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Kimberly Alexis Bledel (born September 16, 1981 in Houston, Texas) is an American actress. She is best known for her role in the television series Gilmore Girls and for the films Tuck Everlasting
, Sin City
, and The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants
.

Biography

Bledel was born to an Argentine father, Martin Bledel, and a Mexican mother of French and German descent, Nanette Dozier; she also has a younger brother, Eric David Bledel, born in 1986. Her native language is Spanish. Her hobbies are reading, hiking, taking photographs, and spending time with her family and friends. She is currently dating actor Milo Ventimiglia, who played one of her boyfriends, Jess, on Gilmore Girls.

Career

Her parents encouraged her to try community theater at the age of eight to overcome her shyness. The aspiring actress subsequently appeared in local productions of Our Town and The Wizard of Oz before being scouted at a local mall and given work as a model.

Bledel studied at the Page Parkes Center for Modeling and Acting and majored in film at New York University's Tisch School of the Arts for one year before landing the role of Rory in Gilmore Girls. In 2002, she was voted one of Teen Peoples "Hottest Stars Under 25". Among her earliest film appearances was an uncredited role as an extra in Rushmore
, which was shot in her hometown.
Awards

Nominated

* 2002 - Young Artist Award Best Performance in a TV Drama Series - Supporting Young Actress for Gilmore Girls

* 2003 - Golden Satellite Award for Best Performance by an Actress in a Series, Comedy or Musical for Best Performance by a Younger Actor for Tuck Everlasting

* 2004 - Teen Choice Awards for Choice TV Actress - Comedy for Gilmore Girls

Won'
* 2001 - Young Artist Award Best Performance in a TV Drama Series - Leading Young Actress for Gilmore Girls
* 2002 - Family Television Award for Actress for Gilmore Girls
* 2005 - Teen Choice Award for Choice It Girl
* 2005 - Teen Choice Award for Choice TV Actress Comedy for Gilmore Girls

Gilmore Girls

Bledel made her debut on TV in the Gilmore Girls series in 2000. She plays Lorelai "Rory" Leigh Gilmore, the daughter of single mother Lorelai Victoria Gilmore. Initially, Rory was a high-school student living with her mother, but she has since moved on to college at Yale University where she is editor of the Yale Daily News.

She has stated that she feels she can relate in some ways to Rory, both when it comes to some personal traits and her relationship to her own parents. She also sees the family structure and mother-daughter relation on the show as something to which many people can relate.

Sin City

The role of Becky, a prostitute, in the movie Sin City was a shift from Bledel's previous TV and film characters. "She's a very professional prostitute. She carries a gun and she kicks ass", said Bledel of Becky. Despite her tough and precocious exterior, Becky gives the impression of being the young and insecure one among the women of Old Town, because of her young appearance and her close relationship to her mother, from whom she keeps her profession a secret.

The movie is shot almost entirely in black-and-white, with splashes of color here and there, such as a red dress, blood or an entirely yellow evil character. In Becky's case, it was her eyes that kept their color, as director Robert Rodriguez claimed that he found Bledel's eyes to be "so amazing I had to keep them blue in the picture..." .

Trivia

She works with , a nonprofit organization which gives books to disadvantaged children.
She dislikes interviews.
She dislikes coffee, and when her character Rory on Gilmore Girls consumes it, she drinks Coca-Cola instead.

Filmography

I'm Reed Fish (2006
) ... Kate Peterson
The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants
(2005
) ... Lena Kaligaris
Sin City (2005
) ... Becky
The Orphan King (2005
) ... Dylan
Bride & Prejudice (2004
) ... Georgie Darcy
DysEnchanted (2004
) ... Goldilocks
Tuck Everlasting
(2002
)... Winnifred "Winnie" Foster
Gilmore Girls (series) (2000) ... Lorelai "Rory" Leigh Gilmore (2000-Present)
Rushmore (1998
) (uncredited) Extra (Cameo)

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