Melissa Rauch Biography

Fast Facts

• Won the New York International Fringe Festival's Outstanding Solo Show award for her production "The Miss Education of Jenna Bush․"
• Earned a bachelor's degree in acting from Marymount Manhattan College
• Married writer Winston Beigel in 2007
• Gained widespread attention with her one-woman show "The Miss Education of Jenna Bush․"
• Intersted in comedy at a young age, she performed a Ellen DeGeneres stand-up routine for a school talent show
• Quote: "[On her love of acting] "I was a super shy, awkward kid, and performing was a comfortable and joyful way of expressing myself that allowed me the freedom to do so․ The passion for acting grew from there․ From the time I was little, being on the stage or inhabiting a character was always where I was happiest․""
• Best known for her role in the series "The Big Bang Theory․"