ACTOR
Alexis Bledel
- Known for
- The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants (2005), Gilmore Girls: A Year in the Life (2016), The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2 (2008), Tuck Everlasting (2002)
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Alexis Bledel is an actor best known for The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants, Gilmore Girls: A Year in the Life and The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2.
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Gilmore Girls (2000) was her first audition.
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Her first language was Spanish.
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She did not grow up speaking English; she learned it at school.
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She hates coffee, and while her Gilmore Girls (2000) character Rory drinks coffee every day, Bledel drank Coca-Cola out of the supposedly coffee-filled cups.
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She moved to Los Angeles when she joined the cast of Gilmore Girls (2000). Alexis is a real "Gilmore"; her father's great-great-great-grandmother was born Rebecca Richardson Gilmore.
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On Gilmore Girls (2000), she shared the lead with Milo Ventimiglia from 2002 to 2006.
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In the fall of 2015, she gave birth to her first child at the age of 34. The child's father is her now ex-husband Vincent Kartheiser.
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On Late Show with David Letterman (1993), she admitted that she did not like living in Los Angeles because she had to drive everywhere and that she was a terrible driver.
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Alexis's father, Martin Bledel, is Argentine. Alexis's paternal grandfather, Enrique Einar Bledel Huus, was born in Buenos Aires, Argentina, and was mostly of Danish and distant German descent. Enrique was an executive for Coca-Cola Latin America. Alexis's paternal grandmother, Jean Campbell, was born in Troy, New York, to parents of English, Scottish and Irish descent (her own father, Alexis's great-grandfather, was from Hamilton, Ontario, Canada). Alexis's mother, Nanette (Dozier), was born in Phoenix, Arizona, of Welsh, English, Scottish, Irish and German descent. Alexis's mother was raised in Guadalajara, Mexico, from the age of eight; her own father, Alexis's grandfather Lewis David Dozier III, was a farm owner in Arizona, Mexico and Costa Rica. Alexis and her parents consider themselves of Hispanic origin, and Alex grew up in a Spanish-speaking household.
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She plays on a women's soccer team called The Hustlers.
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She studied film at New York University's Tisch School of the Arts for one year.
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She was an extra in Rushmore (1998). She can be seen sitting in the front row in the scene where Max speaks in front of his class at Grover Cleveland.
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After Mulligan chose Drive (2011), Bledel replaced Carey Mulligan in the role of Violet in Violet & Daisy (2011).
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She was nominated for a 2018 Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series for her role as Emily in The Handmaid's Tale (2017), but lost to Thandiwe Newton of Westworld (2016).
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Between scenes on Gilmore Girls (2000), she goes to her trailer and works on a keyboard.
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She enjoys photography, writing, reading, watching films and hanging out with her family.
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She began modeling at the age of 14.
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She has one younger brother, Eric David Bledel (born 1986).
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She attended and graduated from Saint Agnes Academy in Houston, Texas (1999).
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Her modeling career ended when winter came and a photographer threw cold water in her face.
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On her mother's side, Alexis Bledel's great-great-grandmother Elizabeth Overton remarried brewer Gussie Busch, who turned the Anheuser-Busch companies into the world's largest brewery. As a result, Gussie was Alexis's step-great-grandfather.
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Alexis Bledel adopted a Maltese-Chihuahua mix dog named Sophie.
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Alexis Bledel is one year older than her former Gilmore Girls (2000) co-star Jared Padalecki.
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On her mother's side, Alexis Bledel's great-great-great-great-great-grandfather John Hall Morgan was Mayor of Memphis, Tennessee, from 1837 to 1838.
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Alexis Bledel is a graduate of the Page Parkes Center of Modeling and Acting.
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Alexis Bledel enjoys watching the World Equestrian Games, especially the freestyle/dressage competitions.
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Alexis Bledel was named one of Teen People magazine's "25 Hottest Stars under 25."
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That '70s Show (1998) and Ed (2000) are among Alexis Bledel's favorite series.
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Alexis Bledel attended St Mark's Lutheran Middle School.
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The name "Alexis" is of Greek origin and means "defending."
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Filming begins on season 7 of Gilmore Girls (2000), in which Alexis Bledel plays Rory Gilmore.
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Alexis Bledel shares her birth date with Fan Bingbing.
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Alexis Bledel has a son (born 2015) with her former husband Vincent Kartheiser.
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