Lorelai Gilmore

Lorelai Gilmore
Gilmore Girls character
Lorelai Gilmore, portrayed by actress Lauren Graham.
First appearance	"Pilot" (Gilmore Girls)
Last appearance	"Fall" (Gilmore Girls: A Year in the Life)
Created by	Amy Sherman-Palladino
Portrayed by	Lauren Graham

Lorelai Victoria Gilmore is a fictional character in The WB dramedy television series Gilmore Girls. Created by Amy Sherman-Palladino and portrayed by actress Lauren Graham, she appeared in every episode of the show from 2000 to 2007.

Lorelai is introduced as a young single mother of a teenage daughter, Rory. Lorelai has a strained relationship with her wealthy parents, Richard and Emily, after running away as a teen to raise her daughter on her own. Lorelai remains estranged from her parents for many years, until the events of the pilot episode, where she asks her parents for help with paying Rory's tuition. Her parents agree, on the condition that she visits them for dinner every Friday.

Besides an on-again, off-again relationship with Rory's father, Christopher Hayden, Lorelai had a few romantic relationships that included Max Medina, a teacher at Rory's school, Chilton, to whom she was briefly engaged; Alex Lesman, an outdoorsy coffee house entrepreneur; Jason Stiles, a childhood acquaintance, and Luke Danes, the owner of Luke's Diner in her adopted hometown of Stars Hollow. As Lorelai frequented Luke's Diner, they grew to be close friends and eventually fell in love. In the Netflix revival miniseries A Year in the Life, Luke and Lorelai married.

Graham received widespread critical acclaim for portraying her character, and was nominated for several awards. She won two Teen Choice Awards and was also nominated for two Screen Actors Guild Awards and a Golden Globe Award. Lorelai is often included on lists of "top TV moms".