Melissa Rauch
Biography
Melissa Rauch is an American actress and stand-up comedian who spent ten years playing Bernadette Rostenkowski-Wolowitz on CBS's The Big Bang Theory, work that brought a Critics' Choice Television Award nomination in 2013. Born in Marlboro Township, New Jersey, she studied acting at Marymount Manhattan College and did some early screen work on VH1's Best Week Ever, after touring clubs and colleges as a stand-up. Her television credits include True Blood and the American remake of Kath & Kim. She took the title role in The Bronze (2016), which she also helped write and produce, voiced Harley Quinn in Batman and Harley Quinn (2017), and had supporting parts in Flock of Dudes (2016), Ode to Joy (2019) and The Laundromat (2019), playing Meryl Streep's daughter in the last. She also starred in and executive produced the Night Court revival.
46years old
Turns 47 on June 23in 253 days
- Born Marlboro
- Star sign: CancerThe sign runs June 21 to July 22
- Melissa Ivy Rauch (birth name)
Movie Career
- Films
- 9
- Career span
- 13 years2007 to 2020
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First role
At seven years old, Melissa Rauch performed her first standup set in a talent show in New Jersey, and by 18 she was pursuing standup professionally in NYC.
Big break
Rauch toured clubs and colleges across the country, and Jamie Foxx and Carson Daly named her Best College Comedian on MTV before she landed her role on The Big Bang Theory.
Behind the camera
Rauch co-wrote and co-produced The Bronze, starring as Hope Ann Greggory, a gymnast who won bronze and still clings to the glory days of 12 years earlier. The film opened the 2015 Sundance Film Festival.
Beyond film
Rauch is one of the cast members of The Realest Real Housewives, a comedic stage show that also features Casey Wilson, June Diane Raphael, Jessica St. Clair and Danielle Schneider. It started running at the Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre in 2011.
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Worked with
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Films together
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All films by Steven Soderbergh
Matthew WeinerDirector, 1 film, 2013
All films by Matthew Weiner
Sam LiuDirector, 1 film, 2017
All films by Sam Liu
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