Sookie St. James

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Sookie St. James is a fictional character on the television series Gilmore Girls, played by Melissa McCarthy.

Sookie is a warm, kind-hearted, clumsy, tubby, brilliant chef, who has control issues when it comes to her food. She has an (apparently completely deserved) stellar national reputation, which makes one wonder why she's putzing around in little Connecticut inns, but it does help to make her one of the few people Emily Gilmore likes.

She married Jackson Belleville, her produce supplier, (Season 2, Ep. 22 - I Can't Get Started) and they have two children: Davey (Born at the end of Season 4, Ep 7 - The Festival of Living Art) and Martha, middle name Janice-Lori-Ethan-Rupert-Glenda-Carson-Daisy-Danny. (Born Season 5, Ep. 21 - Blame Booze And Melville). She and Jackson chose to have a home birth for Davey, but went to the hospital for the next birth. She and her family live in the house she owned before she started dating Jackson. After Sookie gave birth to Martha, she told Jackson that he would be getting a vasectomy, however Jackson decided not to go that route, and neglected to tell his wife. In episode 7.12, after a ski trip, that Jackson ordered Sookie to not do anything that could hurt the baby, he eventually tells her. She is, in all respects, upset that she's pregnant, that her husband didn't have the vasectomy, and that she would have to put up with all the 'diapers' again. Lorelai calms Sookie down, and she rests.

In real life, Melissa McCarthy is actually pregnant, and in order to deal with her pregnancy, the writers decided to incorporate her pregnancy into the storyline of Gilmore Girls.

Sookie and Lorelai co-owned and operated the Independence catering company to earn money to help fund renovations on the Dragonfly Inn after the Independence Inn burned down (Season 3, Ep. 17 - A Tale of Poes and Fire).

Alex Borstein, the real-life wife of actor Jackson Douglas, who plays Jackson Belleville, was originally cast in the role of Sookie St. James, but had to back out due to scheduling conflicts. Instead, she has taken miscellaneous supporting roles throughout the show, including Drella, the harpist from Season 1, and Miss Celine in Seasons 3 and 5.

In Season 7 a new vegetable man makes himself noticed and gives Sookie free tester vegetables and Sookie uses them, but feels bad because her husband Jackson is the vegetable supplier.