Mayim Bialik
Biography
Mayim Bialik is an American actress who has also worked as a game show host and began as a child performer in the late 1980s. Born in San Diego, she got her first acting job in the horror film Pumpkinhead (1988) and appeared in Beaches (1988), playing a younger version of Bette Midler's character. From 1991 to 1995 she starred as the title character of the sitcom Blossom. After taking a break from neuroscience studies to return to acting, she played Amy Farrah Fowler on The Big Bang Theory from 2010 to 2019, earning four Primetime Emmy nominations and Critics' Choice Television Awards in 2015 and 2017. She later hosted Jeopardy! on a rotating basis with Ken Jennings between 2021 and 2023, and wrote and directed the film As They Made Us (2022).
50years old
Turns 51 on December 12in 32 days
- Born San Diego
- Star sign: SagittariusThe sign runs November 22 to December 21
- Mayim Chaya Bialik (birth name)Also credited as Mayim C. Bialik, M.C. Bialik, M. Bialik, Bialik and Bialik M.
Movie Career
- Films
- 9
- Career span
- 37 years1988 to 2025
Genres
- Comedy56%, 5 films
- Animation22%, 2 films
- Biography22%, 2 films
- Documentary22%, 2 films
- Drama22%, 2 films
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First role
Bialik got her Screen Actors Guild card for Beauty and the Beast, in which she played Ellie, a girl who lives in a sewer and has roughly ten lines of dialogue.
Behind the camera
In 2019, Bialik and Sad Clown Productions, her new production company, signed exclusive contracts with Warner Bros. Entertainment, it was announced on August 20.
A change of course
Bialik took a break from her neuroscience doctoral studies in 2005 to return to acting and later earned her Ph.D. from UCLA in 2007.
Mayim Bialik movies on Netflix
Best known for
The films on Netflix they are best known for, with the part played in each.
Worked with
Mayim Bialik shares two films with Jim Parsons, and one with each of the others. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.
Films together
Jim Parsons's page
April Winchell's page
Lance Henriksen's page
Clancy Brown's page
Rob Paulsen's page
John DiMaggio's page
All films by Stan Winston
All films by Garry Marshall
All films by Jim Jarmusch
Awards
Four awards and honors from 2016 to 2023, one of them major.
| Year | Award | Film | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| Emmy Awards | |||
| 2023 | Outstanding Host for a Game Show | Won | |
| Other honors | |||
| 2019 | Jew in the City | Won | |
| 2018 | Critics' Choice Television Award for Best Comedy Supporting Actress | Won | |
| 2016 | Critics' Choice Television Award for Best Comedy Supporting Actress | Won | |
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Official profiles and reference pages.