Kimberly Alexis Bledel was born on 16th September 1981, in Houston, Texas, USA, of Danish, German and subsequently Argentinian ancestry on her father’s side. She is an actress perhaps best known from the TV series “The Gilmore Girls”, but also as a model who has graced the cover of many magazines. She is also a producer, and all these activities are sources of Alexis Bledel’s net worth. She has been active in the entertainment industry since 1996.
How rich is Alexis Bledel? It has been reported by authoritative sources that the current net worth of Alexis Bledel is as much as $8 million.
Alexis Bledel Net Worth $8 Million
Alexis Bledel was raised in a Spanish-speaking environment as both of her parents came from or lived in Latin America, so she learnt English only at school. It was her mother who advised Alexis to take-up acting as a hobby, mostly as a tool to fight her shyness. Her first appearances on the stage included the plays “The Wizard of Oz” and “Our Town”. More, she was advised to try modelling by agents who accidentally observed her while shopping at a mall. She was educated at Page Parkes Center for Modelling and Acting, and New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts. It was later that she landed dual careers in acting and modelling, which have contributed to her net worth.
As an actress, Alexis debuted on the big screen with an uncredited role in the comedy drama film “Rushmore” (1998) directed by Wes Anderson. Then, she starred in the television series “Gilmore Girls” (2000 – 2007) created by Amy Sherman-Palladino as Rory Gilmore, for which role of Alexis was nominated for more than 10 awards, four of which she won including two Teen Choice Awards, the Young Artist Award and Family Television Award. Meanwhile, she appeared in such films as “Tuck Everlasting” (2002) directed by Jay Russell and “The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants” (2005) directed by Ken Kwapis, “Sin City” (2005) directed, produced and written by Frank Miller and Robert Rodriguez. For her roles in the above mentioned films Bledel was respectively nominated for a Saturn Award, Teen Choice Awards and Broadcast Film Critics Association Award.
In addition, she has also starred in the films “I’m Reed Fish” (2007) directed by Zackary Adler, “The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2” (2008) directed by Sanaa Hamri, “The Good Guy” (2009) directed by Julio DePietro, “Post Grad” (2009) directed by Vicky Jenson, “The Kate Logan Affair” (2010) directed and written by Noël Mitrani which premiered at the Festival du Nouveau Cinéma ,“Violet & Daisy” (2011) directed, produced and written by Geoffrey S. Fletcher, “The Brass Teapot” (2013) directed by Ramaa Mosley, “Parts Per Billion” (2014) directed and written by Brian Horiuchi, all of which added consistently to Alexis Bledel’s net worth Currently, she is working on the upcoming film “Jenny’s Wedding” directed and written by Mary Agnes Donoghue.
As a model she added to her net worth, too. Especially, she has been popular among teenagers and youth. Alexis has appeared the covers of such magazines as People, Teen Vogue, Latina, Seventee, Entertainment Weekly and others.
In her personal life, Alexis Bledel was in a long term relationship with the actor Milo Ventimiglia but they split up after 4 years together. In 2014, she married actor Vincent Kartheiser.
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