Lauren Graham Speaking Fee: $30,000 to $50,000

Lauren Graham is an award-winning actress, producer, and New York Times best-selling author, best known for her work on the critically acclaimed television shows Parenthood and Gilmore Girls. She is a celebrated actor whose body of work is filled with feminist characters who are spirited, smart, and hilarious. Graham’s second essay collection, Have I Told You This Already, was released in November of 2022 and was her fourth book to appear on the New York Times Bestseller list. It was preceded by her first collection, Talking As Fast As I Can, her novel, Someday, Someday, Maybe, and In Conclusion Don’t Worry About It, inspired by a graduation speech she gave at her high school. For her performance as ‘Lorelai Gilmore’ on Gilmore Girls (where she also served as producer in its final season), Graham was nominated for a Golden Globe Award, two Screen Actors Guild Awards for Outstanding Female Actor in a Drama Series, and two Television Critics Association Awards for Individual Achievement in both Drama and Comedy. Additionally, she earned two Teen Choice Awards, a Best Actress nod from Viewers for Quality Television, and was honored by Planned Parenthood as a “Champion of Choice” for her work with family issues on and off screen. Graham also appeared on all six seasons of NBC’s Parenthood as ‘Sarah Braverman.’ In 2016, Graham reprised her beloved role as ‘Lorelai Gilmore’ in the Netflix reunion series Gilmore Girls: A Year in the Life. Graham's debut novel, Someday, Someday, Maybe - the story of a struggling young actor trying to achieve her dreams in New York City - received glowing reviews and was called “a charmer of a first novel” by The Wall Street Journal. In 2016, Graham released her second book, Talking as Fast as I Can: From Gilmore Girls to Gilmore Girls (And Everything In Between), a collection of humorous and heartfelt essays that gave fans a behind-the-scenes look at the making of the Gilmore Girls revival on Netflix. The book ran on the New York Times Best Sellers list for multiple weeks. Other feature film credits include Max with Thomas Haden Church, Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs, the critically acclaimed Flash of Genius, The Answer Man with Jeff Daniels, Evan Almighty alongside Steve Carell, Because I Said So opposite Diane Keaton and Mandy Moore, Bad Santa with Billy Bob Thornton, The Pacifier, Birds of America, The Amateurs with Jeff Bridges, Nightwatch, and One True Thing with Renee Zellweger and Meryl Streep. On television, Graham was recently Executive Producer and star of The Mighty Ducks revival for Disney+. On stage, Graham starred as Miss Adelaide in the 2009 Broadway revival of the classic musical comedy Guys & Dolls. Graham holds a degree in English from Barnard College and an M.F.A. from the Meadows School of The Arts at SMU.