Gilmore Girls: Where Are They Now

The legit coolest TV mom that there ever was, Lorelai is independent, hilarious, and her heart belongs to diner owner Luke.

Post Gilmore Girls, Graham wrapped up six seasons of another beloved family series: Parenthood. Since that went off the air in early 2015, Graham has been working on movies like Max, which came out in Summer 2015.

Rory is the brilliant young woman who could have only come from Lorelai. After graduating from Yale, the last time we see Rory, she is embarking on an exciting journalism career.

Bledel hasn't had a second regular TV gig since Gilmore Girls went off the air, but she did have a memorable guest-starring stint on Mad Men — especially memorable since she met her husband, Vincent Kartheiser, on the show. She has been making her mark on a lot of movies, and in 2015 she played Katherine Heigl's love interest in Jenny's Wedding.

The curmudgeonly diner owner knows how to make the perfect cup of coffee, and banter with Lorelai just as perfectly.

Patterson showed up in several of the Saw movies, but if you really want your Luke image shattered, just watch his 2015 performance in the TV movie Kidnapped: The Hannah Anderson Story, in which he plays the abductor in the true-crime story.

One of Rory's three great loves, Jess is the classic bad boy with a heart of gold. Though he struggles with school and low aspirations, he turns his life around to become a novelist when we last see him in season six.

Ventimiglia went on to other TV shows like Heroes and American Dreams, and he most recently appeared as a villain who goes by the name of The Ogre on Gotham.

Dean is Rory's first love — the one she can never quite get over. He tries to get over her, gets married, and ends up subsequently divorced.

Sure, Padalecki has moonlighted in a few movies, but he's found a TV home where he's arguably more beloved than Dean. On The CW's Supernatural, he's spent 11 seasons as one-half of the Winchester-brother dream team.

Rory's high school-antagonist-turned-college-friend goes on to attend Harvard Medical School.

Weil had a memorable stint on the first season of Scandal, but she has had a bigger role on another Shonda Rhimes show: How to Get Away With Murder, where, as Bonnie, she has literally done that.

Rory's charming and wealthy college boyfriend is destined to be ultra successuful when he heads to Silicon Valley after graduation.

Matt Czuchry popped up in a lot of other TV shows including Friday Night Lights, but he has come to be best known as lawyer Cary Agos on CBS's The Good Wife, which wraps up for good this year.

Lorelai's BFF is chef (and later, business partner) Sookie, who is talented, sweet, and fiercely loyal.

Who would have thought that Sookie St. James would have been the biggest breakout star from Gilmore Girls? McCarthy hit paydirt in 2011 when she stole Bridesmaids, a role that earned her an Oscar nomination and jump-started her career with other projects like Mike & Molly, 2015's Spy, and this Summer's Ghostbusters.

Rory's meek best friend gets out from under the oppression of her traditional Korean mother with the help of punk music, a band, and eventually a husband and little family.

Agena has made appearances on lots of TV shows in the years after Gilmore Girls, like Shameless and Scandal, and she recently shared that she would be on an upcoming episode of Grimm.

Rory's grandmother is proper and strict, but ultimately loving — and always looking out for Rory's best interest.

Bishop has had guest arcs on lots of TV series since the show ended (incuding The Good Wife with costar Matt Czuchry), but one of her most memorable recent turns was in Bunheads — the show Gilmore Girls creator Amy Sherman-Palladino went on to after the series ended.

Just one of Stars Hollow's many oddball residents, Kirk may have been the oddest — though, also one of the most endearing.

As a Gilmore Girls fan, you were probably delighted when you spotted Gunn in 2014's Guardians of the Galaxy in a small role. (Fun fact: his brother is director James Gunn).