Alexis Bledel

Kimberly Alexis Bledel (Spanish: [ˈbledel], English: /ˈblɛdəl/ BLEH-dəl; born September 16, 1981) is an American actress and model. She is best known for her role as Rory Gilmore on the television series Gilmore Girls (2000–07), for which she received nominations for Satellite, Teen Choice and Young Artist Awards. She made her feature film debut as Winnie Foster in Tuck Everlasting (2002), and has since appeared in Sin City (2005), Post Grad (2009) as well as portraying Lena Kaligaris in The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants film series. Bledel reprised her role as Rory Gilmore on Netflix's reunion miniseries, Gilmore Girls: A Year in the Life (2016). 2Early life Bledel was born in Houston, Texas, to Nanette (née Dozier), who worked as a gift processor and flight attendant, and Martín Bledel. She has a younger brother, Eric. Her father was born and raised in Argentina. Her paternal grandfather, Enrique Einar Bledel Huus, was born in Buenos Aires, Argentina, and was of Danish and distant German descent; Enrique was Vice President of Coca-Cola Latin America and the Coca-Cola Inter-American Corporation. Bledel's paternal grandmother, Jean (née Campbell), was originally from New York, and had Scottish and English ancestry. Bledel's mother, Nanette, was born in Phoenix, Arizona, and moved to Guadalajara, Mexico, at the age of eight; Nanette was raised there, and in Mexico Cit