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With a distinctly natural and
youthful earthy beauty that can alternate between ultra-glamour and
wholesome field-frolicking nymph with the change of the breeze, former
worldly model turned actress Alexis Bledel built a sturdy fan base with
her role on television's Gilmore Girls before falling for a young immortal
in 2002's Tuck Everlasting.
A native of Houston, TX, whose native tongue was Spanish, Bledel's parents
encouraged her to try community theater at the age of eight to overcome
shyness. The aspiring actress would subsequently appear in local
productions of Our Town and The Wizard of Oz before being scouted at a
local mall and whisked into life on the catwalks. Traveling through Europe
and Japan before graduating from Houston's Saint Agnes Academy, Bledel
would also graduate from the Page Parkes Center for Modeling and Acting
before enrolling as a film major at N.Y.U.
Though it may come as no surprise to many that the ethereal young actress
was voted one of People magazine's Hottest Stars Under 25 in 2002, the
firmly grounded actress appeared to have a promising career in store for
her whether it be on the pages of Vogue or under the bright lights of
Tinseltown. Fans with a quick eye could also catch a brief glimpse of
Bledel's film debut, as an uncredited extra, in Wes Anderson's Rushmore
(1998).
In 2005 Bledel appeared in Sin City and The Sisterhood of the Traveling
Pants, both were popluar at the box office. In 2006 she can be seen in I'm
Reed Fish. |
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[On getting recognized by
fans] "It always happens in places where you'd rather not be
recognized. Like one time, I was just getting ready to go to bed,
but I had this craving for a glass of milk. So I go to the
supermarket, and I have like no makeup on, and this couple comes up
to me and they're like 'Thursday night!'. They sort of yelled it
across the vegetable bin, and I'm like, 'Okay, don't look at me, I
look awful. I'm going over here by the celery now.'"
[About her "Gilmore Girls" (2000) audition] "It was very unexpected.
I was nervous and didn't know what I was doing. It just happened to
work out".
You hear all these great stories about kids starting their own
businesses and getting involved in their communities and politics
and foundations - all kinds of things. And it's so much easier for
kids to get motivated and do that. - on her belief that teens are
motivated to effect change.
Last year, I was driving to work at 5.30 in the morning, and I ended
up right next to a bus that had a huge picture of me on the side of
it. They were all over L.A. but it was the first time I'd seen one.
I don't know if it was because it was so early or what, but that
freaked me out.
[On talking about her relationship with Milo Ventimiglia]: "It's
your stuff, and if you share things that are too personal with a
magazine or with your public, it's sort of like it's not really
yours anymore, it's shared information and it's not special to you
anymore. I don't like that. I think people with personalities who
like to talk about what's going on in their lives, they'll talk
without really knowing how it's going to come back and bite them,
and generally, it does. And luckily, I have the kind of personality
where I am extremely private. I don't really like to tell everyone
my business. I'd much rather people wonder or not know".
"Well, I remember it was 5 in the morning. I'm leaving my house to
go to the set of "Gilmore Girls" (2000). I'm really tired and just
when I walk outside, a bus slowly goes down the street with my face
on the side of it as Rory Gilmore. I thought, "Ewwww". It's so
early. I just can't stand seeing me".
"Before I got "Gilmore Girls" (2000), I was modeling. I went in for
a call and was told, "Sweetie, you need to lose two inches off those
hips". I was 14. So I just replied, "I have more jobs than I can do.
I'm in high school. I can't go to all the trouble of losing the two
inches, so I'll pass". Someone might tell you to lose weight, but
you can say no".
"Sometimes I feel like I am an old person trapped in a young
person's body. I'm boring. I go to movies. I read. That's about it."
"The success of the show is overwhelming. It's like being Alice at
the Mad Hatter's tea party because you never know what's going to
happen next."
"I was at NYU's Tisch School of the Arts for a year and I loved it.
There are a lot of really creative people, there is a constant
exchange of an ideas. We talk about what's been done [in film] and
all the rules for filmmaking and then we talk about how to break
them."
"For some unknown reason, bad-boys draw you in despite the fact that
they are jerks."
When I was modeling as a teenager... I just ignored it when people
said to lose two inches off my hips. I had more jobs than I could
take. So why would I even want more? |
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Gilmore Girls" .... Rory
Gilmore (149 episodes, 2000-2007)
... aka Gilmore Girls: Beginnings (USA: rerun title)
- Gilmore Girls Only (2007) TV Episode .... Rory Gilmore
- Will You Be My Lorelai Gilmore? (2007) TV Episode .... Rory
Gilmore
- I'm a Kayak, Hear Me Roar (2007) TV Episode .... Rory Gilmore
- Farewell, My Pet (2007) TV Episode .... Rory Gilmore
- I'd Rather Be in Philadelphia (2007) TV Episode .... Rory Gilmore
(144 more)
Life Is Short (2006) .... Charlotte
I'm Reed Fish (2006) .... Kate Peterson
The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants (2005) .... Lena
... aka The Sisterhood of the Travelling Pants (Australia)
Sin City (2005) .... Becky
... aka Frank Miller's Sin City (USA: complete title)
The Orphan King (2005) .... Dylan
Bride & Prejudice (2004) .... Georgina "Georgie" Darcy
... aka Balle Balle! Amritsar to L.A. (India: English title)
... aka Bride and Prejudice: The Bollywood Musical (International:
English title: promotional title)
DysEnchanted (2004) .... Goldilocks
Tuck Everlasting (2002) .... Winifred 'Winnie' Foster |
