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Kunal Nayyar. Kunal Nayyar (/kʊˌnɑːl ˈnaɪər/; Hindi: कुणाल नय्यर, born April 30, 1981) is a British Indian actor, voice actor and writer.

Kunal Nayyar

He is perhaps best known for portraying Raj Koothrappali in the CBS sitcom The Big Bang Theory. Early life[edit] Nayyar was born in London, England and raised in New Delhi, India. He attended St Columba's School in New Delhi, where he played badminton for the school team.[1][2] In 1999, Nayyar moved to the US to pursue a Bachelor of Science in Business (Finance) from the University of Portland, Oregon.[3] Working on his degree, he started taking acting classes and appeared in several school plays. After participating in the American College Theater Festival, Nayyar decided to become a professional actor. Career[edit] Nayyar's agent heard about a role for a scientist in an upcoming CBS pilot and encouraged him to audition for the part. Mayim Bialik. Early life and education[edit] Bialik was born in San Diego, California, to Barry Bialik and Beverly Winkelman.[2] Her grandparents emigrated from Poland, Czechoslovakia, and Hungary.

Mayim Bialik

Israel's national poet Hayim Nahman Bialik was Barry's patrilineal great-great-granduncle. Bialik was raised as a Reform Jew.[3] Bialik attended Walter Reed Junior High School and graduated from North Hollywood High School in North Hollywood, California as part of the class of 1993.[4] At the end of Blossom, she chose to attend UCLA, although she also had been accepted to both Harvard and Yale.[5][6] 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, Hebrew studies, and Jewish studies,[7] and went on to obtain a doctorate in neuroscience. Career[edit] Bialik at the rehearsal for the 1989 Academy Awards Personal life[edit] Miles Roosevelt Bialik Stone (born 2005)Frederick Heschel Bialik Stone (born 2008)[25]

Melissa Rauch. Melissa Ivy Rauch (born June 23, 1980) is an American actress and comedian.

Melissa Rauch

She is best known for her role as Bernadette Rostenkowski-Wolowitz on the CBS sitcom The Big Bang Theory. Early life[edit] Rauch was born in Marlboro Township, New Jersey,[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[edit] 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. Rauch is also part of the cast of the comedic stage show The Realest Real Housewives, alongside Casey Wilson, June Diane Raphael, Jessica St. Simon Helberg. Simon Helberg (born December 9, 1980) is an American actor, voice actor and comedian best known for his role as Howard Wolowitz in the sitcom The Big Bang Theory, currently in its seventh season, for which he won the Critics' Choice Television Award for Best Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series.

Simon Helberg

He has appeared on the sketch comedy series MADtv and is also known for his role as Moist in the Joss Whedon-led web miniseries Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog. Personal life[edit] Helberg was born on December 9, 1980, in Los Angeles, California, to Jewish parents. He is the son of actor Sandy Helberg and casting director Harriet Helberg (née Birnbaum). Helberg is married to actress Jocelyn Towne; they dated for several years, before marrying in 2007. Kaley Cuoco. Early life[edit] Career[edit] Cuoco made her first feature film appearance as the young Karin Carter in the 1995 action thriller Virtuosity.[7] Personal life[edit] While working on The Big Bang Theory, Cuoco privately dated co-star Johnny Galecki for roughly two years until December 2009 while the two also played boyfriend-and-girlfriend on the show.

Kaley Cuoco

Cuoco first spoke of their relationship in a late September 2010 interview with CBS Watch. Jim Parsons. Johnny Galecki. The Big Bang Theory. Over time, supporting characters have been promoted to starring roles: Leslie Winkle, a physicist colleague at Caltech and, at different times, a lover of both Leonard and Howard; Bernadette Rostenkowski, Howard's girlfriend (later his wife), a microbiologist and former part-time waitress alongside Penny; neuroscientist Amy Farrah Fowler, who joins the group after being matched to Sheldon on a dating website (and later becomes Sheldon's girlfriend), and Stuart Bloom, the cash-strapped owner of the comic book store the characters often visit.

The Big Bang Theory

In February 2014, CBS CEO Les Moonves confirmed an eighth season, when announcing the first half of the new season would air on a different night, due to CBS acquiring the rights to Thursday Night Football games. The show will return to its Thursday slot it has held for the past few seasons once the football games end.[9] In March 2014, CBS once again renewed the show for three additional years, through the 2016–17 television season.[10] Production.