You probably know Mayim Bialik best from her role in The Big Bang Theory as Amy Farrah Fowler.
However, prior to landing a role in one of the most iconic sitcoms of our time, Mayim was an actress on Blossom, a student, a mother, and so much more!
Here are some random facts about her that fans didn't know!
But just because fans love to watch her perform, that doesn't mean that they know everything about her!
Here are a ton of interesting facts for you to indulge in!
"I think when I was a young mum a lot of mums were starting to write about their experiences and I wrote for a website called Kveller that really sought to bring a very honest voice to parenting, specifically Jewish parenting but we covered all types," she told The Guardian.
Good for her!
"So, what's it like now? My sons are now 10 and 13," she said in a YouTube vlog.
"They go to the potty all on their own, they make snacks for themselves — although, I still like to make snacks for them, and for me. They play video games on their own, they have tablets, they think that scrolling through memes is a full-time activity."
"I do take conference calls and do phone interviews from the house, and there are things I do like: I go to Taekwondo, I go to therapy."
For obvious reasons, this is highly unconventional. But so are many other of Mayim's parenting techniques!
Nonetheless, Mayim has always been transparent about her belief that children can and should be breastfed longer than what's considered socially acceptable.
"We talk about lowering other people’s expectations of when they will say it. Grandparents, for example, often expect pleases and thank yous. We had to have conversations with them that we believe in teaching natural expressions of appreciation," she told Health Land Today.
I chose to safely co-sleep with my sons, participating in the subset of co-sleeping known as bed-sharing," she said.
"That means my sons and I shared — and still share on many nights — a sleeping surface."
"I'm vegan and my kids are too," she said in a YouTube video.
"Why? Because I force them to be. I mean, that's what we get to do as parents, right? [...] People ask more questions about what it's like to raise vegan children than what it's like to actually be vegan."
"The only thing that vegans can't get from the foods that we eat is vitamin B12, which you can totally take a supplement for. My children are rosy-cheeked and alert, they have good endurance for sports, they are hearty, and they are hardly ever sick."
"My father and I took six daddy-daughter trips together when I was growing up. One was to Hibbing and Duluth to see where Bob Dylan lived. Ours was a Dylan-lullaby household. We flew into Chicago and drove, wearing Bob Dylan T-shirts all the way and stopping to take pictures of any sign that said Hibbing on it. It was fun," she told GoSanAngelo.
Hey, it's hard to meet people nowadays! Online dating is all some people have.
"I guess it is kind of inevitable: the internet has taken over every part of our lives so why not dating as well I guess," she told The Guardian.
Which honestly, is so true. It's important to have strong, independent, and intelligent women on-screen!
"The Bernadette character on The Big Bang Theory is a microbiologist so I am proud that on our show we have two different kinds of women."
"Both are versions of scientists so, yeah, I think it is tremendous," she told The Guardian.
Mayim completed her neuroscience studies in 2008 and then went on to earn her PhD before landing her role in The Big Bang Theory.
You go, girl!
"I had my first son in grad school and my second son right after I got my PhD."
Considering the fact that she tends to speak mostly about science, this might surprise a few people!
"I minored in Jewish studies. I might have been the only one ever doing both. I’ve never really felt a conflict."
"It’s actually elevated my spiritual connection," she told GoSanAngelo.
Since some scientists are known for being atheists, I'm sure this surprises a few of her fans!
"That’s a larger question for people other than me; I’m not an anthropologist or a sociologist," she said.
"I think women do need a lot more resources especially as we get to the age when we want to start families and things; those are things that even though men have to make those decisions it is very different for women because we are the ones whose bodies literally have to stop and make it happen."
She won't write anything about her children, especially if they don't want it to be public.
She tries to keep it as educational as possible.
'I’m not a huge fan of technology. I use it where it is necessary for work, but other than that I can’t even work an iPad," she said.
To be fair, technology does get more and more intricate as time goes on.
There was a miscommunication between herself and the media, but she insists that her children are vaccinated, as is she.
However, she also insists that people should listen to doctors, not to her when it comes to vaccines.
"I think that there's not necessarily one path that I could say one should follow. I did have pretty strict parents and my grandparents were immigrants. So a lot of those ethics, I think, kind of kept me from really being interested in doing anything fun or pleasurable because I was always studying or doing chores or cooking or whatever."
"I still kind of had like a normal life. But I think a lot of it is just personality. I got into therapy honestly as a late teenager. And I think that helped me a lot. It gave me some perspective and I'm very grateful I had that opportunity. I wish that everyone who [is] acting or not had that opportunity.
She truly believes that we should go to the same lengths for our cats (or pets in general) that we would for our children.
It's a life you chose to take care of, and so, you should do everything in your power to keep them safe, healthy, and happy.
After all, considering the fact that much of Hollywood is about the straight white man, it's important to many that they can see themselves on-screen.
Personally, I can't imagine a world without wearing pants or tights everywhere, especially in the winter.
But I suppose when you love a skirt as much as she does, you just don't need pants in your life!
"I think that trends go up and down, but I think it’s important to point out, there are ways to be attractive and not have to show everything. And I think that is a lot more part of our sensibility now," she said to Jew in the City.
"But for those of us who feel more comfortable with kind of less showing, I think it’s really important to realize that there are ways to do that and to look the way you want. And that really is the ultimate aspect of Orthodox feminism – feeling empowered by the way you dress in a way that makes you feel confident and good about yourself."
Or were you pleasantly surprised by all of the facts that we presented you with in this article?
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