Claim: Lauren Graham received one award nomination.

Lauren Helen Graham -LRB- born March 16 , 1967 -RRB- is an American actress and author . She is best recognized for her role as Lorelai Gilmore on the television series Gilmore Girls -LRB- 2000 -- 07 -RRB- , for which she received two Screen Actors Guild Award nominations , one Golden Globe nomination , and five Satellite Award nominations . She is also known for film roles in Sweet November -LRB- 2001 -RRB- , Bad Santa -LRB- 2003 -RRB- , The Pacifier -LRB- 2005 -RRB- , Because I Said So -LRB- 2007 -RRB- , and Evan Almighty -LRB- 2007 -RRB- . From 2010 to 2015 , Graham starred as Sarah Braverman on the NBC television drama Parenthood .   Graham published her debut novel in 2013 , Someday , Someday , Maybe , with Ballantine Books . She reprised her role as Lorelai Gilmore on Netflix 's reunion miniseries in 2016 , Gilmore Girls : A Year in the Life , and published a memoir , Talking as Fast as I Can : from Gilmore Girls to Gilmore Girls -LRB- and Everything in Between -RRB- .