Alexis Bledel is an American actress and former model. She starting acting in 2000, landing one of the lead roles in The CW's highly successful series Gilmore Girls. Bledel played the role of Rory Gilmore alongside actress Lauren Graham for seven seasons.

Bledel signed on to guest star on the final episode of the long-running NBC series ER.People.com: [http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20262265,00.html?xid=rss-topheadlines Gilmore Girl Alexis Bledel Checks into ER (February 28, 2009)

Bledel's film debut was in 2002 in the movie Tuck Everlasting. In 2005 she appeared in the movie The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants and the 2008 sequel The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2.

• "It always happens in places where you'd rather not be recognized. Like one time, I was just getting ready to go to bed, but I had this craving for a glass of milk. So I go to the supermarket, and I have like no makeup on, and this couple comes up to me and they're like 'Thursday night!'. They sort of yelled it across the vegetable bin, and I'm like, 'Okay, don't look at me, I look awful. I'm going over here by the celery now.'"

• Sometimes I feel like I am an old person trapped in a young person's body. I'm boring. I go to movies. I read. That's about it."

• "The success of the show is overwhelming. It's like being Alice at the Mad Hatter's tea party because you never know what's going to happen next."

• "When I was modeling as a teenager... I just ignored it when people said to lose two inches off my hips. I had more jobs than I could take. So why would I even want more?"

• Note: The majority of the links in this timeline are to IMDb, which has pop-ups.

• 1981: Born September 16th

• 2000-2007: Gilmore Girls

• 2002: Tuck Everlasting

• 2004: Bride & Prejudice

• 2005: Sin City

• 2005: The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants

• 2006: I'm Reed Fish

• 2006: Life Is Short