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Date of Birth

12 December 1975, San Diego, California, USA

Birth Name

Mayim Hoya Bialik

Height

5' 4" (1.63 m)

Spouse

Michael Stone

(5 June 2002 - present) 2 children

Trivia

Her first name means "water" in Hebrew.

Was accepted to both Harvard and Yale, but turned them down to attend UCLA.

Was good friends with the late Bill Bixby. As he went public with his illness, he directed her sitcom, "Blossom" (1991), and continued working up until his death on 21 November 1993.

Plays piano, trumpet and bass guitar.

Adopted a whale, a wolf and a manatee.

Is an accomplished dancer. She and "Blossom" (1991) co-star, Jenna von Oÿ took lessons in between breaks in the filming season.

On a break from her Ph.D in neuroscience from UCLA (2005).

Gave birth to a son, Milo Stone, with husband Michael Stone. [October 10, 2005]

Contrary to popular belief, did not do her own singing for the role of young C.C. Bloom in "Beaches." Although Mayim can sing, Bette Midler decided she wanted to feature a singer who sounded more like she herself did at age eleven, and another singer was substituted.

Played the recurring role of a lesbian on "Curb Your Enthusiasm" in what is deemed part of her "comeback" to acting after years of college studies and motherhood.

One of her ancestors is the famed poet Chaim Nachman Bialik, but she is not related to Wall Street Journal online columnist Carl Bialik.

Her grandparents were European refugees from the Holocaust, immigrating from Poland and Czechoslovakia/Hungary. Bialik was raised in the Reform Jewish religion.

Is expecting her second child, due Fall 2008.

Second son, Frederick Heschel, born August 15, 2008. He weighed 7 lbs. 15 oz.

Where Are They Now

(2001) Music director for the UCLA Jewish a capella group "Shir Bruin"

(2004) Completing her doctorate in Neuroscience and lives with her husband, bird, and cats in Los Angeles.

(July 2005) She and her husband are expecting their 1st child this fall!

(October 2005) On 11th October gave birth to a baby boy, her first child.

(August 2008) Expecting her second child, due Fall 2008.

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