Lauren Helen GrahamΒ (born March 16, 1967)Β is an AmericanΒ actressΒ andΒ author. She is best known for portrayingΒ Lorelai GilmoreΒ onΒ The WBΒ seriesΒ Gilmore Girls, for which she was nominated for theΒ Golden Globe Award for Best Actress β Television Series Drama, and for playingΒ Sarah BravermanΒ on theΒ NBCΒ drama seriesΒ Parenthood (2010β2015). She also appeared in the filmsΒ Β Sweet NovemberΒ (2001),Β Bad Santa (2003),Β The PacifierΒ (2005),Β Because I Said SoΒ (2007),Β Evan AlmightyΒ (2007), andΒ Max (2015). In 2013, Graham published her debut novel withΒ Ballantine Books,Β Someday, Someday, Maybe. In 2016, Graham reprised her role on aΒ Gilmore GirlsΒ NetflixΒ revival miniseries, A Year in the LifeΒ and published a memoir,Β Talking as Fast as I Can. Description above from the Wikipedia article Lauren Graham, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.