother-daughter comedy Because I Said So (2007) and the wife of funnyman Steve Carell in the Noah's Ark-themed religious comedy Evan Almighty (2007). ~ Andrea LeVasseur, All Movie Guide less

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The Answer Man (2009)
Cast: Jeff Daniels Lauren Graham Lou Taylor Pucci Nora Dunn John Hindman
Tags: Comedy Drama Psychological Drama Slice of Life
Length: 95min
The reclusive author whose groundbreaking book redefined spirituality for an entire generation realizes how little he actually knows upon being approached by a single mother and a recovering addict in this drama from first time writer/director John...
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Birds of America (2007)
Cast: Hilary Swank Matthew Perry Lauren Graham Ben Foster Ginnifer Goodwin
Tags: Comedy Domestic Comedy
Length: 85min
Director Craig Lucas teams with screenwriter Elyse Friedman for this sociologically-slanted comedy drama concerning three eccentric siblings who were forced to grow up in an environment with no actual grown ups. In a typical family, the pattern...
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Because I Said So (2006)
Cast: Diane Keaton Michael Lehmann Lauren Graham Mandy Moore Stephen Collins
Tags: Comedy Romantic Comedy
Length: 101min
Diane Keaton stars as a unconditionally loving, but meddling, mother whose vain attempt to prevent her insecure youngest daughter from repeating the same mistakes that she made leads to a series of comic misunderstandings in director Michael Lehmann's...
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Flash of Genius (2008)
Cast: Dermot Mulroney Alan Alda Greg Kinnear Lauren Graham Dante Spinotti
Tags: Period Film Docudrama Biopic Drama
Length: 119min
Greg Kinnear stars in director Marc Abraham's man-against-the-system docudrama Flash of Genius as inventor Robert Kearns, the visionary who developed the modern intermittent windshield wiper. Kearns submitted the invention to each of the big three...
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Evan Almighty (2007)
Cast: Morgan Freeman Tom Hanks John Goodman Lauren Graham Steve Carell
Tags: Fantasy Comedy Fantasy Comedy Heavenly Comedy
Length: 95min
40-Year-Old Virgin star Steve Carell reprises his role as preening newscaster Evan Baxter in this heavenly sequel to the 2003 Jim Carrey comedy hit. Shortly after television anchorman-turned-U.S. congressman Evan Baxter (Carell) relocates his family...
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The Amateurs (2005)
Cast: Jeff Bridges Patrick Fugit Lauren Graham Ted Danson William Fichtner
Tags: Comedy Ensemble Film Sex Comedy
Length: 98min
A man down on his luck hatches a different kind of get-rich-quick scheme in this independent comedy. Andy Sargentee (Jeff Bridges) is a middle-aged divorcé who is down in the dumps after the departure of his wife, Thelma (Jeanne Tripplehorn), and...
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The Pacifier (2005)
Cast: Lauren Graham Vin Diesel Carol Kane John Debney Tate Donovan
Tags: Action Comedy Family-Oriented Comedy Comedy
Length: 95min
The toughest man in the American military faces a new kind of challenge -- looking after four kids in soccer-mom suburbia -- in this family-friendly comedy from Walt Disney Pictures. Shane Wolf (Vin Diesel) is a former Navy SEAL who was assigned to...
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Seeing Other People (2004)
Cast: Josh Charles Jay Mohr Lauren Graham Mimi Rogers Helen Slater
Tags: Romantic Comedy Sex Comedy Comedy Romance
Length: 90min
Directed by Wallace Wolodarsky, Seeing Other People features Jay Mohr and Julianne Nicholson as Ed and Alice, a soon-to-be married couple with one rather significant problem facing them: Alice doesn't think she's had enough sex to excuse settling down...
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Bad Santa (2003)
Cast: Ethan Coen Billy Bob Thornton Joel Coen Bob Weinstein Harvey Weinstein
Tags: Black Comedy Crime Comedy Comedy Holiday Film
Length: 91min
The Christmas season just got a lot less joyous in this very dark comedy. Willie T. Stokes (Billy Bob Thornton) is a con man and a thief who teams up with his friend Marcus (Tony Cox), a midget, for a very special scam each year during the holiday...
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Lucky 13 (2004)
Cast: Lauren Graham Harland Williams John Doe Chris Hall
Tags: Romantic Comedy Comedy
Length: 88min
A guy takes one last shot at learning from his mistakes with women in this omantic comedy. Zach (Brad Hunt) has been in love with Abbey (Lauren Graham) as far back as he can remember. However, Zach is both shy and tragically inept around women, and...
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