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From Rory Gilmore to ‘The Handmaid’s Tale’! See How Much Alexis Bledel Has Changed Over the Years

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May 8, 2020 8:00 am·

By Melissa Copelton

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Whether you were a diehard Gilmore Girls fan or not, there’s still a strong chance that you’ve heard of Alexis Bledel. After all, since getting her start on the hit sitcom as Rory Gimore, she’s gone on to become one of Hollywood’s greatest talents. That said, Alexis has changed quite a bit from her days in Stars Hollow. Scroll through the gallery below to see her complete transformation.

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2002

As mentioned, Alexis got her start on Gilmore Girls in 2000. Prior to that, her only role was as a student in the 1998 Wes Anderson film Rushmore starring Bill Murray.

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2003

Alexis played Rory Gilmore for a whopping seven years and was featured in all 154 episodes of the series.

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2004

While Rory is no doubt her most recognized role to date, Alexis landed plenty of solid films during those years.

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2005

In 2005, she played Lena Kaligaris in The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants alongside Blake Lively, America Ferrara and Amber Tamblyn. The film became an instant classic and Alexis went on to star in the 2008 sequel.

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2006

Following The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2, Alexis went on to land a bunch of movie and TV parts in 2009 — including roles ER, The Good Guy and Post Grad.

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2007

It wasn’t until 2012 that Alexis landed anything notable. She ended up playing Beth Dawes on three episodes of the hit AMC series Mad Men.

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2008

While three episodes may not seem like a lot, her character was integral to the storyline of main protagonist Pete Campbell (played by actor Vincent Kartheiser, who Alexis later married).

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2009

Alexis and Vincent walked down the aisle in 2014 and now share a son. However, the proud parents managed to keep their child’s birth a secret for over a year and have yet to share his name.

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2010

While Alexis has never publicly spoken about her son, her former costar America Ferrara previously gushed that all of the women from the Sisterhood franchise support each other as mothers.

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2011

“We definitely have all been together with the babies, and we’ve all met each other’s babies,” America told Us Weekly in May 2019.

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2012

“They’re really there for me as a source of support and advice,” America continued. “And we’re very much leaning on each other through motherhood.”

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2013

Back to Alexis’ career! Following Mad Men, it would be another few years until she was fully back on the scene.

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2014/2015

In 2016, Alexis returned to her beloved role as Rory Gilmore for Gilmore Girls: A Year in the Life. The miniseries was featured on Netflix.

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2016

Unsurprisingly, the revival garnered great reviews from both fans and critics. Unfortunately, a second season of A Year in the Life has yet to be confirmed.

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2017

To be fair, though, we don’t know if Alexis would have the time to do it! After all, she’s pretty busy absolutely killing it (figuratively and literally) on the incredible Hulu series The Handmaid’s Tale.

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2018/2019

Alexis is so amazing in her role as Emily Malek, in fact, that she was nominated for an Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series in 2018. While she didn’t take home the win, she certainly deserved it!

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2020

We look forward to continuing to watch Alexis’ career blossom.

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