Lauren Helen Graham is an American actress and producer of Irish ancestry. She is an avid reader for whom books play a crucial role in breaking monotony when life gets too dreary. She never forgets to carry a good book before heading to the studio. She is a crossword puzzle freak and does at least one puzzle a day. As a child, she traveled a lot with her father. During her elementary school years she discovered her flair for acting and consequently did a good deal of theatre throughout her Graduation. Soon she had a lot of commercials and sitcoms in her kitty. But her major breakthrough role came in the form of main protagonist Lorelei Gilmore, a single mother of a teenage daughter Rory, in famous television series ‘Gilmore Girls’ ; and received several rave reviews for it. After that, she never looked back and kept on climbing the ladder of success. Another big break of her life came in the form of Sarah Braverman’s role in a famous American comedy-drama television series, ‘Parenthood.’ She won many laurels for it.