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  • Lauren Graham as Lorelai Gilmore
    Independent, 30-something single mom who runs a local inn with a deep love for pop culture and coffee.
  • Alexis Bledel as Rory Gilmore
    Precocious and driven only-daughter of Lorelai, almost 16 at the start of the show.
  • Melissa McCarthy as Sookie St. James
    Lorelai's chirpy best friend and chef/co-owner at the inn.
  • Keiko Agena as Lane Kim
    Rory's best friend who lives a secret life, defying her strict, religious mother by becoming a rocker.
  • Yanic Truesdale as Michel Gerard
    The grumpy French concierge at Lorelai and Sookie's inn.
  • Scott Patterson as Luke Danes
    Grouchy but kind-hearted diner owner; Lorelai's friend and eventual love interest.
  • Kelly Bishop as Emily Gilmore
    Matriarch of the Gilmore family, who lives as a high society housewife.
  • Edward Herrmann as Richard Gilmore
    Intellectual patriarch of the Gilmore family, who works in insurance.
  • Liza Weil as Paris Geller
    Rory's feisty nemesis and eventual friend throughout high school and college.
  • Jared Padalecki as Dean Forester
    Rory's season 1–3 boyfriend, who moved to Stars Hollow from Chicago.
  • Milo Ventimiglia as Jess Mariano
    Luke's troubled nephew who falls for Rory and becomes an intense but short-lived boyfriend.
  • Sean Gunn as Kirk Gleason
    Quirky resident of Stars Hollow who works numerous jobs around the town.
  • Chris Eigeman as Jason Stiles
    Lorelai's season 4 boyfriend and Richard's business partner.
  • Matt Czuchry as Logan Huntzberger
    Rory's season 5–7 boyfriend, the heir of a New York Times-Esque publishing family resembling that of the Ochs-Sulzberger family.