Alexis Bledel Trivia | 50 facts about the actress

Alexis Bledel is an American actress and model. She is known for her role as Rory Gilmore on Gilmore Girls, and Emily Malek in The Handmaid’s Tale.

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1. Her full name is Kimberly Alexis Bledel.
2. She was born on September 16th 1981.
3. She is an American actress and model. She is known for her role as Rory Gilmore on the television series Gilmore Girls (2000–2007), and Emily Malek in The Handmaid’s Tale (2017–2021).
4. Alexis Bledel also had a recurring role in Mad Men in 2012 and reprised her role as Rory Gilmore in the Netflix reunion miniseries Gilmore Girls: A Year in the Life (2016).
5. Bledel made her feature film debut as Winnie Foster in the Disney live action adaptation of Tuck Everlasting (2002).
6. She went on to appear in Sin City (2005), Post Grad (2009), and as Lena Kaligaris in The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants (2005) and its sequel (2008).
7. Alexis Bledel has received various awards and nominations for her work.
8. For her role in Gilmore Girls, she received nominations for Satellite, Teen Choice and Young Artist Awards.
9. For her role in The Handmaid’s Tale she has received four Primetime Emmy Award nominations, winning Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series.
10. She has also received three Screen Actors Guild Award nominations for Outstanding Ensemble Cast in a Drama Series.
11. Her first language was Spanish.
12. Her audition for Gilmore Girls (2000) was her first ever.
13. Didn’t grow up speaking English; she learned it in school.
14. She hates coffee and, while her character “Rory” on Gilmore Girls (2000) consumes it daily, she drinks coca-cola out of the supposed coffee mugs.
15. Moved to L.A. when she joined the Gilmore Girls (2000) cast.
16. Alexis Bledel is an actual “Gilmore” – her paternal great-great-grandmother was born Rebecca Richardson Gilmore.
17. Gave birth to her 1st child at age 34, a son in the fall of 2015.
18. Child’s father is her now estranged husband, Vincent Kartheiser.
19. Girlfriend of Gilmore Girls (2000) co-star Milo Ventimiglia from 2002 to 2006.
20. Admitted on Late Show with David Letterman (1993) that she dislikes living in L.A. because she has to drive everywhere and says she is a terrible driver.
21. Attended New York University’s Tisch School of Arts as a film major for a year.
22. Alexis’s father, Martin Bledel, is Argentinian. Alexis’s paternal grandfather, Enrique Einar Bledel Huus, was born in Buenos Aires, Argentina, of mostly Danish, and distant German, descent. Enrique was an executive for Coca-Cola Latin America.
23. Alexis’s paternal grandmother, Jean Campbell, was born in Troy, New York, of English, Scottish, and Irish ancestry (her own father, Alexis’s great-grandfather, was from Hamilton, Ontario, Canada). Alexis’s mother, Nanette (Dozier), was born in Phoenix, Arizona, of Welsh, English, Scottish, Irish, and German descent.
24. Alexis’ mother was raised in Guadalajara, Mexico, from the age of eight; her own father, Alexis’ grandfather Lewis David Dozier III, was a rancher in Arizona, Mexico, and Costa Rica. Alexis and her parents consider themselves Hispanic, and Alex was raised in a Spanish-speaking household.
25. She is friends with Amber Tamblyn and America Ferrera her co-stars from The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants (2005) and its sequel, The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pant (2008).
26. Plays on a women’s soccer team called The Hustlers.
27. She was an extra in the movie Rushmore (1998).
28. In the scene where Max speaks in front of his class at Grover Cleveland, she can be seen sitting in the front row.
29. Alexis Bledel and fellow former Gilmore Girls co-star Milo Ventimiglia were in a relationship from December 2002 to June 2006.
30. In 2012, Bledel began dating Vincent Kartheiser, whose character, Pete Campbell, shared scenes with her character Beth Dawes, during her guest-starring run on Mad Men.
31. The couple announced their engagement in March 2013 and married in California in June 2014.
32. Alexis Bledel gave birth to their first child, a son, in the fall of 2015. On August 10, 2022, Kartheiser filed for divorce from Bledel; the divorce was finalized on August 30.
33. Bledel supported the 2012 re-election of Barack Obama and urged her fans to vote.
34. Enjoys photography, writing, reading, watching movies, and hanging with her family.
35. In between scenes on the Gilmore Girls (2000), she heads to her trailer and practices on a keyboard.
36. Replaced Carey Mulligan as Violet in Violet & Daisy (2011) after Mulligan opted to do Drive (2011) instead.
37. Started modeling at 14.
38. Attended and graduated from Saint Agnes Academy in Houston, Texas (1999).
39. She has 1 younger brother, Eric David Bledel (born 1986)
40. Her modeling career ended when she was in winter and the photographer splashed cold water in her face.
41. Is a graduate of the Page Parkes Center of modeling and acting.
42. One of Teen People Magazine’s “25 Hottest Stars under 25” (2002)
43. Her maternal great-great-great-great-grandfather, John Hall Morgan, was Mayor of Memphis, Tennessee, from 1837 to 1838.
44. That ’70s Show (1998) and Ed (2000) are some of her favorite shows.
45. Enjoys watching the World Equestrian Games, especially the freestyle/dancing competitions.
46. Attended St Mark’s Lutheran Middle School.
47. The name “Alexis” is of Greek origin and means “defending”.
48. Named #87 on the Maxim magazine “Hot 100 of 2005” list.
49. Starting to film Season 7 of the Gilmore Girl (2000) (Rory Gilmore). (July 2006)
50. In 2002, she was named one of Teen People’s “25 Hottest Stars under 25”. Bledel was ranked at number 87 on Maxim magazine’s “Hot 100 of 2005” list.