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Sara Gilbert may be best known for her role as Darlene Conner in the long-running hit series "Roseanne," for which she earned two Emmy Award nominations and numerous other awards. Gilbert recently recurred in the role of Leslie Winkle on "The Big Bang Theory," on the Network. Gilbert's additional television credits include a starring role in "Twins," recurring roles on "The Class," on the Network, and "ER," as well as guest appearances on "Will & Grace," "Grey's Anatomy," "Law & Order: Special Victims Unit," "24," "Private Practice" and "Welcome To New York," also on the Network. Among her film credits are "Riding in Cars with Boys," for which she received an Independent Spirit Award nomination, "Desert Blue," "Light It Up," "High Fidelity" and a cameo role in "The Big Tease." Gilbert made her directorial debut with the critically-acclaimed short film, "Persona Non Grata." The film was selected for the 1998 Sundance Film Festival. On stage, Gilbert's credits include the off-Broadway play "Exonerated," an appearance in the world premiere of Gray Stewart's play, "Downwinder Dance," in Ohio and a starring role in the Williamstown Theater Festival production of "The Hot L Baltimore." A magna cum laude graduate of Yale University with a degree in art, Gilbert's concentration was in photography. She has exhibited her photographs in New York at the Paul Morris Gallery, and her work was shown at the Deutsche Guggenheim Museum in Berlin during the summer of 2008. She lives in Los Angeles with her two children. Her birth date is Jan. 29.