Alexis Bledel made her TV debut on The WB series Gilmore Girls in 2000. Alexis Bledel portrayed Rory Gilmore, the daughter of single mother Lorelai Gilmore. Initially, Rory was a high school student living with her mother, but later moved on to college at Yale University, where she, among other things, worked as the editor of the Yale Daily News. Alexis Bledel has said that she feels she can relate in some ways to Rory, both when it comes to some personal traits and her relationship to her own parents. Alexis Bledel also sees the family structure and mother-daughter relationship on the show as something to which many people can relate.