Alexis Bledel (born 1981), with one of her many books, in her role as Rory Gilmore in the WB television series Gilmore Girls which ran from 2000 to 2007. Rory Gilmore, the daughter of single mother Lorelai Gilmore, read often (e.g., 1984, A Separate Peace, Anna Karenina) in the series. Initially, Rory was a high school student at an exclusive private academy, living with her mother in a small town in Connecticut.
