Lauren Graham gets "no residuals" from Netflix for 'Gilmore Girls'.

The 58-year-old actress starred as Lorelai Gilmore on the hit series - which focussed on the lives of a mother and daughter duo living in smalltown Sleepy Hollow - from 2000 until 2007 and revealed that even though the show now streams to millions around the world, she does not receive any form of royalties.

Speaking on 'Jimmy Kimmel Live!', she explained: "There really are no residuals on Netflix. Sorry! But I've been paid in love."

However, Lauren did acknowledge that the show has been seen by way more people now than it would have been when it originally aired and she has been left surprised by the diversity of viewers who now tune in.

She said: "We have definitely reached more people than we were reaching on The WB. … Now it's trickled into younger people, older people, men whose kids or wives probably have forced them to watch it. I get stopped a lot. It surprises me every time though. I don't know why."

Lauren appeared alongside Alexis Bledel - who played her on-screen daughter Rory - as well as 'Bridesmaids' star Mellisa McCarthy and Hollywood actor Chad Michael Murray in the series and recently admitted that a Christmas special of the comedy drama would possibly make more sense than a full-blown revival.

She told the 'Armchair Expert' podcast: "Given everyone's lives and schedules, it's a Christmas movie.

"It's not me trying to get out of the question. It is literally what I could picture...

"I think [what] the Brits do so well with their beloved shows is that you get a Christmas special. It's not episodes, but it's seeing all your friends together again."

In 2016, Netflix streamed a four-part sequel 'A Year In The Life', and Lauren has insisted a potential festive film "just can't be the same" as the original show.

She added: "Now, Lorelai and Luke got married. Now, Rory's maybe having a baby, so it's not going to be necessarily the two of us circling the gazebo."

And although she has acknowledged "a mixed reaction" from fans towards the previous revival, she found it "incredibly satisfying".

She explained: "For me, it was an incredibly satisfying, beautiful, cried-everyday experience.

"I could mark some growth that I felt I had in terms of that character, that time working with [creator Amy Sherman-Palladino].

"It felt different. All the stuff that I loved about it was the same, and then it was better and different in the more grown-up version."