List of Gilmore Girls Characters - Notable Guest Stars

Notable Guest Stars

Actors
  • Mädchen Amick (actress known for Twin Peaks) appeared as Sherry Tinsdale, Christopher Hayden's partner and mother of his daughter GiGi.
  • Alex Borstein (Family Guy voice actress of such voices as Lois Griffin as well as MADtv actress) as Independence Inn harp player Drella, ep 1.1, 1.2, 1. 3, 1.4, and as Emily Gilmore's fashion consultant Miss Celine: 3.21, 5.12 Borstein also has an uncredited part as Doris in episode 3.5 Note: Alex was also the original Sookie and had already shot the pilot, before contract obligations with MADtv intervened; she never appeared in the show as Sookie. Alex Borstein is married to Jackson Douglas, who plays Sookie's husband on the show.
  • Kathy Baker appeared as Mia in Season 7
  • Adam Brody (American actor, best known for his role as Seth Cohen on The O C) As Dave (Lane's boyfriend and singer in band), season 3
  • George Coe (veteran character actor) appeared as Grandpa Huntzberger in episode 19 of season 5.
  • Eileen Davidson (soap opera actress, guest starred as waitress) Season 5
  • Sherilyn Fenn as Sasha, Jess's Dad's (Jimmy) live-in girlfriend, ep 3.21 and Anna Nardini, the ex-girlfriend of Luke Danes and protective mother of April Season 6-7
  • Elizabeth Franz appeared as the owner of the Independence Inn, Mia, in Season 2
  • Joe Fria appeared as a waiter in ep 1.12 (Double Date) and as an old friend of Sookie's who has feelings for her in ep 3.11 (I Solemnly Swear)
  • Jon Hamm (American actor, best known for his role as Donald Draper in Mad Men) As Peyton Sanders in Season 3, Episode 5, "Eight O'Clock at the Oasis".
  • Victoria Justice (actress, singer and dancer, best known roles as Lola Martinez in Zoey 101 and Tori Vega in Victorious.
  • Jessica "Sugar" Kiper (actress and second runner-up on Survivor: Gabon), as Shane (Jess's girlfriend), season 3
  • Nancy Lenehan (character actress) guest starred as LaDawn, owner of the Cheshire Cat B&B in ep 2 4
  • Traci Lords (actress/former adult entertainer) as an interior decorator, Season 4
  • Seth MacFarlane (Emmy-winning American animator, screenwriter, producer, director, voice actor and creator of Family Guy and co-creator of American Dad!), ep 2.21, 3.11 as fellow graduate of Lorelai
  • Bruce McCulloch (actor, writer, and director, best known as a member of the comedy troupe Kids in the Hall) as Tobin, day manager of the Dragonfly Inn, in episodes 3.18 and 4.10.
  • Chad Michael Murray (American actor, best known for his role as Lucas Scott in One Tree Hill) as Tristin Dugray in seasons 1 and 2
  • Nick Offerman (American actor, best known for his role as Ron Swanson on Parks and Recreation) as Beau Belleville, Jackson's brother in ep 4.7 and 6.4
  • Masi Oka (Digital-effects artist and Emmy-nominated actor known for his role as Hiro Nakamura from Heroes) guest starred as a Harvard philosophy student in ep 2.4
  • Mary Lynn Rajskub (American actress & singer known for her role as Chloe O'Brian on 24) as "Girlfriend" in Kirk's film in ep 2.19 and as Troubadour in ep 6.22
  • Marion Ross (American actress known for her role as Marion Cunningham on Happy Days) as Lorelai "Trix" Gilmore and her very nice niece Marilyn, ep 1.18 3.10 3.15 4.14 4.16 5.13
  • Brandon James Routh (credited as B J Routh) (American actor, former fashion model and lead in Superman Returns), ep 1.13
  • Heidi Van Horne as Vintage Girl, hostess of the USO DAR party, season 6
  • Michael York (actor) as Professor Asher Fleming, Season 4
  • Jane Lynch, most known for her role in Glee, plays a nurse who annoys Emily Gilmore when Richard Gilmore collapses and is taken into the hospital in season one.
Musicians
  • Paul Anka (singer) as himself in Lorelai's dream, ep 6.18. In season six, his name was used for Lorelai's dog.
  • Sebastian Bach (singer, best known as the ex-frontman for Skid Row) as Gil (Lane's bandmate), seasons 4-7
  • The Bangles (early '80s all-women band) as themselves, ep 1.13
  • Carole King (American singer, songwriter, and pianist) as music store owner, Sophie Bloom, ep 2.20, 5.18, 6.10. She also sings the show's theme song.
  • Pernice Brothers (rock band), ep 6.22
  • The Shins (indie rock band) as themselves, ep 4.17
  • Sam Phillips (American singer-songwriter) ep 6.22. Also the music producer for the show.
  • Grant-Lee Phillips as town troubadour.
  • Sonic Youth (rock band) members Thurston Moore and Kim Gordon with their daughter, ep 6.22
  • Sparks (rock band), ep 6.22
  • Yo la Tengo (rock band), ep 6.22
Politicians and others
  • Madeleine Albright (64th United States Secretary of State and first woman to hold that position) as Lorelai Gilmore in Rory's dream, ep 6.7
  • Christiane Amanpour (chief international correspondent for CNN) as herself, ep 7.22
  • Barbara Levy Boxer (D-California) (American politician and the current junior U S Senator from the State of California) as herself, ep 3.1
  • Norman Kingsley Mailer (American novelist, journalist, playwright, screenwriter and film director) as himself, ep 5.6
  • Doug Ose (American politician, former Republican member of the United States House of Representatives from 1999 to 2005, representing the 3rd District of California) as himself, ep 3.1

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