Mayim Bialik

 (born December 12, 1975, ) is an, , and. She is best known for her lead role as in the early-1990's NBC sitcom . On July 19, 2012, she received her first nomination in the Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series category for her portrayal of Amy Farrah Fowler on The Big Bang Theory. She received another Emmy nomination for the role of Amy in 2013.

More than two years before her first appearance as Amy on the show, Mayim herself was mentioned (though not by name) in the episode "The Bat Jar Conjecture" when Raj suggest they recruit "the actress who played TV's Blossom" to join their Physics Bowl team.

Early life
Bialik was born in San Diego, California, the daughter of Barbara, a director, and John Bialik, a. Her emigrated in the late 1930s from  and /. Bialik was raised in. Her first name means "water" in Hebrew.

Career
Bialik started her career as a child actress in the late 1980's. Her early roles included the horror film ', her first acting job; and guest appearances on ' and . In 1988, she appeared in  (1988), playing 's character as a young girl. She had imitated Bette in her act. She was also featured in the video clip of by.

In 1990, Bialik was tied to two television pilots, Fox's Molloy and NBC's Blossom. Molloy at first produced six episodes for a tryout run, followed by the shooting of the pilot special for Blossom. The latter actually aired two weeks before Bialik's Fox series, and ultimately garnered higher ratings than it. When Molloy folded after its six episodes, Blossom was pursued as a regular series. The actress' greatest success to date came in 1991 when Blossom joined NBC's Monday night lineup following . Both shows enjoyed popularity, especially among younger viewers, for the first couple of years of their respective runs. Blossom aired until 1995.

Between 1995 and 2005, Bialik mostly did voice work for, such as ', and '.

She appeared in the feature film  released in late 2005. She appeared in three episodes of the HBO comedy series  as Jodi Funkhouser, the daughter of a friend of. Bialik also made guest appearances as a fictionalized version of herself in the series . Bialik had a guest appearance as a in an episode of . She has a recurring role as the  in ABC Family's  and also guest-starred as a potential girlfriend for the character Sheldon Cooper, played by Jim Parsons, in the 3rd season finale of the hit CBS comedy series The Big Bang Theory. She also had an appearance on the Fox TV show ' in which she has a reunion of sorts with two of her Blossom costars- – who played Blossom’s quirky  Six – and  – who played Blossom’s older brother Anthony. She has optioned the Rashi's Daughters books. She appeared in an commercial as Blossom with her former co-star  in 2012.

It was announced on July 14, 2010 that Mayim will be writing her first called. It's a commonsense guide to attachment parenting - including her advice on co-sleeping, baby wearing, extended, , and more - showing from her own experience how any parent can embrace these  principles to raise a happy, secure baby, to Michelle Howry at , for publication in spring 2012, by Anthony Mattero at Renaissance.

Mayim was nominated for a 2013 for Best Supporting Actress in a Comedy, but did not win.

In 2014, she became the guest host on the TV Land edition of the classic reality show "Candid Camera".

In 2016, she won her first acting award as Best Supporting Actress at the Crtic's Choice Awards. She was totally surprised and gave a loving tribute to her father who died the previous year.

In March 2016, Mayim was quoted that she thought all of the Big Bang cast are overpaid.

Filmography
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Personal life
At the end of Blossom, she chose to attend, despite having been accepted at both Harvard and Yale. She stated that she wanted to stay close to her and did not want to move to the East Coast. She earned a in 2000 in, Hebrew, and , and went on to the. program in neuroscience. A 2002 interview stated that Bialik is now involved in. She continues to study Judaism with the help of her Partners in Torah partner, Allison Josephs.

She is a keen, playing , and. She has also had lessons in order to be able to play the song fragments performed by Amy (including The Girl from Ipanema, Everybody Hurts and Wanted - Dead or Alive, rather than miming to a pre-recorded track.

She took a break from studies in 2005 to return to acting. Bialik completed her PhD in 2008, but is not pursuing an academic career in the near future; her dissertation was an investigation of Prader-Willi syndrome.

She married Michael Stone on August 31, 2003, in a -themed ceremony with traditional Jewish customs. They have two sons together; Miles Roosevelt Bialik Stone was born on October 10, 2005, and Frederick Heschel Bialik Stone was born on August 15, 2008. She is a celebrity spokesperson for the Holistic Moms Network.

She was featured in TLC's  in an episode which aired May 29, 2009. The actress Rachael Harris also appears in the episode, as one of Mayim's friends at the reveal party that show always closes with.

She is a.

Bialik will be a judge on the second season of "".

On March 11, 2014, Mayim Bailik (Amy) visited "The Talk" and was interviewed by Sara Gilbert (Leslie Winkle). They both appeared on "The Lunar Excitation"; Amy's first appearance and Leslie's last appearance. Both were main characters at one time. They finally appeared together in the same scene in the 200th episode in February, 2016, but their characters did not interact.

Accident
On August 15, 2012, a day after the taping of the first episode of The Big Bang Theory's sixth season, Mayim, who was driving in her white after appearing on "" was involved in an accident. A car carrying tourists made a sudden left turn at an  on the corner of  and La Brea, and hit her car. As a result, Mayim suffered a serious injury on her right, with reporting that there was a lot of  everywhere. Mayim was taken to a nearby for treatment and  surfaced not long after, that she might lose her. However, Mayim shot down the rumors by posting on her (with her husband's help) that she will keep her fingers. She added later that her right hand is very and she has a long road of recovery ahead of her, so her assistant, Brandon, will help her type her. photographed her post-accident, wearing a gauze on her left and a full cast on her right arm. It was also confirmed that her injury will not affect the production of The Big Bang Theory, with executive producer and writer Bill Prady posting on his that Mayim will attend the next episode's rehearsal with all her fingers intact. Mayim herself confirmed that she will not take any week off from the show.