Mayim Bialik's Main TV Roles Show Character(s) The Big Bang Theory Amy Fowler Blossom Blossom Rub… Fat Actress Mayim Bialik The John Larroquette Show Rachel The Adventures of Hyperman Brittany Br… Molloy Molloy Martin

Main Movie Roles 1988 - Beaches

BIOGRAPHY:

Mayim Hoya Bialik (born December 12, 1975) is an American actress. She is best known for her lead role as Blossom Russo in the early-1990s NBC sitcom Blossom.


TRIVIA:

• On a break from her Ph.D in neuroscience from UCLA (2005).
• Her grandparents were European refugees from the Holocaust, immigrating from Poland and Czechoslovakia/Hungary. Bialik was raised in the Reform Jewish religion.
• Adopted a whale, a wolf and a manatee.
• Contrary to popular belief, did not do her own singing for the role of young C.C. Bloom in "Beaches." Although Mayim can sing, Bette Midler decided she wanted to feature a singer who sounded more like she herself did at age eleven, and another singer was substituted.
• Played the recurring role of a lesbian on "Curb Your Enthusiasm" in what is deemed part of her "comeback" to acting after years of college studies and motherhood.
• Is an accomplished dancer. She and _"Blossom" (1991)_ (qv) co-star, 'Jenna von Oÿ' (qv) took lessons in between breaks in the filming season.
• Is expecting her second child, due Fall 2008.
• Her first name means "water" in Hebrew.