Lauren Helen Graham was born on 16th March 1967, in Honolulu, Hawaii USA, of British and Irish descent. She is an actress and a producer, best known for her roles in “Gilmore Girls” and “Parenthood”. The actress is also a novelist, her first book “Someday, Someday, Maybe: A Novel” being published in 2013.
So just how rich is Lauren Graham? Her net worth has been estimated by sources at $15 million, most of it having been made in the film and television industry during a career spanning more than 20 years. Her successful leading role in the television series “Parenthood”, for which she received $175,000 per episode in the last season, meant that in 2014 she made more than $2 million alone from this show.
Lauren Graham Net Worth $15 Million
Besides television industry, the actress makes money from endorsement and publicity. Lauren’s voice can be heard in commercials for Kellogg’s Special K products and for the American Express Plum Card. She also appeared in a commercial for Aquafina. Lauren Graham owns a house in Los Angeles and an apartment in New York.
Lauren Graham graduated in 1984 from Langley High School. She has a Bachelor of Arts in English Literature from Barnard College and a Master of Fine Arts from Southern Methodist University. She started her acting career with appearances in commercials and small roles in television series. She started earning significant money as an actress back in the ’90s, from appearances in television series like “Townies”, “3rd Rock from the Sun”, “Good Company”, and “Caroline in the City”. She became known after being cast in “Gilmore Girls”, a television series where Lauren played the role of Lorelei Gilmore. After seven seasons, the series was cancelled and media have speculated that the main reason for this decision was the cast’s too high salaries.
In 2000, she started playing Lorelei Gilmore in the television series “Gilmore Girls”, for which she was nominated at the Golden Globe Awards in 2001. Between 2009 and 2014, Lauren was a leading actress in “Parenthood”, where she was the single mother Sarah Braverman.
Lauren Graham is also a producer; the executive producer for the short movie “Something More”, in 2003, and she was a producer for 11 episodes in the last season from “Gilmore Girls”, in 2007. She is also a co-executive producer for the television movie “Kate on Later”, made in 2015 for NBC together with Ellen DeGeneres.
Lauren Graham adds money to her net worth by acting on Broadway. She made her debut in 2009, as Adelaide in “Guys and Dolls”, a role she played 113 times in five months.
In 2013, the actress had her first book published. The novel, called “Someday, Someday, Maybe”, became a bestseller and it will be adapted in order to become a television series aired by CW and produced by Ellen DeGeneres‘ A Very Good Production and Warner Bros TV.
The actress won three Choice TV Parental Units from Teen Choice Awards, in 2005 and 2006 for her role in “Gilmore Girls” and in 2010 for her performance in “Parenthood”.
In her personal life, Lauren Graham had a relationship with actor Matthew Perry and, from 2010 she has been in a relationship with Peter Krause, the actor who plays her brother in “Parenthood”.
Nobody ever seems to want my advice about serious stuff. People will be like: 'Who made that sweater?' Or 'How did you get your hair so straight?' They don't to come to me for the relationship advice or deep stuff. In fact, my little sister actually hides from me.
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My character has louder taste in clothes, I think. Personally, all I ever want to be wearing are jeans. - on Lorelai Gilmore
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These days I have to be extra nice in stores. It never fails that whenever I look as bad as I can possibly look or I am sort of cranky because the store is out of something, that is precisely the time when someone will recognize me and say: 'I really like your show.'
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[on her career prior to Gilmore Girls (2000)]: "I kept playing the bland friend, and my line was like 'Let's go get a sandwich!'".
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Belly buttons are cool.
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Perspective is the most important thing to have in life.
She can't leave home without a book to read in case things get boring.
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Her stepmother is Karen Graham.
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She has a dog named Hanna.
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She and Gilmore Girls (2000) co-star Scott Patterson both made appearances on the TV series Seinfeld (1989) as a prospective girlfriend for Jerry and boyfriend for Elaine, respectively (but not in the same episode).
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She loves horses and horseback riding. Wanted to be a jockey, but she was too tall.
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Prior to Gilmore Girls (2000), she and once guest star Scott Cohen both appeared on a three part episode of Law & Order (1990) (though never appearing in the same scene).
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Received an MFA in Acting from Southern Methodist University.
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2003 - Started her own production company, Good Game.
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On The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn (1999) (Feb 1, 2003), when they were discussing the quote then on her page on IMDb site, she said that she preferred "Belly buttons are cool".
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Her father has Irish ancestry and her mother has English and Scottish ancestry. She has a half-sister, Maggie, and a half-brother, Chris. First paying job was in high school, in a video about Planned Parenthood.
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Lauren's father, Larry, is the President of the National Confectioners Association and was a founder of The Harkin Engel Protocol, an industry-wide agreement to ensure that cocoa is farmed responsibly, without the worst forms of child labor and forced adult labor. His groundbreaking work has spawned other efforts. Her mother, Donna, left her family when Lauren was 5 to pursue a singing career. She ended up in the fashion industry.
Night of Too Many Stars: An Overbooked Concert for Autism Education
2010
TV Movie
Herself
The 62nd Primetime Emmy Awards
2010
TV Special
Herself - Presenter: Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy Series / Outstanding Guest Actor in a Comedy Series Outstanding Directing for a Comedy Series
Infanity
2010
TV Series documentary
Herself
The 67th Annual Golden Globe Awards
2010
TV Special
Herself - Presenter
The 63rd Annual Tony Awards
2009
TV Special
Herself - Presenter: Guys and Dolls
The Visa Signature Tony Awards Season Celebration
2009
TV Special
Herself - Performer
The View
2003-2009
TV Series
Herself - Guest / Herself - Guest Co-Host
Late Show with David Letterman
2001-2009
TV Series
Herself - Guest
The Bonnie Hunt Show
2008
TV Series
Herself - Guest
The Hour
2008
TV Series
Herself - Guest
Behind the Scenes with 'The Amateurs'
2008
Video documentary short
Herself - 'Peggy'
Evan Almighty: Animals on Set Two by Two
2007
Video short
Herself
Evan Almighty: Becoming Noah
2007
Video short
Herself
Evan Almighty: Steve Carell Unscripted
2007
Video short
Herself
Evan Almighty: The Almighty Green Set
2007
Video short
Herself
Evan Almighty: The Ark-Itects of Noah's Ark
2007
Video short
Herself
Evan Almighty: The Building of Noah's Ark
2007
Video short
Herself
Evan Almighty: Training the Animals
2007
Video short
Herself
Das große RTL Special zum Film
2007
TV Series
Herself
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
2000-2007
TV Series
Herself - Guest
HBO First Look
2007
TV Series documentary
Herself
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
2003-2006
TV Series
Herself - Guest
Black Diamonds: Mountaintop Removal & the Fight for Coalfield Justice
2006
Documentary
Narrator
The 57th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards
2005
TV Special
Herself - Presenter: Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Miniseries or a Movie
The Teen Choice Awards 2005
2005
TV Special
Herself - Attendee
Archive Footage
Title
Year
Status
Character
The Insider
2016
TV Series
Herself
Extra
2016
TV Series
Herself
Chelsea Lately
2012
TV Series
Sarah Braverman
Spotlight on Location: One True Thing
1998
Video documentary short
Jules (uncredited)
Won Awards
Year
Award
Ceremony
Nomination
Movie
2006
OFTA Television Award
Online Film & Television Association
Best Actress in a Comedy Series
Gilmore Girls (2000)
2006
Teen Choice Award
Teen Choice Awards
TV - Choice Parental Unit
Gilmore Girls (2000)
2005
Gold Derby TV Award
Gold Derby Awards
Comedy Lead Actress
Gilmore Girls (2000)
2005
Teen Choice Award
Teen Choice Awards
Choice TV Parental Units
Gilmore Girls (2000)
2003
OFTA Television Award
Online Film & Television Association
Best Actress in a Comedy Series
Gilmore Girls (2000)
2001
Family Television Award
Family Television Awards
Actress
Gilmore Girls (2000)
Nominated Awards
Year
Award
Ceremony
Nomination
Movie
2012
Prism Award
Prism Awards
Performance in a Drama Episode
Parenthood (2010)
2010
Teen Choice Award
Teen Choice Awards
Choice TV: Parental Unit
Parenthood (2010)
2007
Gold Derby TV Award
Gold Derby Awards
Drama Lead Actress
Gilmore Girls (2000)
2006
Gold Derby TV Award
Gold Derby Awards
Comedy Lead Actress
Gilmore Girls (2000)
2006
TCA Award
Television Critics Association Awards
Individual Achievement in Comedy
Gilmore Girls (2000)
2005
OFTA Television Award
Online Film & Television Association
Best Actress in a Comedy Series
Gilmore Girls (2000)
2005
People's Choice Award
People's Choice Awards, USA
Favorite Female Television Star
2005
Golden Satellite Award
Satellite Awards
Best Actress in a Series, Comedy or Musical
Gilmore Girls (2000)
2005
Satellite Award
Satellite Awards
Outstanding Actress in a Series, Comedy or Musical
Gilmore Girls (2000)
2004
Gold Derby TV Award
Gold Derby Awards
Comedy Lead Actress
Gilmore Girls (2000)
2004
OFTA Television Award
Online Film & Television Association
Best Actress in a Comedy Series
Gilmore Girls (2000)
2004
Golden Satellite Award
Satellite Awards
Best Actress in a Series, Comedy or Musical
Gilmore Girls (2000)
2003
Golden Satellite Award
Satellite Awards
Best Actress in a Series, Comedy or Musical
Gilmore Girls (2000)
2002
Golden Globe
Golden Globes, USA
Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Series - Drama
Gilmore Girls (2000)
2002
OFTA Television Award
Online Film & Television Association
Best Actress in a Comedy Series
Gilmore Girls (2000)
2002
Golden Satellite Award
Satellite Awards
Best Performance by an Actress in a Series, Comedy or Musical
Gilmore Girls (2000)
2002
Actor
Screen Actors Guild Awards
Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Drama Series
Gilmore Girls (2000)
2002
TCA Award
Television Critics Association Awards
Individual Achievement in Drama
Gilmore Girls (2000)
2001
OFTA Television Award
Online Film & Television Association
Best Actress in a New Drama Series
Gilmore Girls (2000)
2001
Actor
Screen Actors Guild Awards
Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Drama Series