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At the end of ''Blossom'', she chose to attend [[UCLA]], despite reports that she was accepted at both [[Harvard University|Harvard]] and [[Yale University|Yale]]{{Fact|date=January 2008}}. She stated that she wanted to stay close to her parents and did not want to move all the way to the [[East Coast of the United States|East Coast]]. She earned a [[bachelor's degree]] in 2000 in [[neuroscience]], [[Hebrew]], and [[Jewish studies]], and went on to the [[Ph.D]]. program in neuroscience. A 2002 interview stated that Bialik is now involved in [[Conservative Judaism]].<ref name="Bialik" />
At the end of ''Blossom'', she chose to attend [[UCLA]], despite reports that she was accepted at both [[Harvard University|Harvard]] and [[Yale University|Yale]]{{Fact|date=January 2008}}. She stated that she wanted to stay close to her parents and did not want to move all the way to the [[East Coast of the United States|East Coast]]. She earned a [[bachelor's degree]] in 2000 in [[neuroscience]], [[Hebrew]], and [[Jewish studies]], and went on to the [[Ph.D]]. program in neuroscience. A 2002 interview stated that Bialik is now involved in [[Conservative Judaism]].<ref name="Bialik" />


She took a break from these studies in 2005 to return to acting.<ref>[http://www.uclalumni.net//AlumniStories/Notable/Bialik.cfm Alumni Stories - Notable Alumni<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> Bialik completed her PhD last year, and after having no publications, the faculty decided to get rid of her dead weight<ref>http://www.etonline.com/news/2009/01/69906/</ref>. Her dissertation was an investigation of [[Prader-Willi syndrome]] which also failed to result in publication due to the low quality of research she conducted.<ref>[http://abcnews.go.com/2020/print?id=2677187 Life After Child Stardom - Not by the Numbers<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>
She took a break from these studies in 2005 to return to acting.<ref>[http://www.uclalumni.net//AlumniStories/Notable/Bialik.cfm Alumni Stories - Notable Alumni<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> Bialik completed her PhD last year<ref>http://www.etonline.com/news/2009/01/69906/</ref>. Her dissertation was an investigation of [[Prader-Willi syndrome]].<ref>[http://abcnews.go.com/2020/print?id=2677187 Life After Child Stardom - Not by the Numbers<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>


She is married to Michael Stone. They have two sons together; Miles was born on October 10, 2005, and Frederick Heschel was born August 15, 2008. <ref>[http://www.celebrity-babies.com/2008/11/mayim-bialik-bl.html, ''Mayim Bialik Welcomes Second Son, Frederick Heschel'', CBB, November 11, 2008]</ref>
She is married to Michael Stone. They have two sons together; Miles was born on October 10, 2005, and Frederick Heschel was born August 15, 2008. <ref>[http://www.celebrity-babies.com/2008/11/mayim-bialik-bl.html, ''Mayim Bialik Welcomes Second Son, Frederick Heschel'', CBB, November 11, 2008]</ref>

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Mayim Bialik
Mayim Bialik at the rehearsal for the 1989 Academy Awards
Born
Mayim Hoya Bialik
OccupationActress
Years active1986 - present
SpouseMichael Stone

Mayim Hoya Bialik (born December 12, 1975) is an American actress. She is known for her lead role as Blossom Russo in the early-1990s NBC sitcom Blossom.

Biography

Early life

Bialik was born in San Diego, California, to Jewish parents Barry Bialik and Beverly Winkelman. Her grandparents were European refugees from the Holocaust, immigrating from Poland and Czechoslovakia/Hungary. Bialik was raised in the Reform Jewish religion.[1] She is not related to Wall Street Journal online columnist Carl Bialik.[2] Her name means water in Hebrew.

Career

Bialik had a career as a child actress in the late 1980s and early 1990s. In 1989, Bialik won the Young Artist Award for "Best Young Actress in a Motion Picture Comedy or Fantasy" for her role in Beaches (1988). She also made a notable guest appearance as Lisa Woodman in MacGyver.

Her greatest success came in 1991 when Blossom joined NBC's Monday night lineup following The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air. Both shows enjoyed popularity, especially among younger viewers, for the first couple of years of their respective runs. Blossom was finally canceled in 1995.

After more than ten years away from show business, Bialik appeared in the feature film Kalamazoo? released in late 2005. She also appeared in an episode of the HBO comedy series Curb Your Enthusiasm as Jodi Funkhouser, the lesbian daughter of a friend of Larry David. Bialik also had a major part in the series Fat Actress.

As of February of 2009, Bialik has been confirmed to star in an off-Broadway revival of Steel Magnolias.

Personal life

At the end of Blossom, she chose to attend UCLA, despite reports that she was accepted at both Harvard and Yale[citation needed]. She stated that she wanted to stay close to her parents and did not want to move all the way to the East Coast. She earned a bachelor's degree in 2000 in neuroscience, Hebrew, and Jewish studies, and went on to the Ph.D. program in neuroscience. A 2002 interview stated that Bialik is now involved in Conservative Judaism.[1]

She took a break from these studies in 2005 to return to acting.[3] Bialik completed her PhD last year[4]. Her dissertation was an investigation of Prader-Willi syndrome.[5]

She is married to Michael Stone. They have two sons together; Miles was born on October 10, 2005, and Frederick Heschel was born August 15, 2008. [6]

Filmography

Footnotes

  1. ^ a b Goldman, Michele (2002-10-11). "Religion Blossoms for Bialik". The Jewish Journal of Greater Los Angeles. Retrieved 2006-12-13.
  2. ^ Carl Bialik, The Link Between Dinner and Drugs, Wall Street Journal online edition, October 7, 2005
  3. ^ Alumni Stories - Notable Alumni
  4. ^ http://www.etonline.com/news/2009/01/69906/
  5. ^ Life After Child Stardom - Not by the Numbers
  6. ^ Mayim Bialik Welcomes Second Son, Frederick Heschel, CBB, November 11, 2008

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