Complex sentence: Sookie St. James, played by Melissa McCarthy, is the loving best friend of Lorelai Gilmore, and she is like another mom to Rory Gilmore as she helped raise her from the time she was a baby.
Split into simpler sentences: Sookie St. James, played by Melissa McCarthy, is the loving best friend of Lorelai Gilmore. She is like another mom to Rory Gilmore, as she helped raise her from the time she was a baby.