Lauren Graham is an American actress and author born in Honolulu in 1967. She is best known for her role as Lorelai Gilmore on the television series Gilmore Girls, which earned her a Golden Globe nomination for Best Actress in a Television Series Drama. She also starred as Sarah Braverman on the series Parenthood from 2010 to 2015. Graham has appeared in numerous films including Sweet November, Bad Santa, The Pacifier, Because I Said So, Evan Almighty, and Max. In 2016, she reprised her role as Lorelai Gilmore in the Gilmore Girls Netflix revival miniseries A Year in the Life. Beyond acting, Graham has established herself as an author. She published her debut novel, Someday, Someday, Maybe, in 2013 with Ballantine Books. In 2016, she published a memoir titled Talking as Fast as I Can.