BIOGRAPHICAL DETAILS
Full Name: Lauren Helen Graham
Description: Actress, USA
Known For: Gilmore Girls and Sarah Braverman on Parenthood.
Location: United States of America
Date Born: 16th March 1967
Location Born: Honolulu
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BIOGRAPHICAL PROFILE
Lauren Graham
Lauren Helen Graham (born March 16, 1967) is an American actress, producer and novelist. She is best known for playing Lorelai Gilmore on the WB Network dramedy series Gilmore Girls and Sarah Braverman on Parenthood.
An American actress and producer. She is best known for playing Lorelai Gilmore on the WB Network dramedy series Gilmore Girls and Sarah Braverman on Parenthood.
Lauren Graham was born on March 16, 1967 in Honolulu, Hawaii. Her mother, Donna Grant, was a fashion buyer, and her father, Lawrence Graham, is a candy industry lobbyist who has been president of the National Confectioners Association. Graham was raised in her father’s Catholic faith (her maternal grandfather was a Baptist minister); she is of Irish, English, Scottish ancestry. When Graham’s father worked for the Agency for International Development in Vietnam, Lauren lived for a few years in Japan (her mother also grew up there, as the daughter of a missionary) Graham was five years old when her parents divorced and she moved to Alexandria, Virginia with her father, who became a congressional staffer, while her mother left to pursue an artistic career, and lived in London until her death at age 61. Graham has a half-sister and a half-brother from her father’s second marriage and a British half-sister from her mother’s second marriage, Shade Grant, who works at a talent agency.
As a girl, Graham rode horses competitively, but soon switched to acting, honing her talent at Langley High School, where she took part in the drill team and graduated in 1984. She earned her actor’s Equity Card in 1988 after two years in summer stock at the Barn Theatre in Augusta, Michigan. Graham graduated from Barnard College in 1988 with a Bachelor of Arts degree in English Literature. After moving to Texas in 1992, Graham earned a Master of Fine Arts degree in Acting Performance from Southern Methodist University.
Graham discovered acting while in elementary school and further honed her talent at Langley High School, where she took part in the drill team.
Graham took to acting in community theatre and other small productions. She earned her actor’s equity card in 1988 after two years in summer stock at the Barn Theatre in Augusta, Michigan.
In 1995, she relocated to Hollywood, California. Between 1996 and 1997, Graham became a regular guest star on several hit NBC shows. She played a graduate student who caught the eye of Dick on 3rd Rock from the Sun, Richard’s dim-witted girlfriend on Caroline in the City, and Jerry’s speed-dial ranking girlfriend on Seinfeld.
In 2000, Graham landed her breakthrough role as Lorelai Gilmore on Gilmore Girls. For her work she received a nomination for Best Actress in a Television Series (Drama) at the 2001 Golden Globe Awards.
2009, it was announced that Graham would replace Maura Tierney in the television series Parenthood as single mother Sarah Braverman. Tierney left the show to seek treatment for cancer.
Personal life
Graham and Krause in February 2008
Graham dated Matthew Perry, whom she met in 2002. She has been in a relationship with her Parenthood co-star Peter Krause since 2010. Graham owns an apartment in Manhattan and a house in Los Angeles.
Graham is a Catholic and occasionally attends church.
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