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* ContractualPurity: Due to working with Disney a couple of times and doing a lot of family-friendly teen roles, she had a 'sweetheart' reputation that ''Film/SinCity'' was clearly an attempt to shake off.
* DawsonCasting: She turned twenty in 2001 but played teen roles for several years afterwards - ''Series/GilmoreGirls'', ''Literature/TheSisterhoodOfTheTravelingPants'', ''Film/TuckEverlasting''.
* DyeingForYourArt: Defied. When she was a teen model, she was told to "lose two inches off those hips" and she refused.
* IronyAsSheIsCast:
** Rory Gilmore loves coffee. Alexis hates it and is actually drinking coke in the scenes where Rory has coffee.
** Rory is also only passable at Spanish, using just basic conversational phrases. Alexis however is fluent, as Spanish is her first language.



* PlayingAgainstType:
** Best known for BrainyBrunette or squeaky clean teen roles, she played prostitute and TheMole Becky in ''Film/SinCity''.
** She plays a tough cop in ''The Kate Logan Affair''.
* RomanceOnTheSet:
** She met Milo Ventimiglia on the set of the ''Series/GilmoreGirls'' where he was cast as her love interest. Their relationship lasted about as long as the onscreen one.
** It's the same with her ''Series/MadMen'' co-star Vincent Kartheiser. She guest-starred as his romantic interest in season five. The two entered a relationship not long afterwards, got engaged in 2013, got married in 2014, and now have a son as of 2015.
* ThrowItIn: In ''Film/SinCity'' Robert Rodriguez found Alexis's eyes so striking that he made sure they still showed up blue against the black and white.
* WhatBeautifulEyes: In ''Sin City'', her eyes are one of the few things in color because the director liked them so much.
* WhatCouldHaveBeen:
** Alexis replaced Creator/CareyMulligan in ''Violet & Daisy'' after she dropped out to do ''{{Film/Drive}}'' instead.
** Creator/JaredPadalecki was asked to play her love interest in ''Tuck Everlasting'' but declined because he wanted to work with other people.

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* PlayingAgainstType:
** Best known for BrainyBrunette or squeaky clean teen roles, she played prostitute and TheMole Becky in ''Film/SinCity''.
** She plays a tough cop in ''The Kate Logan Affair''.
* RomanceOnTheSet:
** She met Milo Ventimiglia on the set of the ''Series/GilmoreGirls'' where he was cast as her love interest. Their relationship lasted about as long as the onscreen one.
** It's the same with her ''Series/MadMen'' co-star Vincent Kartheiser. She guest-starred as his romantic interest in season five. The two entered a relationship not long afterwards, got engaged in 2013, got married in 2014, and now have a son as of 2015.
* ThrowItIn: In ''Film/SinCity'' Robert Rodriguez found Alexis's eyes so striking that he made sure they still showed up blue against the black and white.
* WhatBeautifulEyes: In ''Sin City'', her eyes are one of the few things in color because the director liked them so much.
* WhatCouldHaveBeen:
** Alexis replaced Creator/CareyMulligan in ''Violet & Daisy'' after she dropped out to do ''{{Film/Drive}}'' instead.
** Creator/JaredPadalecki was asked to play her love interest in ''Tuck Everlasting'' but declined because he wanted to work with other people.

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* [[LatinoIsBrown Latina Is Brown]]: Averted completely. You'd likely never guess that she's half-Mexican, half-Argentinian just by looking at her. English is even her second language, as she grew up Spanish-speaking.


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* ContractualPurity: Due to working with Disney a couple of times and doing a lot of family-friendly teen roles, she had a 'sweetheart' reputation that ''Film/SinCity'' was clearly an attempt to shake off.
* DawsonCasting: She turned twenty in 2001 but played teen roles for several years afterwards - ''Series/GilmoreGirls'', ''Literature/TheSisterhoodOfTheTravelingPants'', ''Film/TuckEverlasting''.
* DyeingForYourArt: Defied. When she was a teen model, she was told to "lose two inches off those hips" and she refused.
* IronyAsSheIsCast:
** Rory Gilmore loves coffee. Alexis hates it and is actually drinking coke in the scenes where Rory has coffee.
** Rory is also only passable at Spanish, using just basic conversational phrases. Alexis however is fluent, as Spanish is her first language.


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* PlayingAgainstType:
** Best known for BrainyBrunette or squeaky clean teen roles, she played prostitute and TheMole Becky in ''Film/SinCity''.
** She plays a tough cop in ''The Kate Logan Affair''.
* RomanceOnTheSet:
** She met Milo Ventimiglia on the set of the ''Series/GilmoreGirls'' where he was cast as her love interest. Their relationship lasted about as long as the onscreen one.
** It's the same with her ''Series/MadMen'' co-star Vincent Kartheiser. She guest-starred as his romantic interest in season five. The two entered a relationship not long afterwards, got engaged in 2013, got married in 2014, and now have a son as of 2015.
* ThrowItIn: In ''Film/SinCity'' Robert Rodriguez found Alexis's eyes so striking that he made sure they still showed up blue against the black and white.


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* WhatCouldHaveBeen:
** Alexis replaced Creator/CareyMulligan in ''Violet & Daisy'' after she dropped out to do ''{{Film/Drive}}'' instead.
** Creator/JaredPadalecki was asked to play her love interest in ''Tuck Everlasting'' but declined because he wanted to work with other people.

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'''Kimberly Alexis Bledel''' (born September 16, 1981) is an American actress and model of Mexican and Argentinian descent. Alexis engaged in community theater when she was 8 years old, at the behest of her mother Nanette as a way to get over her [[ShrinkingViolet natural shyness]]. She first started modeling at the tender age of 14 after being scouted in a local mall. At 18 she was asked if she'd like to audition for some acting parts and landed the role of Lorelai Leigh "Rory" Gilmore in the show ''Series/GilmoreGirls'' in her very first audition, probably had something to do with her big blue sparkling eyes. Her portrayal of the character earned her several honors from teen-centric media. After the end of ''Gilmore Girls'', she has concentrated on her film work and restarted her modeling career.

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'''Kimberly Kimberly Alexis Bledel''' Bledel (born September 16, 1981) is an American actress and model of Mexican and Argentinian descent. Alexis engaged in community theater when she was 8 years old, at the behest of her mother Nanette as a way to get over her [[ShrinkingViolet natural shyness]]. She first started modeling at the tender age of 14 after being scouted in a local mall. At 18 she was asked if she'd like to audition for some acting parts and landed the role of Lorelai Leigh "Rory" Gilmore in the show ''Series/GilmoreGirls'' in her very first audition, probably had something to do with her big blue sparkling eyes. Her portrayal of the character earned her several honors from teen-centric media. After the end of ''Gilmore Girls'', she has concentrated on her film work and restarted her modeling career.
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'''Kimberly Alexis Bledel''' (born September 16, 1981) is an American actress and model of Mexican and Argentinian descent. Alexis engaged in community theater when she was 8 years old, at the behest of her mother Nanette as a way to get over her [[ShrinkingViolet natural shyness]]. She first started modeling at the tender age of 14 after being scouted in a local mall. At 18 she was asked if she'd like to audition for some acting parts and landed the role of Lorelai Leigh "Rory" Gilmore in the show ''GilmoreGirls'' in her very first audition, probably had something to do with her big blue sparkling eyes. Her portrayal of the character earned her several honors from teen-centric media. After the end of ''Gilmore Girls'', she has concentrated on her film work and restarted her modeling career.

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'''Kimberly Alexis Bledel''' (born September 16, 1981) is an American actress and model of Mexican and Argentinian descent. Alexis engaged in community theater when she was 8 years old, at the behest of her mother Nanette as a way to get over her [[ShrinkingViolet natural shyness]]. She first started modeling at the tender age of 14 after being scouted in a local mall. At 18 she was asked if she'd like to audition for some acting parts and landed the role of Lorelai Leigh "Rory" Gilmore in the show ''GilmoreGirls'' ''Series/GilmoreGirls'' in her very first audition, probably had something to do with her big blue sparkling eyes. Her portrayal of the character earned her several honors from teen-centric media. After the end of ''Gilmore Girls'', she has concentrated on her film work and restarted her modeling career.
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* ''SinCity''
* ''{{ER}}'' (as one of the incoming interns in that show's GrandFinale)
* ''MadMen'': In the season five episode "Lady Lazarus", she plays an unhappy housewife Pete Campbell has a one night stand with. In real-life this turned into RomanceOnTheSet, as Bledel married Vincent Kartheiser in 2014.

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* ''{{ER}}'' ''Series/{{ER}}'' (as one of the incoming interns in that show's GrandFinale)
* ''MadMen'': ''Series/MadMen'': In the season five episode "Lady Lazarus", she plays an unhappy housewife Pete Campbell has a one night stand with. In real-life this turned into RomanceOnTheSet, as Bledel married Vincent Kartheiser in 2014.
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* TheDanza: Played with in the web comedy 'Girl Walks into a Bar', she portrays a character called Kim. Her full name is [[FullNameUltimatum Kimberly Alexis Bledel]], and Kim is what her friends and family call her.
* DawsonCasting:
** Mostly {{averted}} as she is usually only a year or two older than the characters she plays.
** Played straight in the movie ''Violet and Daisy'' as she was 28 playing 16.
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** Mostly [[AvertedTrope averted]] as she is a year or two older than the characters she plays.

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** Mostly [[AvertedTrope averted]] {{averted}} as she is usually only a year or two older than the characters she plays.



* OlderThanTheyLook: Could still easily pass for a teenage girl...even though she's now in her mid-30s.

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* OlderThanTheyLook: Could She can still easily pass for a teenage girl...girl... even though she's now in her mid-30s.
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* LatinoIsBrown: Averted completely. You'd likely never guess that she's half-Mexican, half-Argentinian just by looking at her. English is even her second language, as she grew up Spanish-speaking.

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* LatinoIsBrown: [[LatinoIsBrown Latina Is Brown]]: Averted completely. You'd likely never guess that she's half-Mexican, half-Argentinian just by looking at her. English is even her second language, as she grew up Spanish-speaking.
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* LatinoIsBrown: Averted completely. You'd likely never guess that she was half-Mexican, half-Argentinian just by looking at her. English is even her second language, as she grew up Spanish-speaking.

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* LatinoIsBrown: Averted completely. You'd likely never guess that she was she's half-Mexican, half-Argentinian just by looking at her. English is even her second language, as she grew up Spanish-speaking.
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* ''MadMen'' In the season five episode "Lady Lazarus", she plays an unhappy housewife Pete Campbell has a one night stand with. In real-life this turned into RomanceOnTheSet, as Bledel married Vincent Kartheiser in 2014.

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* ''MadMen'' ''MadMen'': In the season five episode "Lady Lazarus", she plays an unhappy housewife Pete Campbell has a one night stand with. In real-life this turned into RomanceOnTheSet, as Bledel married Vincent Kartheiser in 2014.
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* TheDanza: In the web comedy 'Girl Walks into a Bar', she portrays a character called Kim. Her full name is [[FullNameUltimatum Kimberly Alexis Bledel]], and Kim is what her friends and family call her.

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* TheDanza: In Played with in the web comedy 'Girl Walks into a Bar', she portrays a character called Kim. Her full name is [[FullNameUltimatum Kimberly Alexis Bledel]], and Kim is what her friends and family call her.



* OlderThanTheyLook: Could easily pass for a teenage girl...even though she's now in her mid-30s.

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* TheDanza: In the web comedy 'Girl Walks into a Bar', she portrays a character called Kim. Her full name is [[FullNameUltimatum Kimberly Alexis Bledel]], and Kim is what her friends and family call her.



* TheDanza: In the web comedy 'Girl Walks into a Bar', she portrays a character called Kim. Her full name is [[FullNameUltimatum Kimberly Alexis Bledel]], and Kim is what her friends and family call her.

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* TheDanza: In the web comedy 'Girl Walks into OlderThanTheyLook: Could easily pass for a Bar', she portrays a character called Kim. Her full name is [[FullNameUltimatum Kimberly Alexis Bledel]], and Kim is what teenage girl...even though she's in her friends and family call her.mid-30s.
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'''Kimberly Alexis Bledel''' (September 16, 1981) is an American actress and model of Mexican and Argentinian descent. Alexis engaged in community theater when she was 8 years old, at the behest of her mother Nanette as a way to get over her [[ShrinkingViolet natural shyness]]. She first started modeling at the tender age of 14 after being scouted in a local mall. At 18 she was asked if she'd like to audition for some acting parts and landed the role of Lorelai Leigh "Rory" Gilmore in the show ''GilmoreGirls'' in her very first audition, probably had something to do with her big blue sparkling eyes. Her portrayal of the character earned her several honors from teen-centric media. After the end of ''Gilmore Girls'', she has concentrated on her film work and restarted her modeling career.

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'''Kimberly Alexis Bledel''' (September (born September 16, 1981) is an American actress and model of Mexican and Argentinian descent. Alexis engaged in community theater when she was 8 years old, at the behest of her mother Nanette as a way to get over her [[ShrinkingViolet natural shyness]]. She first started modeling at the tender age of 14 after being scouted in a local mall. At 18 she was asked if she'd like to audition for some acting parts and landed the role of Lorelai Leigh "Rory" Gilmore in the show ''GilmoreGirls'' in her very first audition, probably had something to do with her big blue sparkling eyes. Her portrayal of the character earned her several honors from teen-centric media. After the end of ''Gilmore Girls'', she has concentrated on her film work and restarted her modeling career.
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Alexis Bledel is an American actress and model of Mexican and Argentinian descent. Alexis engaged in community theater when she was 8 years old, at the behest of her mother Nanette as a way to get over her [[ShrinkingViolet natural shyness]]. She first started modeling at the tender age of 14 after being scouted in a local mall. At 18 she was asked if she'd like to audition for some acting parts and landed the role of Lorelai Leigh "Rory" Gilmore in the show ''GilmoreGirls'' in her very first audition, probably had something to do with her big blue sparkling eyes. Her portrayal of the character earned her several honors from teen-centric media. After the end of Gilmore Girls, she has concentrated on her film work and restarted her modeling career.

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'''Kimberly Alexis Bledel Bledel''' (September 16, 1981) is an American actress and model of Mexican and Argentinian descent. Alexis engaged in community theater when she was 8 years old, at the behest of her mother Nanette as a way to get over her [[ShrinkingViolet natural shyness]]. She first started modeling at the tender age of 14 after being scouted in a local mall. At 18 she was asked if she'd like to audition for some acting parts and landed the role of Lorelai Leigh "Rory" Gilmore in the show ''GilmoreGirls'' in her very first audition, probably had something to do with her big blue sparkling eyes. Her portrayal of the character earned her several honors from teen-centric media. After the end of Gilmore Girls, ''Gilmore Girls'', she has concentrated on her film work and restarted her modeling career.



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* TheDanza: In the web comedy 'Girl Walks Into a Bar', she portrays a character called Kim. Her full name is [[FullNameUltimatum Kimberly Alexis Bledel]], and Kim is what her friends and family call her.

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* LatinoIsBrown: Averted completely. You'd never guess that she was half Mexican, half Argentinian just by looking at her. English is even her second language, as she grew up Spanish-speaking.

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** Played straight in the forthcoming movie ''Violet and Daisy'' as she was 28 playing 16.
* LatinoIsBrown: Averted completely. You'd never guess that she was half Mexican, half Argentinian just by looking at her.

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** Played straight in the forthcoming movie ''Violet and Daisy'' as she was 28 playing 16.
* LatinoIsBrown: Averted completely. You'd never guess that she was half Mexican, half Argentinian just by looking at her. English is even her second language, as she grew up Spanish-speaking.



* WhatBeautifulEyes: In ''Sin City'', her eyes are one of the few things in colour because the director liked them so much.

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* ''MadMen'' In the season five episode "Lady Lazarus", she plays an unhappy housewife Pete Campbell has a one night stand with.

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* RavenHairIvorySkin: Her characters often have this effect on people.



* WiseBeyondTheirYears: "Before I got ''Gilmore Girls'', I was modeling. I went in for a call and was told, "Sweetie, you need to lose two inches off those hips". I was 14. So I just replied, 'I have more jobs than I can do. I'm in high school. I can't go to all the trouble of losing the two inches, so I'll pass.' Someone might tell you to lose weight, but you can say no."
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-->''"The success of the show is overwhelming. It's like being Alice at the Mad Hatter's tea party because you never know what's going to happen next."''

Alexis Bledel is an American actress and model of Mexican and Argentinian descent. Alexis engaged in community theater when she was 8 years old, at the behest of her mother Nanette as a way to get over her [[ShrinkingViolet natural shyness]]. She first started modeling at the tender age of 14 after being scouted in a local mall. At 18 she was asked if she'd like to audition for some acting parts and landed the role of Lorelai Leigh "Rory" Gilmore in the show ''GilmoreGirls'' in her very first audition, probably had something to do with her big blue sparkling eyes. Her portrayal of the character earned her several honors from teen-centric media. After the end of Gilmore Girls, she has concentrated on her film work and restarted her modeling career.

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!!Roles:

* ''GilmoreGirls''
* ''Film/TheSisterhoodOfTheTravelingPants''
* ''Film/TuckEverlasting''
* ''SinCity''
* ''{{ER}}'' (as one of the incoming interns in that show's GrandFinale)
* ''MadMen'' In the season five episode "Lady Lazarus", she plays an unhappy housewife Pete Campbell has a one night stand with.

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!!Associated Tropes:

* DawsonCasting:
** Mostly [[AvertedTrope averted]] as she is a year or two older than the characters she plays.
** Played straight in the forthcoming movie ''Violet and Daisy'' as she was 28 playing 16.
* LatinoIsBrown: Averted completely. You'd never guess that she was half Mexican, half Argentinian just by looking at her.
* RavenHairIvorySkin: Her characters often have this effect on people.
* TheDanza: In the web comedy 'Girl Walks Into a Bar', she portrays a character called Kim. Her full name is [[FullNameUltimatum Kimberly Alexis Bledel]], and Kim is what her friends and family call her.
* WhatBeautifulEyes: In ''Sin City'', her eyes are one of the few things in colour because the director liked them so much.
* WiseBeyondTheirYears: "Before I got ''Gilmore Girls'', I was modeling. I went in for a call and was told, "Sweetie, you need to lose two inches off those hips". I was 14. So I just replied, 'I have more jobs than I can do. I'm in high school. I can't go to all the trouble of losing the two inches, so I'll pass.' Someone might tell you to lose weight, but you can say no."
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