Sara Gilbert
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| Sara Gilbert | |
| Birthplace | Santa Monica, California |
| Date of birth | January 29, 1975 |
| Role on 24 | Paula Schaeffer |
Sara Gilbert played Paula Schaeffer during Season 2 of 24. She is best known for her role as Darlene Conner on "Roseanne".
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[edit] Biography
[edit] Television career
Gilbert decided at a young age that she wanted to be an actress after seeing her older sister Melissa Gilbert star in "Little House on the Prairie". The roles she has played tend to reflect her laid back and nonthreatening personality. Following appearances in television movies and a commercial for Kool Aid, at the age of thirteen she landed the role of Darlene Conner, the sarcastic middle child, in "Roseanne". Sara was a constant cast member during the show's nine-year run from 1988 to 1997, for which she also wrote an episode called Don't Make Me Over. Sara's contribution was considered so important to "Roseanne" that the show's producers arranged the filming schedule to allow her to study at Yale University while remaining part of the cast. At university, she majored in art with an emphasis on photography and she graduated with honors in 1997. To coincide with her personal life, Sara wanted her "Roseanne" character Darlene to come out as a lesbian, although ABC executives were not ready for a lesbian in a prominent role.
Gilbert has also made guest appearances in many TV shows such as "The Simpsons" (with Nancy Cartwright), "Strong Medicine" (with Austin Tichenor), "Private Practice" (with Sprague Grayden), and "Will & Grace". She returned to prime time television in the fall of 2005 in the sitcom "Twins" on The WB network, but the show was canceled after one year when The WB network became The CW Network. She also had recurring roles on "The Class" and "ER" (with Leland Orser, Glenn Morshower, Misha Collins, and Francesco Quinn).
Gilbert is currently working with her "Roseanne" boyfriend/husband, Johnny Galecki, on the comedy "The Big Bang Theory".
[edit] Film career
Gilbert made her feature film debut on the 1984 Calamity Jane. In 1992, she starred on the film Poison Ivy with Drew Barrymore. She would work with Barrymore again on the 2001 film Riding In Cars With Boys (with Skye McCole Bartusiak). She has had several other minor roles following "Roseanne", including the short film "$30" (aka "30 Bucks") as part of the Boys Life 3 feature. The short film also starred Gregory Itzin as Sara's dad. She directed her own short film Persona Non Grata in 1998. She also made a cameo appearance in the film High Fidelity in 2000, appearing alongside Jack Black and John Cusack, and a small role on Desert Blue (with Lucinda Jenney), .
[edit] Personal life
In her teens, Gilbert became a vegetarian. Today, she supports numerous organizations such as PETA, Meals on Wheels, Freedom of Speech, Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation, AIDS Project Los Angeles and Animal Rights. She's in a relationship with television writer and producer Allison Adler, who in October 2004 gave birth to a baby boy named Levi Hank Gilbert Adler. Adler received the son via sperm donor.
[edit] Selected filmography
- Girls on the Bus (TV series), 2006
- Twins (TV series), as Mitchee, 2005
- Riding In Cars With Boys, 2001
- Welcome To New York (TV series) 2000
- Jack & The Beanstalk, 2000
- $30, 1999
- The Big Tease, 1999
- Light It Up, 1999
- Persona Non Grata, 1998
- Desert Blue, 1998
- Broken Record, 1997
- Dead Beat, 1994
- 50 Simple Things Kids Can Do To Save The Earth, 1992
- Poison Ivy, 1992
- Sudie And Simpson, 1990
- Runaway Ralph, 1988
- Roseanne (TV series), 1988 - 1997
- Calamity Jane, 1984
