The actress Alexis Bledel, who played Rory Gilmore, was born in 1981. Kimberly Alexis Bledel was born on September 16, 1981, in Houston, Texas.
Bledel became widely known for playing Rory Gilmore, the academically ambitious daughter at the center of the television series Gilmore Girls. The original series premiered in 2000 and ran for seven seasons, establishing Bledel as a leading television actress. She later reprised the role in the 2016 revival Gilmore Girls: A Year in the Life.
Her career also includes film roles in Tuck Everlasting, The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants, and Sin City. She received major critical recognition for playing Emily Malek in The Handmaid's Tale. Some biographies list her full birth name, Kimberly Alexis Bledel, while the actress is professionally known simply as Alexis Bledel; both refer to the same person.