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Kimberly Alexis Bledel (born September
16, 1981) is an American actress and former fashion
model. She is best known for her role in the television
series Gilmore Girls and for the films Tuck Everlasting,
Sin City, and The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants. She
goes by her first name of "Kimberly" with
family and friends, but is known professionally as
Alexis Bledel.
Early life: Bledel was born in Houston, Texas.
Her father, Martin Bledel, is Argentinian and her
mother, Nanette Blake, is Mexican. She has one younger
brother, Eric, born 1986. Her first language is Spanish,
and she did not learn English until she began school. In
fact, America Ferrera was surprised during an interview
with a Spanish magazine when Alexis Bledel started
speaking Spanish.
Bledel's mother encouraged her to try
community theater when she was a child to overcome her
shyness. She subsequently appeared in local productions
of Our Town and The Wizard of Oz before being scouted at
a local mall and given work as a fashion model. She
attended St. Agnes Academy in Houston and was raised a
Catholic.
Career: Bledel studied at the Page Parkes Center
for Modeling and Acting and majored in film at New York
University's Tisch School of the Arts for one year
before landing the role of Rory in Gilmore Girls. In
2002, she was voted one of Teen People's "25
Hottest Stars Under 25".
Bledel made her debut on TV on The WB series Gilmore
Girls in 2000. She played Lorelai Leigh "Rory"
Gilmore, the daughter of single mother Lorelai Victoria
Gilmore. Initially, Rory was a high school student
living with her mother, but she has since moved on to
college at Yale University, where she, among other
things, has worked as the editor of the Yale Daily News.
Bledel has said that she feels she can relate in some
ways to Rory, both when it comes to some personal traits
and her relationship to her own parents. She also sees
the family structure and mother-daughter relationship on
the show as something to which many people can relate.
Bledel appeared as the main character in the video for
Less Than Jake's "She's Gonna Break Soon",
lead single from their 2003 album Anthem. The single
charted at number 39 on the UK charts.
The role of Becky, a prostitute, in the movie Sin City
was a shift from Bledel's previous TV and film
characters. "She's a very professional prostitute.
She carries a gun and she kicks ass," said Bledel
of Becky. Despite her tough and precocious exterior,
Becky gives the impression of being the young and
insecure one among the women of Old Town, because of her
young appearance and her close relationship to her
mother, from whom she keeps her profession a secret.
The movie is shot almost entirely in black-and-white,
with splashes of color here and there, such as a red
dress, blood or an entirely yellow evil character. In
Becky's case, it was her eyes that kept their color, as
director Robert Rodriguez claimed that he found Bledel's
eyes to be "so amazing I had to keep them blue in
the picture.
She has also starred in "The Sisterhood of the
traveling Pants" based on the book by Ann
Brashares. She played Lena Kaligaris a talented artist
on a journey with her 3 best friends linked over the
summer by a pair of magical pants.
Personal life: Bledel enjoys reading, hiking,
taking photographs and spending time with her family and
friends. She also loves to play the piano. Between
scenes on Gilmore Girls, she heads to her trailer to
play her keyboard. She also works with First Book, a
nonprofit organization, which gives books to the poor.
After drinking so much coffee due to her character
Rory's strong appreciation for it on the first season of
Gilmore Girls, she became sick of it and now when Rory
"drinks coffee," Bledel is drinking tea or
Coca-Cola instead.
She was ranked #87 on the Maxim Hot 100 Women of 2005.
She dated her Gilmore Girls co-star Milo Ventimiglia for
three and a half years before separating in the spring
of 2006.
In a memorable appearance on Late Night With Conan
O'Brien, Alexis Bledel revealed that she loves traveling
to Europe, and that she has already been to the Tuscany
in Italy and loved it.
She also said that she likes all kinds of cuisines, from
gourmet cuisine to fast food specialities. She
particularly praised Wendy's, calling the Hi-C Fruit
Punch sold at Wendy´s restaurants the "perfect
chaser" to their chicken nuggets. Video footage of
this appearance is frequently featured on websites such
as YouTube.com. |
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