18 Celebs You Totally Forgot Were On "Gilmore Girls"

Stars Hollow was a happening place. (Note: Some of these present-day celebs didn't find fame till long after their time on Gilmore Girls.)

1. Krysten Ritter

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Before she got her super strength as Jessica Jones, she was Rory's artsy friend at Yale.

2. Jon Hamm

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Before becoming Don Draper, he was Lorelai's date from her mother's social circle who turned out to be a dud.

3. Max Greenfield

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Before he was Schmidt on New Girl, he was Lucas on Gilmore Girls.

4. Jane Lynch

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Before becoming Sue Sylvester, she played Richard's nurse in Season 1.

5. Seth MacFarlane

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Before there was Family Guy and American Dad, he was a fellow graduate of Lorelai's who didn't like how much money her parents had.

6. Chad Michael Murray

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Before he was Lucas Scott on One Tree Hill, he was Rory's classmate who called her Mary.

7. Masi Oka

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Long before his run on Heroes, he and Rory were in the same class when she was checking out Harvard in Season 2.

8. Billy Burke

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Before starring as Charlie Swan in Twilight, he dated Lorelai in Season 3.

9. Abigail Spencer

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Before guest-starring on How I Met Your Mother, True Detective, and Suits, she played one of Honor Huntzberger's ditzy bridesmaids.

10. Brandon Routh

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Before he became The Atom, Lorelai told him to "step aside, Skippy."

11. Victoria Justice

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Before becoming a Nickelodeon star, she was the little girl at the Lord of the Rings birthday party who didn't like Sookie's food.

12. Danny Strong

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Long before writing the screenplay for The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Parts 1 and 2, he was the editor of the Yale Daily News and Paris's boyfriend.

13. Melora Hardin

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While she was Jan on The Office, she played a psychologist that Emily tried to set up with Christopher.

14. Brenda Strong

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Before becoming the voice of Desperate Housewives, she was in the Booster Club with Lorelai and thought Luke was cute.

15. Danny Pudi

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Before he was on Community, he was a staff writer for the Yale Daily News.

16. Riki Lindhome

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Before she was half of Hall and Oates, she had two guest roles on Gilmore Girls.

17. Adam Brody

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Before he was Seth Cohen on The O.C., he was Lane's bandmate and boyfriend who read the entire Bible in order to take her to prom.

18. Nick Offerman

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Before he was Ron Swanson, he was Jackson's creepy brother, Beau Belleville, who hit on Lorelai a lot.

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