Kimberly Alexis Bledel was born in Houston, Texas, to Nanette (Dozier) and Martin Bledel. Her parents are both Spanish-speakers (her mother was born in Arizona and raised in Mexico, and her father was born in Argentina), and Alexis's ancestry includes Danish, German, English, Scottish, Irish, and French.
Alexis made her television debut in Gilmore Girls, after spending years in front of the camera as a model. Bledel's parents encouraged her to try community theater in Houston when she was 8 years old, hoping it would help their daughter overcome her shyness. She went on to perform in productions of Our Town, The Wizard of Oz, and Aladdin, and later was scouted in a local mall to model. She began her modeling career while still in high school, traveling all over to locations like Tokyo, Milan, New York and Los Angeles. After graduating, she enrolled at NYU as a film major. In the Spring of 2000, Bledel landed a manager through her modeling agency and headed to Los Angeles for her first pilot season, where she quickly landed the coveted role of Rory on Gilmore Girls. When she's not working, Bledel enjoys writing, reading, shooting photography, going to the movies and spending time with her family. Bledel has been married to former Mad Men co-star Vincent Kartheiser since 2014.
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The Handmaid's Tale (2017)
Starring as Emily / Ofglen / Ofsteven
(20 episodes)
- Episode 4x10: The Wilderness (Jun 16, 2021)
- Episode 4x08: Testimony (Jun 2, 2021)
- Episode 4x07: Home (May 26, 2021)
- Episode 4x02: Nightshade (Apr 27, 2021)
- Episode 3x13: Mayday (Aug 14, 2019)
- Episode 3x07: Under His Eye (Jul 3, 2019)
- Episode 3x04: God Bless the Child (Jun 12, 2019)
- Episode 3x02: Mary and Martha (Jun 5, 2019)
- Episode 3x01: Night (Jun 5, 2019)
- Episode 2x13: The Word (Jul 11, 2018)
- Episode 2x12: Postpartum (Jul 4, 2018)
- Episode 2x10: The Last Ceremony (Jun 20, 2018)
- Episode 2x08: Women's Work (Jun 6, 2018)
- Episode 2x07: After (May 30, 2018)
- Episode 2x05: Seeds (May 16, 2018)
- Episode 2x02: Unwomen (Apr 25, 2018)
- Episode 1x05: Faithful (May 10, 2017)
- Episode 1x03: Late (Apr 26, 2017)
- Episode 1x02: Birth Day (Apr 26, 2017)
- Episode 1x01: Offred (Apr 26, 2017)
Us & Them (2014)
Starring as Stacey Pearson
(7 episodes)
- Episode 1x07: Upstairs & Downstairs (Jul 20, 2014)
- Episode 1x06: Coeds & Carburetors (Jul 19, 2014)
- Episode 1x05: Corn & Cancer (Jul 18, 2014)
- Episode 1x04: Together & Apart (Jul 17, 2014)
- Episode 1x03: Snowmen & Wingmen (Jul 16, 2014)
- Episode 1x02: Crunch & Brunch (Jul 15, 2014)
- Episode 1x01: Pilot (Jul 14, 2014)
Late Night with Seth Meyers (2014)
Guest starring as Alexis Bledel
- Episode 2017-08-01: Idris Elba, Alexis Bledel, Michael Voltaggio (Aug 1, 2017)
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon (2014)
Guest starring as Alexis Bledel
(2 episodes)
- Episode 2018-04-26: Kevin Bacon, Alexis Bledel, The Bacon Brothers (Apr 26, 2018)
- Episode 2016-11-28: John Goodman, Alexis Bledel, David Gray (Nov 28, 2016)
Watch What Happens Live (2009)
Guest starring as Alexis Bledel
- Episode 18x94: The Handmaid's Tale (May 23, 2021)
Mad Men (2007)
Guest starring as Beth Dawes
(3 episodes)
- Episode 5x13: The Phantom (Jun 10, 2012)
- Episode 5x09: Dark Shadows (May 13, 2012)
- Episode 5x08: Lady Lazarus (May 6, 2012)
Gilmore Girls (2000)
Starring as Rory Gilmore
(153 episodes)
- Episode 7x22: Bon Voyage (May 15, 2007)
- Episode 7x21: Unto the Breach (May 8, 2007)
- Episode 7x20: Lorelai? Lorelai? (May 1, 2007)
- Episode 7x19: It's Just Like Riding a Bike (Apr 24, 2007)
- Episode 7x18: Hay Bale Maze (Apr 17, 2007)
- Episode 7x17: Gilmore Girls Only (Mar 6, 2007)
- Episode 7x16: Will You Be My Lorelai Gilmore? (Feb 27, 2007)
- Episode 7x15: I'm a Kayak, Hear Me Roar (Feb 20, 2007)
- Episode 7x14: Farewell, My Pet (Feb 13, 2007)
- Episode 7x13: I'd Rather Be in Philadelphia (Feb 6, 2007)
- Episode 7x12: To Whom It May Concern (Jan 30, 2007)
- Episode 7x11: Santa's Secret Stuff (Jan 23, 2007)
- Episode 7x10: Merry Fisticuffs (Dec 5, 2006)
- Episode 7x09: Knit, People, Knit! (Nov 28, 2006)
- Episode 7x08: Introducing Lorelai Planetarium (Nov 21, 2006)
- Episode 7x07: French Twist (Nov 14, 2006)
- Episode 7x06: Go, Bulldogs! (Nov 7, 2006)
- Episode 7x05: The Great Stink (Oct 24, 2006)
- Episode 7x04: 'S Wonderful, 'S Marvelous (Oct 17, 2006)
- Episode 7x03: Lorelai's First Cotillion (Oct 10, 2006)
- Episode 7x02: That's What You Get, Folks, for Makin' Whoopee (Oct 3, 2006)
- Episode 7x01: The Long Morrow (Sep 26, 2006)
- Episode 6x22: Partings (May 9, 2006)
- Episode 6x21: Driving Miss Gilmore (May 2, 2006)
- Episode 6x20: Super Cool Party People (Apr 25, 2006)
- Episode 6x19: I Get a Sidekick Out of You (Apr 18, 2006)
- Episode 6x18: The Real Paul Anka (Apr 11, 2006)
- Episode 6x17: I'm OK, You're OK (Apr 4, 2006)
- Episode 6x16: Bridesmaids Revisited (Feb 28, 2006)
- Episode 6x15: A Vineyard Valentine (Feb 14, 2006)
- Episode 6x14: You've Been Gilmored (Feb 7, 2006)
- Episode 6x13: Friday Night's Alright for Fighting (Jan 31, 2006)
- Episode 6x12: Just Like Gwen and Gavin (Jan 17, 2006)
- Episode 6x11: The Perfect Dress (Jan 10, 2006)
- Episode 6x10: He's Slippin' 'Em Bread...Dig? (Nov 22, 2005)
- Episode 6x09: The Prodigal Daughter Returns (Nov 15, 2005)
- Episode 6x08: Let Me Hear Your Balalaikas Ringing Out (Nov 8, 2005)
- Episode 6x07: Twenty-One is the Loneliest Number (Oct 25, 2005)
- Episode 6x06: Welcome to the Doll House (Oct 18, 2005)
- Episode 6x05: We've Got Magic to Do (Oct 11, 2005)
- Episode 6x04: Always a Godmother, Never a God (Oct 4, 2005)
- Episode 6x03: The UnGraduate (Sep 27, 2005)
- Episode 6x02: Fight Face (Sep 20, 2005)
- Episode 6x01: New and Improved Lorelai (Sep 13, 2005)
- Episode 5x22: A House is Not a Home (May 17, 2005)
- Episode 5x21: Blame Booze and Melville (May 10, 2005)
- Episode 5x20: How Many Kropogs to Cape Cod? (May 3, 2005)
- Episode 5x19: But I'm a Gilmore (Apr 26, 2005)
- Episode 5x18: To Live and Let Diorama (Apr 19, 2005)
- Episode 5x17: Pulp Friction (Mar 8, 2005)
- Episode 5x16: So... Good Talk (Mar 1, 2005)
- Episode 5x15: Jews and Chinese Food (Feb 22, 2005)
- Episode 5x14: Say Something (Feb 15, 2005)
- Episode 5x13: Wedding Bell Blues (Feb 8, 2005)
- Episode 5x12: Come Home (Feb 1, 2005)
- Episode 5x11: Women of Questionable Morals (Jan 25, 2005)
- Episode 5x10: But Not as Cute as Pushkin (Nov 30, 2004)
- Episode 5x09: Emily Says Hello (Nov 16, 2004)
- Episode 5x08: The Party's Over (Nov 9, 2004)
- Episode 5x07: You Jump, I Jump, Jack (Nov 2, 2004)
- Episode 5x06: Norman Mailer, I'm Pregnant! (Oct 26, 2004)
- Episode 5x05: We Got Us a Pippi Virgin! (Oct 19, 2004)
- Episode 5x04: Tippecanoe and Taylor, Too (Oct 12, 2004)
- Episode 5x03: Written in the Stars (Oct 5, 2004)
- Episode 5x02: A Messenger, Nothing More (Sep 28, 2004)
- Episode 5x01: Say Goodbye to Daisy Miller (Sep 21, 2004)
- Episode 4x22: Raincoats and Recipes (May 18, 2004)
- Episode 4x21: Last Week Fights, This Week Tights (May 11, 2004)
- Episode 4x20: Luke Can See Her Face (May 4, 2004)
- Episode 4x19: Afterboom (Apr 27, 2004)
- Episode 4x18: Tick, Tick, Tick, Boom! (Apr 20, 2004)
- Episode 4x17: Girls in Bikinis, Boys Doin' the Twist (Apr 13, 2004)
- Episode 4x16: The Reigning Lorelai (Mar 2, 2004)
- Episode 4x15: Scene in a Mall (Feb 24, 2004)
- Episode 4x14: The Incredible Sinking Lorelais (Feb 17, 2004)
- Episode 4x13: Nag Hammadi is Where They Found the Gnostic Gospels (Feb 10, 2004)
- Episode 4x12: A Family Matter (Feb 3, 2004)
- Episode 4x11: In the Clamor and the Clangor (Jan 27, 2004)
- Episode 4x10: The Nanny and the Professor (Jan 20, 2004)
- Episode 4x09: Ted Koppel's Big Night Out (Nov 18, 2003)
- Episode 4x08: Die, Jerk (Nov 11, 2003)
- Episode 4x07: The Festival of Living Art (Nov 4, 2003)
- Episode 4x06: An Affair to Remember (Oct 28, 2003)
- Episode 4x05: The Fundamental Things Apply (Oct 21, 2003)
- Episode 4x04: Chicken or Beef? (Oct 14, 2003)
- Episode 4x03: The Hobbit, the Sofa, and Digger Stiles (Oct 7, 2003)
- Episode 4x02: The Lorelais' First Day at Yale (Sep 30, 2003)
- Episode 4x01: Ballrooms and Biscotti (Sep 23, 2003)
- Episode 3x22: Those Are Strings, Pinocchio (May 20, 2003)
- Episode 3x21: Here Comes the Son (May 13, 2003)
- Episode 3x20: Say Goodnight, Gracie (May 6, 2003)
- Episode 3x19: Keg! Max! (Apr 29, 2003)
- Episode 3x18: Happy Birthday, Baby (Apr 22, 2003)
- Episode 3x17: A Tale of Poes and Fire (Apr 15, 2003)
- Episode 3x16: The Big One (Feb 25, 2003)
- Episode 3x15: Face-Off (Feb 18, 2003)
- Episode 3x14: Swan Song (Feb 11, 2003)
- Episode 3x13: Dear Emily and Richard (Feb 4, 2003)
- Episode 3x12: Lorelai Out of Water (Jan 28, 2003)
- Episode 3x11: I Solemnly Swear (Jan 21, 2003)
- Episode 3x10: That'll Do, Pig (Jan 14, 2003)
- Episode 3x09: A Deep-Fried Korean Thanksgiving (Nov 26, 2002)
- Episode 3x08: Let the Games Begin (Nov 19, 2002)
- Episode 3x07: They Shoot Gilmores, Don't They? (Nov 12, 2002)
- Episode 3x06: Take the Deviled Eggs... (Nov 5, 2002)
- Episode 3x05: Eight O'Clock at the Oasis (Oct 22, 2002)
- Episode 3x04: One's Got Class and the Other One Dyes (Oct 15, 2002)
- Episode 3x03: Application Anxiety (Oct 8, 2002)
- Episode 3x02: Haunted Leg (Oct 1, 2002)
- Episode 3x01: Those Lazy-Hazy-Crazy Days (Sep 24, 2002)
- Episode 2x22: I Can't Get Started (May 21, 2002)
- Episode 2x21: Lorelai's Graduation Day (May 14, 2002)
- Episode 2x20: Help Wanted (May 7, 2002)
- Episode 2x19: Teach Me Tonight (Apr 30, 2002)
- Episode 2x18: Back in the Saddle Again (Apr 23, 2002)
- Episode 2x17: Dead Uncles and Vegetables (Apr 16, 2002)
- Episode 2x16: There's the Rub (Apr 9, 2002)
- Episode 2x15: Lost and Found (Feb 26, 2002)
- Episode 2x14: It Should've Been Lorelai (Feb 12, 2002)
- Episode 2x13: A-Tisket, A-Tasket (Feb 5, 2002)
- Episode 2x12: Richard in Stars Hollow (Jan 29, 2002)
- Episode 2x11: Secrets and Loans (Jan 22, 2002)
- Episode 2x10: The Bracebridge Dinner (Dec 11, 2001)
- Episode 2x09: Run Away, Little Boy (Nov 27, 2001)
- Episode 2x08: The Ins and Outs of Inns (Nov 20, 2001)
- Episode 2x07: Like Mother, Like Daughter (Nov 13, 2001)
- Episode 2x06: Presenting Lorelai Gilmore (Nov 6, 2001)
- Episode 2x05: Nick & Nora / Sid & Nancy (Oct 30, 2001)
- Episode 2x04: The Road Trip to Harvard (Oct 23, 2001)
- Episode 2x03: Red Light on the Wedding Night (Oct 16, 2001)
- Episode 2x02: Hammers and Veils (Oct 9, 2001)
- Episode 2x01: Sadie, Sadie (Oct 9, 2001)
- Episode 1x21: Love, Daisies and Troubadours (May 10, 2001)
- Episode 1x20: P.S. I Lo... (May 3, 2001)
- Episode 1x19: Emily in Wonderland (Apr 26, 2001)
- Episode 1x18: The Third Lorelai (Mar 22, 2001)
- Episode 1x17: The Breakup (2) (Mar 15, 2001)
- Episode 1x16: Star-Crossed Lovers and Other Strangers (1) (Mar 8, 2001)
- Episode 1x15: Christopher Returns (Mar 1, 2001)
- Episode 1x14: That Damn Donna Reed (Feb 22, 2001)
- Episode 1x13: Concert Interruptus (Feb 15, 2001)
- Episode 1x12: Double Date (Jan 18, 2001)
- Episode 1x11: Paris is Burning (Jan 11, 2001)
- Episode 1x10: Forgiveness and Stuff (Dec 21, 2000)
- Episode 1x09: Rory's Dance (Dec 20, 2000)
- Episode 1x08: Love and War and Snow (Dec 14, 2000)
- Episode 1x07: Kiss and Tell (Nov 16, 2000)
- Episode 1x06: Rory's Birthday Parties (Nov 9, 2000)
- Episode 1x05: Cinnamon's Wake (Nov 2, 2000)
- Episode 1x04: The Deer Hunters (Oct 26, 2000)
- Episode 1x03: Kill Me Now (Oct 19, 2000)
- Episode 1x02: The Lorelais' First Day at Chilton (Oct 12, 2000)
- Episode 1x01: Pilot (Oct 5, 2000)