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Biography #2 (for Gilmore Girls)
For her sarcastic yet sensitive portrayal of Lorelai Gilmore, Lauren Graham has been nominated for a Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Drama Series, a Screen Actors Guild Award for Female Actor in a Drama Series and two Television Critics Association Awards for Individual Achievement in Drama and Comedy. Additionally, she has earned a Best Actress nod from Viewers for Quality Television, as well as an award as Best Actress in a Drama from the Family Friendly forum.Graham will next be seen in Universal's Because I Said So, opposite Diane Keaton and Mandy Moore, opening in February 2007. This summer, she has been in production on the comedy Evan Almighty, in which she stars alongside Steve Carell.
Shortly after arriving in Los Angeles, Graham landed a recurring role as Richard's (Malcolm Gets) relentlessly sunny girlfriend, Shelly, in the first season of Caroline in the City. Recurring roles followed as Graham played an efficiency expert hoping to downsize the staff of NewsRadio, and a Los Angeles studio executive who pursued Benjamin Bratt's character when his marriage was on the rocks on Law & Order. In addition, Graham guest-starred on Seinfeld and 3rd Rock From the Sun. Series regular roles on the comedy series Conrad Bloom and Townies led to her role as a high school administrator dealing with her disruptive niece on M.Y.O.B. and then to the role of Lorelai on Gilmore Girls.
Graham's additional feature film roles include the dark comedy Bad Santa, opposite Billy Bob Thornton, The Pacifier, opposite Vin Diesel, The Amateurs, opposite Jeff Bridges and Tim Blake Nelson, Warner Bros.' Sweet November, starring Keanu Reeves, and the thriller Nightwatch, starring with Patricia Arquette and Ewan McGregor. She also starred as Renee Zellweger's best friend and confidante in the Meryl Streep drama One True Thing.
In 2002, Graham appeared on stage at The Williamstown Theatre Festival starring in the comedy Once in a Lifetime. This 1929 comedy about the advent of the talking picture marked the first collaboration between famed playwrights George S. Kaufman and Moss Hart.
Growing up an avid equestrian in Northern Virginia, Graham attended Barnard College in New York, where she majored in English. She then earned a master of fine arts degree in acting from Southern Methodist University. Graham currently lives in Los Angeles.
Bio courtesy The CW for "Gilmore Girls" (19-Nov-2006)
Biography #3
Lauren Graham has been in a number of high-profile television and film roles recently, showing her versatility in both comedic and dramatic vehicles.Growing up an avid equestrian in Northern Virginia, she later enrolled in Barnard College in New York, where she majored in English. She then earned an M.F.A. in acting from Southern Methodist University.
Graham arrived in Los Angeles in 1995. She quickly landed a recurring role as Richard's (Malcolm Gets) relentlessly sunny girlfriend, Shelly, in the first season of Caroline in the City. Recurring roles followed as Graham played an efficiency expert hoping to downsize the staff of NewsRadio, and a Los Angeles studio executive who pursued Benjamin Bratt when his marriage was on the rocks on Law & Order.
Most recently, Graham starred as a high school administrator dealing with her disruptive niece on M.Y.O.B. She was also a regular on the comedy series Conrad Bloom and Townies. In addition, Graham guest-starred on Seinfeld and Third Rock From the Sun.
Graham will soon be seen as Keanu Reeves' girlfriend in the upcoming Warner Bros. feature Sweet November which is scheduled for release next February. She recently starred in the independent film Dill Scallion, which debuted on VH-1 this July. The film is a mockumentary on the world of country music in which Graham had very big hair. Graham's first feature film was the Miramax thriller Nightwatch, starring Patricia Arquette and Ewan McGregor. She also played Renee Zellweger's best friend and confidante in the Meryl Streep drama One True Thing.
Bio courtesy Warner Bros. (01-Jan-2000)
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