Who are Alexis Bledel’s parents? American model and actress Alexis Kimberley Bledel was born on September 16, 1981, in Houston, Texas, the United States of America. She was born to an Argentinian father, Martin Bledel and Nanette Bledel. Alexis has the same parents as her brother Eric David Bledel, who also happens to be an actor.
Youth and career
Alexis grew up in a Spanish-speaking family and only began learning English when she started school; she identifies as Latina. She attended Baptist and Lutheran schools before graduating from St. Agnes Catholic Academy in Houston in 1999. Her mother encouraged her to participate in community theater to overcome her shyness. As a child, she appeared in local productions of Our Town and The Wizard of Oz. She was discovered at a nearby shopping center and hired as a model. She made her television debut in 2000 alongside Lauren Graham in the WB comedy Gilmore Girls, which aired for seven seasons between October 5, 2000 and May 15, 2007. She portrayed Rory Gilmore, the single mother Lorelai Gilmore (Graham ). . Rory started out as a high school student at an exclusive private academy, living with her mother in a small town in Connecticut, but later transferred to Yale University, where she worked, among other positions, as editor-in-chief of the Yale Daily News. Alexis made her film debut opposite Jonathan Jackson in Tuck Everstanding (2002), a romantic fantasy drama based on the novel of the same name by Natalie Babbitt (1975).
Alexis previously appeared as an uncredited extra in the 1998 comedy Rushmore. She starred alongside Amber Tamblyn, America Ferrera, and Blake Lively in The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants, a 2005 drama film based on the novel of the same name by Ann Brashares. She plays Lena Kaligaris, an aspiring artist who goes on a summer trip with her three best friends thanks to a pair of “magic” jeans. Alexis played the lead role of prostitute Becky in the 2005 neo-noir crime anthology Sin City. Alexis appeared as the fiancée of Jay Baruchel’s title character in the 2006 romantic comedy I’m Reed Fish. After finishing Gilmore Girls, she again played Lena Kaligaris in The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2, released in August 2008. Alexis appeared in the comedy film Post Grad, released in theaters on August 21, 2009. Teen Vogue, Glamour, CosmoGirl, Vanity Fair, Lucky, Elle Girl, Parade, Nylon, and Seventeen have all featured Alexis on their covers. In 2000, she was featured in print ads for Bonne Bell lip balm and Naturistics lip gloss. She has been listed as one of the World’s Most Beautiful Women. In 2002, she was named one of Teen People’s “25 Hottest Stars Under 25.” Alexis ranked #87 on Maxim’s “Hot 100 of 2005” list. In 2010, Alexis was named one of Us Weekly’s “25 Most Stylish New Yorkers.” Alexis also appeared on Less Than Jake’s “She Gonna Break Soon” in 2003.
About Bledel’s Parents
Alexis Bledel’s parents were Martin Bledel, an Argentinian, and Nanatte Bledel. His mother, Nanette, was a flight attendant and gift preparer. Enrique Einar Bledel Huus, his paternal grandfather, was born in Buenos Aires and was of Danish and German origin; Enrique was vice president of Coca-Cola Latin America and Coca-Cola Inter-American Corporation. Jean, Alexis’ paternal grandmother, was born in New York and had Scottish, Irish, and English ancestry. Alexis’ mother Nanette was born in Phoenix, Arizona and moved to Mexico City when she was eight.
Privacy
From December 2002 to June 2006, Alexis dated former Gilmore Girls co-star Milo Ventimiglia. During her guest role on Mad Men, Alexis began dating Vincent Kartheiser, whose character Pete Campbell shared scenes with her character Beth Dawes. The couple announced their engagement in March 2013 and married in June 2014 in California. In May 2016, it was announced that Alexis had given birth to her first child, a son, in the fall of 2015. Kartheiser filed for divorce from Alexis on August 10, 2022, and the divorce was finalized on August 26.
