Lorelai Gilmore

Lorelai Victoria Gilmore is a fictional character on the television series Gilmore Girls, played by Lauren Graham. She was named after her paternal grandmother, Lorelai "Trix" Gilmore (Marion Ross) and is mother to Lorelai "Rory" Leigh Gilmore (Alexis Bledel). Raised in Hartford, Connecticut, Lorelai is a highly talkative, free-spirited woman. Her wealthy parents, Richard (Edward Herrmann) and Emily (Kelly Bishop), attempted to raise her to be a proper young lady of society, go to an Ivy league college, marry a man with wealth and good-breeding and even arranged for her to be presented to society. However, Lorelai was always rebellious and resentful of her structured, sheltered and silver spoon upbringing. Lorelai's eating habits are famously unhealthy. She is a self-proclaimed caffeine addict and subsists almost exclusively on Pop Tarts and take-out. She and Rory had regular food-and-movie nights, for which they would order enough food for several people. Lorelai dislikes fresh... full article at wikipedia