List of Gilmore Girls characters

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This is a list of characters for the comedy-drama television series Gilmore Girls.

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[edit] Recurring

  • Patricia "Miss Patty" LaCosta (Liz Torres), Stars Hollow's flamboyant dance instructor
  • Jackson Belleville (Jackson Douglas), a produce supplier who dates and later marries Sookie
  • Taylor Doose (Michael Winters), town selectman of Stars Hollow
  • Babette Dell (Sally Struthers), neighbor and friend to the Gilmore girls
  • Mrs. Kim (Emily Kuroda), the strict, conservative Christian mother of Lane Kim, who owns Kim's Antiques
  • Eddie Kim(Eddie Kim), the long lost son of Mrs. Kim that currently attends The University of Illinois. Eddie Kim drinks Mountain Dew in excessive quantities and therefore never sleeps.
  • Zach van Gerbig (Todd Lowe) (2002 - Present), member of Dave Rygalski's band which Lane joins; he later dates and subsequently marries Lane
  • Louise Grant (Teal Redmann) (2000 - 2004), a classmate and later friend of Rory's at Chilton; best friend of Madeline and friend of Paris's
  • Madeline Lynn (Shelly Cole) (2000 - 2004), a classmate and later friend of Rory's at Chilton; best friend of Louise and friend of Paris's
  • Christopher Hayden (David Sutcliffe), Lorelai's childhood sweetheart and Rory's father
  • Brian Fuller (John Cabrera) (2002 - Present), member of Dave Rygalski's band which Lane joins
  • Andrew (Mike Gandolfi), owner of the Stars Hollow bookstore
  • Grant (Grant-Lee Phillips), the town troubadour
  • Gypsy (Rose Abdoo) (2002 - Present), a mechanic in Stars Hollow
  • Ceasar (Aris Alvarado) (2003 - Present), waiter at Luke's Diner
  • Colin McCrae (Alan Loayza) (2005 - Present), a friend of Logan and Finn's at Yale
  • Doyle McMaster (Danny Strong) (2003 - Present), editor of the Yale Daily News Rory's first year at Yale; later begins dating Paris
  • Finn (Tanc Sade) (2005 - Present), a friend of Logan and Colin's at Yale
  • Morey Dell (Ted Rooney), Babette's husband, who often plays the piano
  • Max Medina (Scott Cohen) (2000 - 2003), Rory's English teacher at Chilton, who dates and becomes engaged to Lorelai
  • Tom (Biff Yeager) (2001 - Present), a construction worker in Stars Hollow
  • Glenn Babble (Ethan Cohn) (2003 - 2005), a Yale student whom Rory befriends
  • Tristan DuGrey (Chad Michael Murray) (2000 - 2001), a Chilton student who has a crush on Rory, though she is wary of him
  • Gil (Sebastian Bach) (2003 - Present), a man who joins Dave, Lane, Zach, and Brian's band
  • Liz Danes (Kathleen Wilhoite) (2003 - Present), Luke's sister, mother of Jess, who marries T.J.
  • T.J. (aka Gary) (Michael DeLuise) (2003 - Present), marries Liz
  • Lulu (Rini Bell) (2003 - Present), a resident of Stars Hollow who begins dating Kirk
  • Joe (Brian Berke), resident of Stars Hollow
  • Hanlin Charleston (Dakin Matthews) (2000 - 2004), the headmaster of Chilton
  • April Nardini (Vanessa Marano) (2005 - Present), Luke's daughter with Anna Nardini, whom he does not find out about until she is 12, when she comes to see him at his diner, takes some hair from his head and uses it in a school experiment where, comparing and using the DNA, she determines Luke to be her biological father.
  • Dave Rygalski (Adam Brody) (2002 - 2003), resident of Stars Hollow whom Lane contacts about joining his band and later begins dating; they later break up after he moves to California for college
  • Lindsay Lister Forester (Arielle Kebbel) (2003 - 2004), a girl whom Dean begins dating after he and Rory break up and later marries, then divorces due to his affair with Rory
  • Nicole Leahy (Tricia O'Kelley) (2003 - 2004), Taylor's lawyer, whom Luke begins dating and then marries on the spur of the moment on a cruise; they immediately file for divorce, then attempt to reconcile and begin dating again, and then again call it off
  • Joni (Rona Benson) (2006 - Present), a staff member at the Yale Daily News
  • Janet (Katie Walder) (2003 - 2005), Rory, Paris, and Tana's roommate Rory's first year at Yale
  • Tana Schrick (Olivia Hack) (2003 - 2004), Rory, Paris, and Janet's roommate Rory's first year at Yale
  • Mitchum Huntzberger (Gregg Henry) (2005 - Present), Logan's father, with whom both Rory and Logan have many problems
  • Reverend Archie Skinner (Jim Jansen) (2002 - Present), Stars Hollow's minister
  • Marty (Wayne Wilcox) (2003 - Present[verification needed]), a Yale student (known, early on as "Naked Guy" between Rory and her mom) whom Rory befriends, who has a crush on her
  • Bill (Devon Michaels) (2006 - Present), a staff member at the Yale Daily News. New Editor of the Yale Daily News
  • Brad Langford (Adam Wylie) (2001 - 2003), a Chilton student who is scared of Paris; he leaves to perform in a Broadway show and then returns
  • Anna Nardini (Sherilyn Fenn) (2006 - Present), Luke's ex-girlfriend and mother to his child who runs a store dedicated to vintage merchandise. She does not tell Luke about April for 12 years, and then it is April who contacts him. Anna mentions that she was there the day that Luke opened his diner. She did not find out about her pregnancy until after their relationship had ended, and then says that she did not tell him about it because of his great intolerance for children, evidenced by his constantly switching tables to get away from families with children when they went out to dinner and his refusal to go to movies before 10:00 PM because he did not want to be around noisy children in the theater. Anna is very protective of April. When Luke finds out about her and confronts Anna about the revelation, Luke decides that he wants to establish a relationship with April, and she starts visiting and hanging out at his diner, though Anna is very hesitant to allow this.
  • A.K. (Adam Hendershott) (2006 - Present), a staff member at the Yale Daily News
  • Bootsy (Brian Tarantina) (2001 - 2002), a Stars Hollow resident
  • Rachel (Lisa Ann Hadley) (2001), Luke's on-again, off-again ex-girlfriend, a photographer
  • Kyle (Chauncey Leopardi) (2003 - 2005), a classmate and friend of Dean's at Stars Hollow High, who lost his hand in the war and had it replaced by a hook
  • Kyon (Susane Lee) (2004 - 2006), Korean exchange student whom Lane resents because she believes her mother is trying to replace Lane with her after Lane moves out

[edit] Guest stars of note

[edit] Appearing as different characters

The show has had several guest stars appearing in two separate notable roles, including:

  • Alex Borstein played Drella, the inn's harpist, in season one, and in subsequent seasons, Emily's wardrobe advisor, Miss Celine. Borstein also played Sookie in the series' original pilot; her real-life husband, Jackson Douglas, plays Sookie's on-screen husband.
  • Marion Ross played Richard's mother, Lorelai "Trix" Gilmore, who died in season 4, as well as her niece Marilyn.
  • Sherilyn Fenn played Sasha, the girlfriend of Jess's father, Jimmy (Rob Estes), in the 2003 episode "Here Comes the Son," which was largely set in California and was a backdoor pilot for a Jess-centric series (Windward Circle) that was not picked up. Beginning in 2006, Fenn played Anna Nardini, Luke's ex-girlfriend and mother of his daughter, April (Vanessa Marano).
  • Sean Gunn played Mick, a DSL installer in the show's second episode before taking on the regular role of Kirk.
Gilmore Girls
Main characters

Lorelai Gilmore | Rory Gilmore | Luke Danes | Sookie St. James | Lane Kim | Michel Gerard
Paris Geller | Dean Forester | Jess Mariano | Jason Stiles | Logan Huntzberger | Kirk Gleason
Emily Gilmore | Richard Gilmore
Recurring characters

Jackson Belleville | Taylor Doose | Christopher Hayden | Max Medina | Trix Gilmore | Mrs. Kim
More

List of episodes | List of characters | Stars Hollow
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