Alexis Bledel

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Alexis Bledel
Birth name Kimberly Alexis Bledel
Born September 16, 1981
Age 27
Origin Houston, Texas, U.S.

Alexis Bledel was born on September, 16th, 1981 in Houston, Texas. Her father, Martin Bledel, comes from Argentina; mother, Nanette, from Mexico. Spanish was her mother tongue. Parents of Alexis took her to amateur theatre when she was eight to help their daughter to cope with shyness. The promising young actress played in various performances. In a local shopping centre she attracted the attention of an agent searching for young talents and she got a job of a model. Alexis studied at St. Agnes Academy in Houston. Bledel studied in Page Parkes Center for Modeling and Acting and during a year at the New York University where she specialized in cinema before received a role in “Gilmore Girls”. In 2000 Alexis acted in a screen version of the fantastic story “Tuck Everlasting”.
In 2005 there appeared at once two appreciable films with her participation – “The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants”; “Sin City” and “I’m Reed Fish” to play the role in the second film of Robert Rodriguez “Sin City” she had to change cardinally her dramatic character. If earlier she had to play gentle and house girls here she was to play a prostitute. About her heroine in one of the interviews Alexis once said: “She is a very professional prostitute. She has weapon and can always spank a prat”. The film was shot almost completely in black-and-white scale therefore colour use was especially expressive. In case with Becky the heroine of Alexis it was her blue eyes.