Sara Gilbert was born Sara Rebecca Abeles in Santa Monica, California on January 29, 1975, and is an American actress best known for her role as Darlene Conner on the ABC sitcom Roseanne (1988–1997; 2018), for which she received two Primetime Emmy Award nominations, and its spin-off, The Conners (2018–present).
She is also the 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.
Gilbert is the daughter of Barbara Cowan and Harold Abeles. Both her parents are Jewish. Her maternal grandfather was The Honeymooners creator Harry Crane.
Gilbert has two older half-siblings and two older adoptive siblings. Her two adoptive siblings on her mother’s side, Melissa Gilbert and Jonathan Gilbert, were stars of Little House on the Prairie.
In 1984, Sara took the last name Gilbert from Paul Gilbert, her mother’s first husband. Gilbert also has two siblings on her father’s side, sister Patrice and brother Joseph.
Gilbert graduated from Yale University in 1997, with honors, majoring in art with an emphasis on photography.
Sara Gilbert Relationships: Who has Sara Gilbert dated?
As a teenager, Gilbert dated her Roseanne (and later The Big Bang Theory) co-star Johnny Galecki (their characters also dated).
During their relationship, she realized she was a lesbian. She remains close friends with Galecki. In 2001, Gilbert began a relationship with television producer Ali Adler.