Which actress portrays Rory Gilmore in Gilmore Girls?

Alexis Bledel portrays Rory Gilmore in Gilmore Girls.

Rory is the academically ambitious daughter of Lorelai Gilmore and the central young character of the original series. Bledel played Rory throughout all seven seasons, appearing opposite Lauren Graham, who played Lorelai. Their mother-daughter relationship provides the show's emotional center.

Gilmore Girls was Bledel's breakthrough television role. The series followed Rory from her time at Chilton, an elite preparatory school, through her years at Yale University and the beginning of her professional life. Bledel also reprised Rory in the 2016 revival, Gilmore Girls: A Year in the Life.

Viewers sometimes confuse Bledel with Keiko Agena, who played Rory's best friend Lane Kim, or Liza Weil, who played Rory's academic rival Paris Geller. Those characters are major parts of Rory's school and social life, but Bledel is the actor identified with Rory herself.