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Revision as of 12:39, 25 May 2015

Melissa Ivy Rauch (born June 23, 1980) is an American actress and comedian. She is best known for her role as Bernadette Rostenkowski-Wolowitz on the CBS sitcom The Big Bang Theory.

Early life

Rauch was born in Marlboro Township, New Jersey, and went to Frank Defino Central Elementary School in Marlboro, NJ [1] the daughter of Susan and David Rauch.[2] She developed an interest in acting while attending Marlboro High School.[3] Rauch has a Bachelor in Fine Arts degree in Acting from Marymount Manhattan College. She is Jewish.[4][5]

Career

In 2009, Rauch began playing the recurring role of Bernadette, the girlfriend of Howard Wolowitz, in the third season of TV's The Big Bang Theory.[6] The following season her character became Howard's fiancée and Rauch was promoted to a series regular. The characters married in the season five finale. In December 2011, Rauch was nominated as part of The Big Bang Theory cast for the Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series.

Rauch has been a participant in VH1's Best Week Ever television show. Other acting credits include True Blood, on which she had a recurring role in 2010 as Summer, a girl who likes Hoyt, and The Office. Rauch also appeared on the American remake of the Australian TV series Kath & Kim. She also appeared in Wright v Wrong and in the film I Love You, Man.[7]

Rauch is also part of the cast of the comedic stage show The Realest Real Housewives, alongside Casey Wilson, June Diane Raphael, Jessica St. Clair and Danielle Schneider. The show began running at the Upright Citizens Brigade Theater in 2011.[8]

Personal life

Rauch is married to writer Winston Beigel, who collaborated with her on The Miss Education of Jenna Bush and other projects.[9]

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External Links

References

  1. "Melissa Rauch: Biography". TV Guide. Retrieved March 24, 2012.
  2. "Winston Beigel". broadwayworld.com Retrieved March 24, 2012.
  3. Considine, Bob. "Take Five With Melissa Rauch", Inside Jersey, May 2011. Accessed July 15, 2013. "I also had a terrific theater teacher at Marlboro High School who taught me a great deal and was very encouraging. There wasn’t a ton to do in Marlboro, so for me, it was either hang outside the Wawa or put on a show."
  4. Wieselman, Jaret. (September 22, 2011). "A 'Big Bang Theory' Wedding?". E!.
  5. http://www.bestweekever.tv/2007-08-28/bwe-halftime-report-melissa-rauch-defends-her-box/
  6. 'The Big Bang Theory' Cast On Being Part of an Ensemble, Backstage, Nov. 29, 2012
  7. Profiles in Panelism: Melissa Rauch. Best Week Ever (May 29, 2008).
  8. The Realest Real Housewives at UCB: A Celebration of the Best Show Ever
  9. Larry Getlen, New York Post, Screaming Success: A Loud Family Helped Melissa Rauch do a ‘Bang’-up Job, March 24, 2013

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