Melissa Rauch
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Rauch at PaleyFest 2013 for The Big Bang Theory
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| Born |
Melissa Ivy Rauch June 23, 1980 Marlboro Township, New Jersey, United States |
| Occupation | Actress, comedian |
| Years active | 2006–present |
| Television | The Big Bang Theory |
| Spouse(s) | Winston Rauch (né Beigel) |
Melissa Ivy Rauch (born June 23, 1980) is an American actress and comedian. She is known for playing Dr. Bernadette Rostenkowski-Wolowitz on the CBS sitcom The Big Bang Theory.
Rauch was born in Marlboro Township, New Jersey, to parents Susan and David Rauch. She has a brother, Ben. The family is Jewish. She developed an interest in acting while attending Marlboro High School. Rauch graduated from Marymount Manhattan College in New York City in 2002.
Some of Rauch's early work was as a regular contributor to VH1's Best Week Ever television show.
In 2009, Rauch began playing the recurring role of Bernadette Rostenkowski, a co-worker of Penny who began to date Howard Wolowitz, in the third season of TV's The Big Bang Theory. 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 and fellow cast members of The Big Bang Theory received the first of four nominations for the Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series.
Other acting credits include True Blood (on which she had a recurring role in 2010 as Summer, a girl who likes Hoyt), The Office, the American remake of the Australian TV series Kath & Kim, Wright v Wrong, and the film I Love You, Man.
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