Last Updated on August 1, 2022
Mayim Chaya Bialik is an American actress, neuroscientist, and author. She was born on December 12, 1975, in San Diego, California, to Barry and Beverly (née Winkleman) Bialik. Her family was Jewish immigrants who lived in The Bronx, New York City, and three of her four grandparents migrated from Poland, Czechoslovakia, and Hungary.
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Mayim Bialik’s Profile Summary
- Full Name: Mayim Chaya Bialik
- Celebrated Name: Mayim Bialik
- Gender: Female
- Date Of Birth: December 12, 1975
- Place Of Birth: San Diego, California, USA
- Age: 45 Years Old (As of 2021)
- Nationality: American
- Ethnicity: White
- Religion: Jewish
- Father: Barry Bialik
- Mother: Beverly Winkleman
- Marital Status: Divorced
- Ex-spouse: Michael Stone (m.2003 – d.2013)
- Children: Frederick Heschel Bialik Stone, Miles Roosevelt Bialik Stone
- Education: North Hollywood High School, University of California
- Profession: Actress, author, podcaster, blogger, neuroscientist
- Net Worth: $25 Million
Mayim Bialik’s Early Life And Education
Mayim Chaya Bialik is an American actress, neuroscientist, and author. She was born on December 12, 1975, in San Diego, California, to Barry and Beverly (née Winkleman) Bialik. Her family was Jewish immigrants who lived in The Bronx, New York City, and three of her four grandparents migrated from Poland, Czechoslovakia, and Hungary.
Mayim was raised as a Reform Jew but now considers herself Modern Orthodox Jewish. Her personal name, Mayim (‘water’ in Hebrew), originates in a family nickname of her great-grandmother, Miriam. Poet Hayim Nahman Bialik was her great-great-grandfather’s uncle.
Bialik graduated in 1993 from North Hollywood High School in North Hollywood, California. In acknowledgment of her acting commitments, she was granted a deferred acceptance and attended the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA).
She said she wanted to stay close to her parents and did not want to move to the East Coast. She earned a Bachelor of Science degree in neuroscience, with minors in Hebrew and Jewish studies, in 2000.
Bialik has said she did not have the grades needed for medical school. She went on to study for a doctorate in neuroscience. She took a break from studies in 2005 to return to acting. She returned to earn her Doctor of Philosophy degree in neuroscience from UCLA in 2007.
Her dissertation was an investigation of hypothalamic activity in patients with Prader–Willi syndrome, titled “Hypothalamic regulation in relation to maladaptive, obsessive-compulsive, affiliative and satiety behaviors in Prader–Willi syndrome.”
Mayim Bialik’s Career
From 1991 to 1995, she played the title character of the NBC sitcom Blossom. From 2010 to 2019, she played neuroscientist Amy Farrah Fowler on the CBS sitcom The Big Bang Theory.
For the latter role, Bialik was nominated four times for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series and won the Critics’ Choice Television Award for Best Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series in 2015 and 2017.
In August 2021, it was announced that Bialik will guest host the primetime version of Jeopardy!
Mayim Bialik’s Net Worth
Mayim Chaya Bialik is an American actress, neuroscientist, and author who has a net worth of $25 million.