Mayim Bialik

Mayim Hoya Bialik (born December 12, 1975) is an American actress. She is widely known for her roles as Blossom Russo on NBC's Blossom (1990–1995) and as Amy Farrah Fowler on CBS's The Big Bang Theory. She was nominated twice for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series for her work on The Big Bang Theory.

Bialik was born in San Diego, California to Barry Bialik and Beverly Winkelman. Her grandparents emigrated from Poland, Czechoslovakia, and Hungary in the late 1930s. Hayim Nahman Bialik, Israel's national poet, was Barry's patrilineal great-great-granduncle. Bialik was raised as a Reform Jew. Her given name means "water" in Hebrew.

Bialik attended Walter Reed Junior High School in North Hollywood, California. At the end of Blossom, she chose to attend UCLA, although she also had been accepted to both Harvard and Yale. 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, and Hebrew and Jewish studies, and went on to perform a doctoral program in neuroscience.

She took a break from studies in 2005 to return to acting. Bialik obtained her Ph.D. degree in 2007. Her dissertation was an investigation of hypothalamic activity in patients with Prader–Willi syndrome.

Bialik describes herself as a "die-hard Zionist" and visits Israel frequently. She spent several summers in the country, as a kibbutz volunteer, where she worked in a dairy barn.

Bialik married Michael Stone on August 31, 2003, in a Victorian-themed ceremony with traditional Jewish customs. Michael was born into a Mormon family and converted to Judaism. Several years later, his mother converted to Judaism as well. Bialik and Stone had two sons together:

Miles Roosevelt Bialik Stone (born October 10, 2005)

Frederick Heschel Bialik Stone (born August 15, 2008)

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." In November 2012, their marriage ended in divorce.

In a 2012 interview, Bialik stated that she would call herself "aspiring Modern Orthodox". She has appeared in several YouTube cameos as Blossom and Amy Farrah Fowler asking questions about Jewish beliefs. The videos are produced by Allison Josephs, Bialik's Judaism study partner, whom she met with the help of Partners in Torah.

Bialik is a celebrity spokesperson for the Holistic Moms Network.

Bialik is a vegan and a founding member of the Shamayim V'Aretz Institute.

Bialik spoke at the 2011 Penn State Lehigh Valley graduation in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania.

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