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Kimberly Alexis Bledel (born September 16, 1981 in Houston, Texas, USA) is an American actress. She is best known for her role in the television series Gilmore Girls and the motion picture Tuck Everlasting. She also had an uncredited role as an extra in the film Rushmore which was shot in Houston.
A native of Houston, Texas, whose native language was Spanish, Bledel's Argentine father and Mexican mother encouraged her to try community theater at the age of eight to overcome her shyness. The aspiring actress subsequently appeared in local productions of Our Town and The Wizard of Oz before being scouted at a local mall and given work as a model.
She studied at the Page Parkes Center for Modeling and Acting, and was a film major at New York University (NYU). In 2002, she was voted one of People magazine's "Hottest Stars Under 25".
Lauren Graham and Alexis BledelBledel made her debut on TV in the Gilmore Girls series in 2000, and it is also the show for which she is most famous. Her role is the teenager Lorelai "Rory" Leigh Gilmore, the daughter of single mother Lorelai Victoria Gilmore.
She has stated that she feels she can relate in some ways to Rory, both when it comes to some personal traits and her relationship to her own parents. She also sees the family structure and mother-daughter relation on the show as something that a lot of people could relate to.
Alexis Bledel Filmography
Actor
• The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants (2005)
• Sin City (2005)
• Bride and Prejudice (2005)
• Tuck Everlasting (2002)
Cameo
• Rushmore (1998)
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