We all knew and enjoyed pretty Lauren Graham as hip mom Lorelai on the popular TV series "The Gilmore Girls". According to the Teen Choice Awards, she is a "Choice Parental Unit". Since her long-running show has come to an end, Lauren is stretching her wings again in the feature film world. You might have caught her costarring with Mandy Moore in Because I Said So or earlier in The Pacifier with Vin Diesel or Bad Santa with Billy Bob Thornton.

Lauren Graham on Gilmore Girls Credit: The CW

Lauren has several roles as a responsible wife and mom coming up and this week you can catch her as wife to Steve Carell in the comedy Evan Almighty. We got to chat with Lauren recently on the Universal Studios lot. She was very chic is cream knit sweater with puffy sleeves, a cute gold necklace, gold flats and skinny jeans. Learn all about "Toothy the alpaca", what it's like to work with funnyguy Steve, an arkfull of animals and move on from one of the most successful TV series of all time!

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