Early Life

Of Hispanic ancestry [her father is Argentine and her mother is Mexican] Spanish was always her first language. She only learned English when she began school. This contributed to make the little Alexis a shy kid, so her parents insisted to her be in a play when she was only 8 years old. So in a little time she was already in the modeling world, traveling all over to locations like Tokyo, Milan, New York and Los Angeles. She started her career with 14.

Alexis’ mother was a flight attendant and gift processor. She is of Argentine and Latin American ancestry from her father’s side and of Scottish and English ancestry from her mother’s side. Bledel grew up in a Spanish-speaking household and only learned to speak English when she started school, which is one of the reasons she considers herself a Latina.

Bledel was encouraged by her mother to try community theater to tackle her shyness when she was young. She attended St. Agnes Academy in Houston and some other Baptist institutions.

Personal Life

Bledel and fellow former Gilmore Girls co-star Milo Ventimiglia were in a relationship for three and a half years (from December 2002 to June 2006).

Alexis dated British model John Paul for about 5 years. (from 2007 to June 2012)

In 2012, Bledel began dating Vincent Kartheiser, whom she met during her guest-starring apperance on “Mad Men”. They did not date until that fifth season wrapped. Six months after the pair’s red carpet debut, in March 2013, it was revealed that the two were engaged and they married in a private ceremony in California, in summer 2014. In May 2016, it was revealed that Bledel gave birth to their first child, a son, in the fall of 2015. They were able to keep that as a secret for more than 6 months. The news was confirmed by Bledel’s representatives after Gilmore Girls’ Scott Patterson mentioned to Glamour that the actress “really blossomed as a woman and now she’s a proud new mother and married and happy… we’re comparing notes because my son is about a year and a half older than her young son.”

Net Worth

As of 2020, her estimated net worth sits somewhere around $6 million.