Question: The actress that played Lorelai Gilmore in the series "Gilmore Girls" also stars with Billy Bob Thorton in a 2003 film directed by who?

Context articles: Emily Gilmore
Wedding Bell Blues (Gilmore Girls)
Lorelai Gilmore
List of Gilmore Girls episodes
Bad Santa
Kelly Bishop
Alexis Bledel
Rory Gilmore
Lauren Graham
David Sutcliffe

Emily Gilmore is a fictional character who appears in the American comedy-drama television series "Gilmore Girls" (2000 – 2007) and its revival "" (2016) as the matriarch of the eponymous Gilmore family.
 Portrayed by actress Kelly Bishop, the character was created by series creator Amy Sherman-Palladino in order to add a more tragic element to the show's comedic nature.
 Emily has had a complicated relationship with her daughter Lorelai ever since the character runs away from home upon giving birth to her daughter Rory at age 16.
 They remain estranged for several years until Lorelai asks her parents to help pay for Rory's schooling, to which Emily agrees on the condition that her daughter and granddaughter visit her and her husband Richard for dinner every Friday evening.
"Wedding Bell Blues" is the thirteenth episode of the fifth season of the American comedy-drama series "Gilmore Girls" and the show's 100th episode overall.
 Written and directed by series creator Amy Sherman-Palladino, the episode was originally broadcast on The WB in the United States on February 8, 2005.
 The episode features the renewal of vows by Emily (Kelly Bishop) and Richard Gilmore (Edward Herrmann).
 Their daughter Lorelai Gilmore (Lauren Graham) and their granddaughter Rory Gilmore (Alexis Bledel) serve as maid of honor and best man, respectively.
 "Wedding Bell Blues" received positive reviews from television critics.
Lorelai Victoria Gilmore is a fictional character in the WB/CW television series "Gilmore Girls", portrayed by actress Lauren Graham.
 She is a key character throughout the series' seven-year run from October 2000 until May 2007, and the 2016 revival "".
 Lorelai is a single mother of a teenage daughter, Rory (Alexis Bledel).
 The dynamic of single parenthood and the tension between Lorelai and her wealthy parents, Richard (Edward Herrmann) and especially her controlling mother, Emily (Kelly Bishop), form the main theme of the series story line.
 Subplots involve various financial difficulties, love interests and other domestic entanglements for both Lorelai and her daughter Rory.
"Gilmore Girls" is an American comedy-drama television series created by Amy Sherman-Palladino.
 Sherman-Palladino shares executive producer duties with David S Rosenthal, Gavin Polone, Daniel Palladino.
 It is produced by Dorothy Parker Drank Here Productions, Hofflund/Polone and Warner Bros.
 Television.
 The show follows single mother Lorelai Gilmore (Lauren Graham) and her daughter Rory Gilmore (Alexis Bledel) in the fictional town of Stars Hollow, Connecticut, a close-knit small town with many quirky characters, located roughly thirty minutes south of Hartford.
Bad Santa is a 2003 American Christmas black comedy crime film directed by Terry Zwigoff, and starring Billy Bob Thornton, Tony Cox, Lauren Graham, Brett Kelly, Lauren Tom, John Ritter, and Bernie Mac.
 It was John Ritter's last film appearance before his death on September 11, 2003.
 The movie was dedicated to Ritter's memory.
 The Coen brothers are credited as executive producers.
 The film was released in the United States on November 26, 2003, and was screened out of competition at the 2004 Cannes Film Festival.
 An unrated version was released on DVD on March 5, 2004 and on Blu-ray Disc on November 20, 2007 as Bad(der) Santa.
 A director's cut DVD was released in November 2006; it features Zwigoff's cut of the film (including an audio commentary with him and the film's editor), which is three minutes shorter than the theatrical cut and ten minutes shorter than the unrated version.
 A sequel, "Bad Santa 2", was released on November 23, 2016.
Carole "Kelly" Bishop (born February 28, 1944) is an American actress and dancer, best known for her roles as matriarch Emily Gilmore on the series "Gilmore Girls" and as Marjorie Houseman, the mother of Jennifer Grey's Frances "Baby" Houseman in the film "Dirty Dancing."
 Bishop created the role of Sheila in "A Chorus Line," for which she won a Tony Award for Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Musical.
 She also starred as Fanny Flowers in the ABC Family short-lived comedy-drama series "Bunheads."
Kimberly Alexis Bledel ( ; ] ; born September 16, 1981) is an American actress and model.
 She is known for her role as Rory Gilmore on the television series "Gilmore Girls" (2000–07), for which she received nominations for Satellite, Teen Choice and Young Artist Awards.
 Bledel made her feature film debut as Winnie Foster in "Tuck Everlasting" (2002), and has since appeared in "Sin City" (2005), "Post Grad" (2009), and as Lena Kaligaris in "The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants" film series.
 Bledel reprised her role as Rory Gilmore in the Netflix reunion miniseries "" (2016).
 She won a Primetime Emmy Award for her work on the Hulu drama series "The Handmaid's Tale".
Lorelai Leigh "Rory" Gilmore is a fictional character from the WB/CW television series "Gilmore Girls" played by Alexis Bledel.
 She first appeared in the pilot episode of the series on October 5, 2000 and appeared in every episode until the series finale on May 15, 2007.
 Bledel's performance throughout the series' run earned her a Young Artist Award, a Family Television Award and two Teen Choice Awards.
 She also received nominations for an ALMA Award, a Satellite Award, and a Saturn Award.
Lauren Helen Graham (born March 16, 1967) is an American actress and author.
 She is best recognized for her role as Lorelai Gilmore on the television series "Gilmore Girls" (2000–07), 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" (2001), "Bad Santa" (2003), "The Pacifier" (2005), "Because I Said So" (2007), and "Evan Almighty" (2007).
 From 2010 to 2015, Graham starred as Sarah Braverman on the NBC television drama "Parenthood".
David Sutcliffe (born June 8, 1969) is a Canadian actor.
 He is best known for playing Christopher Hayden, Rory Gilmore's father and Lorelai Gilmore's on-and-off boyfriend, on the CW show "Gilmore Girls".