From 2000 to 2007, Agena ― who is of Japanese descent ― endeared herself to a generation of viewers as Lane Kim, the best friend of Alexis Bledel’s Rory Gilmore, on the beloved comedy-drama series.this week to reflect on the experience, the actor acknowledged that playing the role was a “survival mode situation” ― though she’s grateful to have had the chance to“For myself, it was such a survival mode situation, and I didn’t kind of think of it that way at the time,” she said.
“When I meet someone who knows ‘Gilmore Girls’ or who loves Lane, it’s like, I recognize that love," Keiko Agena said. “When I meet someone who knows ‘Gilmore Girls’ or who loves Lane, it’s like, I recognize that love,” she added. “I see that you love that person.”