In 2005 Lindhome played a recurring role on Gilmore Girls as Juliet, a friend and classmate of Logan Huntzberger (Matt Czuchry), and then Rory's (Alexis Bledel). In 2006 she wrote, produced and co-directed an award-winning short film, Life is Short, starring herself, Alexis Bledel, Samm Levine and Seth MacFarlane. She also appeared in the 2006 film Pulse and in 2007 was one of many actresses to appear in the music video for Nickelback's "Rockstar".