Biography
Lauren Helen Graham (born March 16, 1967) is an American actress and author. She is best known for portraying Lorelai Gilmore on The WB series Gilmore Girls, for which she was nominated for the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Television Series Drama, and for playing Sarah Braverman on the NBC drama series Parenthood (2010–2015). She also appeared in the films Sweet November (2001), Bad Santa (2003), The Pacifier (2005), Because I Said So (2007), Evan Almighty (2007), and Max (2015). In 20...
Known For
Complete Filmography
Reminders of Him
2026
as Grace Landry
Kenna Rowan returns to her hometown after serving five years in prison for a tragic mistake. She hopes to reconnect with her young daughter, though ev...

Twinless
2025
Roman returns to his hometown for the funeral of his identical twin, Rocky. Rocky was extroverted, intelligent, gay, and adored by many – Roman’s exac...

The Best Christmas Pageant Ever
2024
as Narrator / Adult Beth Bradley (voice)
The Herdman kids are undeniably the worst kids in the history of the world. They lie, steal, cheat, bully and overall terrorize their small community....

It Takes a Lunatic
2019
as Self
The extraordinary life of beloved acting teacher and theatre producer Wynn Handman is recalled in this portrait of a provocative, innovative artist.

Middle School: The Worst Years of My Life
2016
as Jules Khatchadorian
A quiet teenage artist Rafe Katchadorian has a wild imagination and is sick of middle school and the rules that have been put before him. Rafe and his...

Joshy
2016
as Katee
After his engagement ends badly, Josh decides to take advantage of his bachelor-party plans in Ojai, California, with the few friends still willing to...

Max
2015
as Pamela
A dog that helped soldiers in Afghanistan returns to the U.S. and is adopted by his handler's family after suffering a traumatic experience.

A Merry Friggin' Christmas
2014
as Luann Mitchler
Boyd Mitchler and his family must spend Christmas with his estranged family of misfits. Upon realizing that he left all his son's gifts at home, he hi...

It's Kind of a Funny Story
2010
as Lynn Gilner
A clinically depressed teenager gets a new start after he checks himself into an adult psychiatric ward.

Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs
2009
as Fran Lockwood (voice)
Inventor Flint Lockwood creates a machine that makes clouds rain food, enabling the down-and-out citizens of Chewandswallow to feed themselves. But wh...

The Visa Signature Tony Awards Season Celebration
2009
as Performer
Performances from nominees and other stars of the 2008-2009 Broadway season.

The Answer Man
2009
as Elizabeth
Twenty years ago, Arlen Faber wrote a book about spirituality that became wildly popular. These days, he's a curmudgeonly recluse who only enjoys the ...

Birds of America
2008
as Betty Tanager
A regular guy struggles with a repressive home and professional life, as well as making amends for the trouble his free-spirited brother and sister ca...

Flash of Genius
2008
as Phyllis Kearns
In this David vs. Goliath drama based on a true story, college professor Robert Kearns goes up against the giants of the auto industry when they fail ...

Evan Almighty
2007
as Joan Baxter
God contacts Junior Congressman Evan Baxter and tells him to build an ark in preparation for a great flood.

Because I Said So
2007
as Maggie
In an effort to prevent family history from repeating itself, meddlesome mom Daphne Wilder attempts to set up her youngest daughter, Milly, with Mr. R...
Black Diamonds: Mountaintop Removal & the Fight for Coalfield Justice
2006
as Narrator
"Black Diamonds: Mountaintop Removal and the Fight for Coalfield Justice" is an award-winning feature documentary exploring radical community resistan...

The Amateurs
2006
as Peggy
Sex sells in America and these guys know it. The Amateurs follows a small town band of loveable losers who hit upon an idea that can make their dreams...

The Life Coach
2005
as Dr. Sue Pegasus
A mockumentary about the rise and fall of Hollywood's life coach to the stars.

Gnome
2005
as Amanda
A short film written and directed by Jenny Bicks starring Lauren Graham as Amanda, who takes a short trip through Jersey with some new friends and lea...

The Pacifier
2005
as Claire Fletcher
Navy SEAL Shane Wolfe is handed a new assignment: Protect the five Plummer kids from enemies of their recently deceased father -- a government scienti...

Lucky 13
2005
as Abbey
A man revisits the previous significant girlfriends in his life in order to win over the girl of his dreams.

Seeing Other People
2004
as Claire
Ed and Alice are two months shy of getting married when she realizes that she wishes she'd had a more active love life while still single. Reluctantly...

Bad Santa
2003
as Sue
You'd better watch out - Santa Claus Willie T. Soke is coming to town, and he doesn't care if you've been naughty or nice. Wille's favorite holiday tr...

The Third Wheel
2002
as Woman at the Party (uncredited)
The clumsy and shy Stanley is a nice fellow, beloved by his colleagues in the office. He has a crush on the gorgeous new-hire Diana, but he has diffic...

Sweet November
2001
as Angelica
Nelson is a man devoted to his advertising career in San Francisco. One day, while taking a driving test at the DMV, he meets Sara. She is very differ...

Chasing Destiny
2001
as Jessy James
A repossession agent falls in love with a woman whose father is high on his list of priority accounts.

Dill Scallion
1999
as Kristie Sue
School bus driver Dill Scallion dreams of becoming a famous country music singer. He sings from his heart and makes up his own dance, the 'Scallion Sh...

One True Thing
1998
as Jules
A career woman reassesses her parents' lives after she is forced to care for her cancer-stricken mother.

Confessions of a Sexist Pig
1998
as Tracy
A daytime soap opera star has to deal with his sexist ideas when he falls for his new co-star, a woman who seemingly follows his manly ideas about dat...

Nightwatch
1997
as Marie
A law student takes a job as a night watchman at a morgue and begins to discover clues that implicate him as the suspect in a series of murders.
Field Notes On Love
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Writer
Based upon the novel of the same name. Hugo is dumped by his girlfriend before their long-planned romantic train trip across America. She leaves him w...