Melissa Rauch

Melissa Rauch
Rauch in 2013
Born	Melissa Ivy Rauch (1980-06-23) June 23, 1980 Marlboro Township, New Jersey, U.S.
Alma mater	Marymount Manhattan College
Occupation	Actress model comedienne
Years active	2006–present
Known for	The Big Bang Theory (2009–2019), Best Week Ever (2004-2008), True Blood (2010), The Bronze (2015), Batman and Harley Quinn (2017)
Spouse(s)	Winston Beigel ( m. 2007)
Children	2

Melissa Ivy Rauch (born June 23, 1980) is an American actress, model and comedienne. She is known for playing Bernadette Rostenkowski-Wolowitz on the sitcom The Big Bang Theory, for which she was nominated for the Critics' Choice Television Award for Best Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series in 2013. From 2004 to 2008, Rauch worked as a regular contributor on the VH1 series Best Week Ever. Rauch's other acting credits include playing Tina on the American remake of Kath & Kim and Summer on the HBO fantasy horror drama True Blood. Rauch also starred in, co-wrote and co-produced the 2015 sports comedy-drama film The Bronze and provided the voice of DC character Harley Quinn in the 2017 animated film Batman and Harley Quinn. Rauch also had supporting roles in I Love You, Man (2009), Ice Age: Collision Course and Flock of Dudes (both 2016), and Ode to Joy and The Laundromat (both 2019).