From Stars Hollow to Hollywood, California.
Lauren Graham received her star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame with a little help from her “Gilmore Girls” co-stars on Friday, Oct. 3.
In the drama, which ran for seven seasons from 2000 to 2007, the actress, 58, starred as Lorelai Gilmore, a single mom who lived in the quaint town of Stars Hollow with her daughter Rory (Alexis Bledel).
The show also featured her wealthy parents, Emily Gilmore (Kelly Bishop) and Richard Gilmore (Edward Herrmann), along with her love interest, Luke Danes (Scott Patterson).
Melissa McCarthy starred as Sookie on the WB series, Lorelai’s best friend and chef at her bed-and-breakfast, Independence Inn.
Also in the mix was Yanic Truesdale, the hotel’s concierge.
Herrmann, meanwhile, died in 2014 at the age of 71.
During the ceremony, Graham, was joined by Patterson, 67, Truesdale, 55, Bishop, 81, and Logan Huntzberger, who played Rori’s one-time love interest, Logan.
The show’s creators, couple Amy Sherman-Palladino and Daniel Palladino, were also in attendance.
Sam Pancake, from the “Gilmore Girls” 2016 Netflix sequel, “Gilmore Girls: A Year in the Life,” also showed his support.
While speaking to Variety ahead of the ceremony, Graham reflected on this prestigious accolade.
“There are so many things I’ve gotten to do at this point, and this wasn’t even [on my radar],” she told the outlet. “I had things that I thought, ‘Wow, that would be this achievement, and it would feel like something.’ This is one I didn’t even allow myself to think about.”
“I really I find it so moving,” she added before teasing, “and then of course, because Hollywood is Hollywood, the first question someone asked me is, ‘Where’s it going to be?’ And I was like, ‘Oh my God, why? If I’m in front of the CVS, it doesn’t mean as much?’”
Last month, Graham and Bledel, 44, reunited at the 2025 Emmys for the show’s 20th anniversary.
While backstage, a mom brought her teenage daughter over to Graham and told her, “We watch this together — she loves the show, it gives her so much. She’s a book reader, and she looks up to these characters.”
“That’s something that really feels gratifying,” Graham gushed to Variety.
Graham also touched on the first time she read the script for the iconic project.
“The sense was, ‘Oh, I know you,’” the “Parenthood” alum reminisced. “Without having ever met this writer, it just really spoke to me from the beginning.”
“The whole point of ‘Gilmore Girls’ was this unconventional relationship,” Graham continued. “These are people who relate as peers in a way, and that causes problems sometimes, but it’s truthful.”
When the show wrapped in 2007, it had just came through a merger between the WB and UPN, with its last season airing on the CW. The Palladinos ended up leaving after Season 6 due to contract disputes.
“It just didn’t feel like the same show, so it wasn’t as hard saying goodbye,” Graham confessed. “Things do not often end with a nice bow.”
