Mayim Bialik
| Mayim Bialik | |
|---|---|
 Bialik at PaleyFest 2013 for The Big Bang Theory | |
| Born |
Mayim Chaya Bialik December 12, 1975 San Diego, California, U.S. |
| Education | North Hollywood High School |
| Alma mater | UCLA (BS, PhD) |
| Occupation | Actress, neuroscientist, author |
| Years active | 1987–present |
| Television | The Big Bang Theory |
| Spouse(s) | Michael Stone (m. 2003; div. 2012) |
| Children |
Miles Roosevelt Bialik Stone (b. 2005) Frederick Heschel Bialik Stone (b. 2008) |
| Parent(s) |
Barry Bialik (father) Beverly Winkleman (mother) |
| Relatives | Isaac Brynjegard-Bialik |
| Website | mayimbialik.net |
Mayim Chaya Bialik[1][2] (/ˈmaɪəm biˈɑːlᵻk/, MY-im bee-AH-lik; born December 12, 1975)[3] is an American actress and neuroscientist.[4] From 1991 to 1995, she played the title character of NBC's Blossom. Since 2010, she has played Dr. Amy Farrah Fowler – like the actress, a neuroscientist – on CBS's The Big Bang Theory, a role for which she has been nominated four times for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series,[5] and won a Critic's Choice Television Award for Best Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series.
Early life
Bialik was born in San Diego, California, to Barry (died 2015) and Beverly (née Winkleman) Bialik.[6][7][8] Israel's national poet, Hayim Nahman Bialik, is Bialik's first cousin, three times removed.[9] Three of her four grandparents emigrated from Poland, Czechoslovakia, and Hungary.[10] Bialik was raised as a Reform Jew.[10] Her first name is the Hebrew word for water.[11]
Bialik attended Walter Reed Junior High School (now Walter Reed Middle School) and graduated from North Hollywood High School in North Hollywood, California, as part of the class of 1993.[12] At the end of Blossom, she chose to attend UCLA, although she also had been accepted at both Harvard and Yale.[13][14] She stated that she wanted to stay close to her parents and did not want to move to the East Coast. She earned a B.S. degree in neuroscience, with minors in Hebrew and Jewish studies,[15][16] and went on to study for a doctorate in neuroscience. She took a break from studies in 2005 to return to acting.[17] Bialik earned her Ph.D. in 2007,[18] her dissertation being an investigation of hypothalamic activity in patients with Prader–Willi syndrome, titled "Hypothalamic regulation in relation to maladaptive, obsessive-compulsive, affiliative, and satiety behaviors in Prader-Willi syndrome."[4][19][20]
Career
Bialik started her career as a child actress in the late 1980s. Her early roles included the horror film Pumpkinhead (1988), her first acting job,[21] and guest appearances on The Facts of Life and Beauty and the Beast. It was for her Beauty and the Beast work, in which she played a sewer-dwelling girl named Ellie who had about 10 lines of dialogue, that Bialik obtained her Screen Actors Guild (SAG) card.[22] She appeared in three episodes of MacGyver as Lisa Woodman. She appeared in Beaches (1988), playing Bette Midler's character as a young girl. She also appeared in the video for the song "Liberian Girl" by Michael Jackson. 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 premiered as a mid-season replacement on January 3, 1991, and aired until May 22, 1995.[23] The role learns many hard lessons from the lives of herself, her family and Six, including about abuse, alcohol, drugs, divorce and many more. She does not always get along with her stepmother Carol, but their relationship does improve over time. She had a major part in the Woody Allen comedy film Don't Drink the Water in 1994. On September 8, 1992, Bialik was a celebrity contestant guest in the episode "Disturbing The Heavenly Peace," the first episode of the second season of the game show "Where In The World Is Carmen Sandiego?". Between 1995 and 2005, Bialik mostly did voice-over work for cartoons, such as The Real Adventures of Jonny Quest, Disney's Recess and Kim Possible, Cartoon Network's Johnny Bravo, and Nickelodeon's Hey Arnold. She appeared in the feature film Kalamazoo? (2005) and appeared in three episodes of the HBO comedy series Curb Your Enthusiasm as Jodi Funkhouser, the lesbian daughter of a friend of Larry David. Bialik also made guest appearances as a fictionalized version of herself in the series Fat Actress and made a guest appearance in an episode of Saving Grace.[24]
She had a recurring role as the high school guidance counselor in ABC Family's The Secret Life of the American Teenager. In 2009, Bialik was nominated by Clinton Kelly for a makeover on TLC's What Not To Wear.[25] She joined the cast of The Big Bang Theory as Dr. Amy Farrah Fowler. Her first appearance was in the season 3 finale as a potential love interest for the character of Sheldon Cooper (Jim Parsons). In Season 4, she began as a recurring character playing Sheldon's "friend that's a girl, but not a girlfriend." Beginning with Season 4, Episode 8, she became part of the main cast.[26] Amy is a neurobiologist, which is a field related to Bialik's real-life academic career in neuroscience. Bialik's performance in The Big Bang Theory earned her Emmy Award nominations in 2012, 2013, 2014 and 2015 for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series. Bialik was one of seven actresses who had a "quirky" personality to audition for the role.[27] Prior to her joining the cast, in the episode "The Bat Jar Conjecture", Raj suggests recruiting the real-life Bialik to their Physics Bowl team, saying "You know who's apparently very smart is the girl who played TV's Blossom. She got a Ph.D. in Neuroscience or something." She is cast as one of the guest stars on the Steve Carell 2014 improvisational sketch show Riot.[28][29][30]
In August 2014, Bialik began hosting a revival of Candid Camera on TV Land alongside Peter Funt.[31] On March 6, 2012, her book, Beyond the Sling: A Real-Life Guide to Raising Confident, Loving Children the Attachment Parenting Way, was released.[32]
Personal life
Bialik married Michael Stone on August 31, 2003, in a Victorian-themed ceremony that included traditional Jewish wedding customs. Stone was born into a Mormon family and converted to Judaism. Several years later, his mother converted to Judaism as well.[33][34] Bialik and Stone have two sons, one born in 2005 and the other in 2008.[35] In 2010, Bialik returned to television so that she could spend more time with her children and stated "I'm glad that I completed my PhD and I'm very proud of it, but the life of a research professor would not have suited my needs in terms of what kind of parenting I wanted to do."[27] In November 2012, her marriage ended in divorce.[36]
In a 2012 interview, Bialik stated she sees herself as an "aspiring Modern Orthodox".[37] Bialik has also described herself as a "staunch Zionist".[10] During the July–August 2014 Israeli operation in Gaza, she reportedly donated money to the IDF for armored vests.[38] She has appeared in several YouTube cameos as Blossom and Amy Farrah Fowler asking questions about Jewish beliefs.[39] The videos are produced by Allison Josephs, Bialik's Judaism study partner, whom she encountered with the help of Partners in Torah.[40] She has stated that she has vaccinated her children and is for the practice.[41] Bialik is a celebrity spokesperson for the Holistic Moms Network.[42]
Bialik is a vegan[43] and a founding member of the Shamayim V'Aretz Institute, a Jewish organization that advocates for the ethical treatment of animals.[44]
She stated on The Late Late Show with James Corden that she identified herself as a feminist.[45]
Other works and writings
In August 2015, Bialik launched her own lifestyle website, GrokNation, which caters to women and includes wide-ranging topics such as religion, popular culture, parenting, and Hollywood. Bialik also mentioned on her interviews that her website's title was in reference to the classic 1961 sci-fi novel Stranger in a Strange Land and was derived from the word 'grok' which means to fully grasp something in the deepest way possible.[46][47][48]
Bialik has also written two books with pediatrician Jay Gordon. Beyond the Sling[49][50] is about attachment parenting, while Mayim's Vegan Table contains over one hundred vegan recipes written by Bialik.[51][52]
Filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1988 | Beaches | Young Cecilia "CC" Carol Bloom | |
| 1988 | Pumpkinhead | Wallace kid | |
| 1990 | The Kingdom Chums: Original Top Ten | Petey | Voice |
| 1994 | Don't Drink the Water | Susan Hollander | |
| 2005 | Kalamazoo? | Maggie Goldman | |
| 2011 | Chicago 8, TheThe Chicago 8 | Nancy Kurshan | |
| 2011 | The Dog Who Saved Halloween | Medusa | Voice |
| 2012 | Scooby-Doo! Music of the Vampire | Maria | Voice |
| 2014 | Stan Lee's Mighty 7 | Lady Lightning | Voice |
| 2015 | The Flight Before Christmas | Stephanie Michelle Hunt | |
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1987 | Beauty and the Beast | Ellie | "No Way Down" (Season 1, Episode 4) |
| 1988 | Facts of Life, TheThe Facts of Life | Jennifer Cole | "The Beginning of the Beginning" (Season 9, Episode 23) "The Beginning of the End" (Season 9, Episode 24) |
| 1988–89 | Webster | Frieda | Recurring role (Season 6) |
| 1989-1990 | Empty Nest | Laurie Kincaid | "The R.N. Who Came to Dinner" (Season 2, Episode 8) "Harry Knows Best" (Season 3, Episode 11) |
| 1989–90 | MacGyver | Lisa Woodman | "Cease Fire" (Season 5, Episode 4) "Twenty Questions" (Season 5, Episode 19) "Hearts of Steel" (Season 6, Episode 4) |
| 1990 | Doogie Howser, M.D. | Candace | "Ask Dr. Doogie" (Season 2, Episode 3) |
| 1990 | Molloy | Molloy Martin | Lead role |
| 1990 | Murphy Brown | Natalie | "I Want My FYI" (Season 2, Episode 16) |
| 1990 | The Earth Day Special | Herself | Television special |
| 1990–95 | Blossom | Blossom Russo | Lead Role |
| 1993 | The Hidden Room | Jillie | "Jillie" (Season 2, Episode 6) |
| 1994–95 | John Larroquette Show, TheThe John Larroquette Show | Rachel | "The Book of Rachel" (Season 2, Episode 8) "Rachel and Ton" (Season 2, Episode 21) "Rachel Redux" (Season 3, Episode 3) |
| 1995–96 | Adventures of Hyperman, TheThe Adventures of Hyperman | Brittany Bright | Voice; Main role |
| 1996 1999 |
Hey Arnold! | Maria | Voice; "6th Grade Girls/The Baseball" (Season 1, Episode 5) "Dinner for Four/Phoebe Skips" (Season 4, Episode 5) |
| 1996 | Aaahh!!! Real Monsters | Cindy | Voice; "Wake Me When It's Over" (Season 3, Episode 12) |
| 1996 | Real Adventures of Jonny Quest, TheThe Real Adventures of Jonny Quest | Lucy / Julia | Voice; "Assault on Questworld" (Season 1, Episode 8) "The Alchemist" (Season 1, Episode 12) |
| 1997; 2000 | Recess | Kirsten Kurst | Voice; "The Break-In" (Season 1, Episode 1) "The Girl Was Trouble" (Season 2, Episode 9) "The Ratings Game" (Season 3, Episode 16) |
| 1997 | Johnny Bravo | Tour Guide | Voice; "Going Batty" (Season 1, Episode 11) |
| 1997 | Extreme Ghostbusters | Girl in Future | Voice; "Ghost Apocalyptic Future" (Season 1, Episode 18) |
| 1998 | Welcome to Paradox | Rita | "Alien Jane" (Season 1, Episode 7) |
| 2001–02 | Lloyd in Space | Mean Cindy | Voice; Recurring role (Season 1–2) |
| 2003 | 7th Heaven | Cathy | "Dick" (Season 7, Episode 20) |
| 2004 | Kim Possible | Justine Flanner | Voice; "Partners" (Season 2, Episode 22) |
| 2005 | Katbot | Paula | Voice; Recurring role |
| 2005 | Fat Actress | Herself | "The Koi Effect" (Season 1, Episode 3) "Holy Lesbo Batman" (Season 1, Episode 4) |
| 2005; 2007 | Curb Your Enthusiasm | Jodi Funkhauser | "The Bowtie" (Season 5, Episode 2) "The TiVo Guy" (Season 6, Episode 3) "The Ida Funkhouser Roadside Memorial" (Season 6, Episode 7) |
| 2009 | Saving Grace | Esther | "Mooooooooo" (Season 3, Episode 5) |
| 2009 | Bones | Genie Gormon | "The Cinderella in the Cardboard" (Season 4, Episode 20) |
| 2009 | 'Til Death | Herself | "The Break-Up" (Season 4, Episode 13) "Merit Play" (Season 4, Episode 19) "Baby Steps" (Season 4, Episode 32) |
| 2010 | The Secret Life of the American Teenager | Dr. Wilameena Bink | Recurring role (Season 2–3) |
| 2010 | Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? | Herself / Expert | Season 8 |
| 2010–present | Big Bang Theory, TheThe Big Bang Theory | Dr. Amy Farrah Fowler | Main role (Season 4–present) Guest role (Season 3) |
| 2013 | Untitled Web Series About a Space Traveler Who Can Also Travel Through Time |
B.O.O.T.H. | Voice; "Second Season Prequel" (Season 2, Episode 7) |
| 2014 | Candid Camera | Host | Season 38 |
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | YidLife Crisis | Chaya | "The Double Date" (Season 2, Episode 3) |
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2003 | X2: Wolverine's Revenge | Bush Pilot / May Deuce | Voice |
Awards and nominations
Written works
- Bialik, Mayim; Jay Gordon (Introduction) (2012). Beyond the Sling: A Real-Life Guide to Raising Confident, Loving Children the Attachment Parenting Way. Touchstone. ISBN 978-1451662184.[53]
- Bialik, Mayim; Jay Gordon (2014). Mayim's Vegan Table: More Than 100 Great-Tasting and Healthy Recipes from My Family to Yours. Da Capo Lifelong Books. ISBN 978-0738217048.[54]
References
- ↑ "Hypothalamic regulation in relation to maladaptive, obsessive-compulsive ... - Mayim Chaya Bialik - Google Books". Retrieved March 24, 2016.
- ↑ "Q&A with Mayim Bialik: An observant Jew in Hollywood". The Jerusalem Post - JPost.com. Retrieved March 24, 2016.
- ↑ "Mayim H Bialik - California, Birth Index". FamilySearch. Retrieved 18 October 2014.
- 1 2 Bialik, Mayim C. "Hypothalamic regulation in relation to maladaptive, obsessive-compulsive, affiliative, and satiety behaviors in Prader-Willi syndrome" (PhD Diss., UCLA, 2007).
- ↑ Russo, G. (2012). "Turning point: Mayim Bialik. Actress makes the shift from television to neuroscience and then back again". Nature 485 (7400): 669–669. doi:10.1038/nj7400-669a.
- ↑ "Mayim Bialik: Mourning My Father’s Death". Kveller. Retrieved March 24, 2016.
- ↑ "Obituaries - Obituaries". Jewish Journal. Retrieved March 24, 2016.
- ↑ Berkman, Meredith "Mayim Bialik: the young feminist", Entertainment Weekly, March 8, 1991. Retrieved on 11 February 2015.
- ↑ "super niche comment for those of you who know who Chaim Nachman Bialik is: i just rechecked my genealogy. my great grandfather and chaim nachman bialik were first cousins. their fathers were brothers. that's a much closer relation than i had previously thought! i am his first cousin thrice removed (3 generations away)" (Press release). Subject's Facebook page. 30 November 2011. Retrieved 14 May 2015.
- 1 2 3 Stein, Jason (2011). "Big Bang Theory star thought she was auditioning for a game show". Jewish Telegraph. Retrieved April 7, 2014.
- ↑ King, Larry (6 May 2014). "Mayim Bialik & Melissa Rauch" (Video interview). Larry King Now. Retrieved 18 October 2014.
- ↑ Kleid, Beth (February 8, 1993). "Television". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved April 15, 2014.
- ↑ Carter, Alan (1993-07-16). "Blossom Flowers: Mayim Bialik Grows into Adult Roles". Ew.com. Retrieved March 12, 2011.
- ↑ Mayim Bialik; Playing the Role Of an American in Paris Michael E. Hill; The Washington Post; Sep 19, 1993; Y.07;
- ↑ Biography - official website of Mayim Bialik
- ↑ Jacobson, Judie. "Q&A with Mayim Bialik". Jerusalem Post. Retrieved on 15 March 2016.
- ↑ "Alumni Stories – Notable Alumni". Uclalumni.net. Retrieved March 12, 2011.
- ↑ "Biography". Mayim Bialik. Retrieved January 25, 2014.
- ↑ "Hypothalamic regulation in relation to maladaptive, obsessive-compulsive, affiliative, and satiety behaviors in Prader-Willi syndrome (Book, 2007)". [WorldCat.org]. 1999-02-22. Retrieved 2014-06-29.
- ↑ "Life After Child Stardom – Not by the Numbers". Abcnews.go.com. 2006-11-24. Retrieved March 12, 2011.
- ↑ Pierce, Leonard (2009-01-28). "Mayim Bialik: Random Roles". The A.V. Club. Retrieved July 5, 2009.
- ↑ "How Did You Get Your SAG-AFTRA Card?" TV Guide. January 13, 2014. p. 10.
- ↑ Patterson, Jean. "Young 'Blossom' Fans Soon Can Purchase Her Fashions". Orlando Sentinel. Retrieved 2014-09-08.
- ↑ "Mayim Bialik Learns What Not to Wear". Celebrity-babies.com. 2010-11-15. Retrieved March 12, 2011.
- ↑ , additional text.
- ↑ Ausiello, Michael (2010-11-15). "'Bang Theory' ups Mayim Bialik to Regular". deadline.com. Retrieved January 30, 2011.
- 1 2 Perricone, Kathleen (2012-08-28). "Why Mayim Bialik returned to TV after getting her PhD | Goddess: Celebrity Moms and Dads - Yahoo Celebrity". Omg.yahoo.com. Retrieved January 25, 2014.
- ↑ Kroeger, Jake (April 8, 2014). "Fox Improv Show RIOT Will Feature Steve Carell, Jason Alexander, Cheryl Hines". Nerdist. Retrieved April 10, 2014.
- ↑ Geddes, Robin (April 8, 2014). "Steve Carell, Big Bang Theory's Mayim Bialik for new Fox series Riot". Digital Spy. Retrieved April 10, 2014.
- ↑ Swift, Andy (April 8, 2014). "Exclusive: Steve Carell and Cheryl Hines Among Celebrity Guests in Fox Improv Series Riot". TV Line. Retrieved April 10, 2014.
- ↑ "‘Big Bang Theory’ Star Mayim Bialik to Host ‘Candid Camera’ Reboot". TheWrap. July 24, 2014. Retrieved August 12, 2014.
- ↑ Weaver, Stephanie (March 5, 2012). "Actress Mayim Bialik writes book on 'attachment parenting'". USA Today.
- ↑ Bialik, Mayim (2011-03-09). "Mayim Bialik's Husband, Mike, was a Mormon". Kveller.com. Retrieved January 25, 2014.
- ↑ Bialik, Mayim. "From Mormon to Jew - Kveller, Jewish Family & Children". Kveller.com. Retrieved January 25, 2014.
- ↑ Allin, Olivia (May 21, 2012). "Mayim Bialik talks about attachment parenting, sharing a family bed". ontheredcarpet.com.
- ↑ ""Big Bang Theory" star Mayim Bialik and husband to divorce after nine years". CBS News. 23 November 2012.
- ↑ Cohen, Marla (May 2012). "Geek Love, Parenting, and Judaism". Jewish Federation of Rockland County.
- ↑ "‘Big Bang’ star Mayim Bialik helps send bulletproof vests to IDF". The Washington Times. 2013-07-30.
- ↑ "'Science vs. Religion: Mayim Bialik and the Other Big Bang Theory', Jew in the City". Jewinthecity.com. 2011-10-31. Retrieved January 25, 2014.
- ↑ "Mayim Bialik to Guest Star on a Very Special Jew in the City!". Jewinthecity.com. 2009-05-20. Retrieved January 25, 2014.
- ↑ "I would like to dispel the rumors about my stance on vaccines. I am not anti-vaccine. my children are vaccinated. There has been so much hysteria and anger about this issue and I hope this clears things up as far as my part." (Press release). Subject's Facebook page. 10 February 2015. Retrieved 11 February 2015.
- ↑ "Meet Mayim Bialik: Actress and Holistic Mom". Holisticmoms.org. 2009-07-07. Retrieved March 12, 2011.
- ↑ "Exclusive: Mayim Bialik Gets Her Eco On At The Go Green Expo In Los Angeles". Ecorazzi.com. 2010-01-20. Retrieved March 12, 2011.
- ↑ "The Shamayim V'Aretz Institute - A Center For Jewish Spirituality and Leadership - Leadership". Shamayimvaretz.com. 2013-03-21. Retrieved January 25, 2014.
- ↑ "Watch The Late Late Show - #Cleavagegate: Mayim Bialik Flashes Hers to Piers Morgan trailer -AT&T U-verse". Retrieved March 24, 2016.
- ↑ "Big Bang Theory Star Mayim Balik Launches Lifestyle Site GrokNation - Great Ideas : People.com". People Great Ideas. Retrieved March 24, 2016.
- ↑ "Mayim Bialik launches own website". The Times of Israel. Retrieved March 24, 2016.
- ↑ Gabe Friedman (August 11, 2015). "Mayim Bialik Launches Her Own Website, GrokNation". The Forward. Retrieved March 24, 2016.
- ↑ "Beyond the Sling: A Real-Life Guide to Raising Confident, Loving Children the Attachment Parenting Way: Ph.D. Mayim Bialik Ph.D., Dr. Jay Gordon: 9781451662184: Amazon.com: Books". Retrieved March 24, 2016.
- ↑ "Beyond The Sling - Mayim Bialik - Simon and Schuster". Retrieved March 24, 2016.
- ↑ "Writing". Mayim Bialik. Retrieved March 24, 2016.
- ↑ "Mayim's Vegan Table: More than 100 Great-Tasting and Healthy Recipes from My Family to Yours: Mayim Bialik, Jay Gordon: 9780738217048: Amazon.com: Books". Retrieved March 24, 2016.
- ↑ "About the book - BEYOND THE SLING". Mayimbialik.net. Retrieved 2014-06-29.
- ↑ "Mayim's Vegan Table". Mayimbialik.net. 2014-01-19. Retrieved 2014-06-29.
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