19 Facts About Sara Gilbert

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Sara Gilbert was born on Sara Rebecca Abeles; January 29,1975 and is an American actress best known for her role as Darlene Conner on the ABC sitcom Roseanne, for which she received two Primetime Emmy Award nominations, and its spin-off, The Conners.

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Sara Gilbert is creator and former co-host of the CBS daytime talk show The Talk and had a recurring role as Leslie Winkle on CBS's The Big Bang Theory.

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In 1984, Sara took the last name Gilbert from Paul Gilbert, her mother's first husband.

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Sara Gilbert has two siblings on her father's side, sister Patrice and brother Joseph.

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Sara Gilbert graduated from Yale University in 1997, with honors, majoring in art with an emphasis on photography.

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Sara Gilbert regained a regular spot on prime time television in the fall of 2005 in the sitcom Twins on The WB network.

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Sara Gilbert had a recurring role on the short-lived CBS sitcom The Class as Fern Velch.

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From 2007 to 2010, Sara Gilbert appeared in episodes of the CBS TV series The Big Bang Theory as Leslie Winkle, a scientist friend of Leonard Hofstadter played by Johnny Galecki, who had previously played Sara Gilbert's love interest David Healy on Roseanne.

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Sara Gilbert was a co-host and executive producer of The Talk, a talk show that premiered October 18,2010.

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Sara Gilbert won a Daytime Emmy in 2016 for Outstanding Entertainment Talk Show as producer and creator of the show.

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That series, The Conners, featuring all of the regular cast except Barr, premiered in October 2018, with Sara Gilbert starring and serving as an executive producer.

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Sara Gilbert appeared in two films alongside Drew Barrymore, in Poison Ivy in 1992 and Riding in Cars with Boys in 2001.

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Sara Gilbert has had several minor roles following Roseanne, including the short film $30 as part of the Boys Life 3 feature, and High Fidelity.

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Sara Gilbert directed her short film Persona Non Grata in 1998.

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In 2001, Sara Gilbert began a relationship with television producer Ali Adler.

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In July 2010, as she prepared to launch her talk show, The Talk, Sara Gilbert confirmed that she was a lesbian.

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Sara Gilbert announced their engagement in April 2013, and the pair married on March 30,2014.

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Sara Gilbert gave birth to their son, Rhodes Emilio Sara Gilbert Perry, on February 28,2015.

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On December 27,2019, Sara Gilbert filed for legal separation from Perry.