Beth Behrs
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Behrs at the 38th People's Choice Awards on January 11, 2012
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Born | Lancaster, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
December 26, 1985
Alma mater | UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television |
Occupation | Actress |
Years active | 2009–present |
Beth Behrs (born December 26, 1985)[1][2] is an American actress, best known for her current role as Caroline Channing in the CBS sitcom 2 Broke Girls (2011—present).
Early life
Behrs was born in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, the elder daughter of David Behrs, a college administrator, and Maureen Behrs, a first grade teacher.[3][4] She has a sister who is six years younger.[5] Behrs moved to Lynchburg, Virginia, in 1989, where she was raised.[4] She began performing in theater at the age of four, and played soccer while growing up.[6] She was a student at E.C. Glass High School.[7]
At age 15, Behrs relocated with her family to Marin County, California.[8] She began attending Tamalpais High School in 2001, and was accepted into the school's highly regarded drama program.[2] Behrs studied at the American Conservatory Theater in San Francisco, and went on to perform in the musical Dangling Conversations: The Music of Simon and Garfunkel, and the plays Korczak’s Children, and A Bright Room Called Day. She was classically trained as a singer.[9]
Behrs moved to Los Angeles, California, in 2004, to study acting at the UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television.[9] In 2005, she played Sandy Dumbrowski in a production of Grease at San Francisco's Ray of Light Theatre, and was named Miss Marin County in 2006.[10][11] She began auditioning for roles in her senior year and graduated in 2008 with a degree in critical studies. Behrs was awarded a Young Musician's Foundation Vocal Scholarship after graduating.[2][8]
Career
Behrs landed her first film role in the teen comedy American Pie Presents: The Book of Love, which she filmed in Vancouver for seven weeks beginning in March 2009.[8] The seventh in the American Pie series, the film was released direct-to-video on December 22, 2009. She next starred in Adventures of Serial Buddies, an independent comedy about an inept group of serial killers produced by TV personality Maria Menounos.[9] The film also starred Christopher Lloyd, Kathie Lee Gifford, and Artie Lange. In late 2010, Behrs shot the independent feature, Route 30, Too!, in Chambersburg, Pennsylvania, playing an alien girl.[12]
Behrs began working in television with guest appearances on NCIS: Los Angeles and ABC's Castle.[13] In 2011, she was working as a nanny and at the Geffen Playhouse in Westwood, when she auditioned for the CBS sitcom 2 Broke Girls. She landed the lead role after seven auditions.[11] Behrs stars as Caroline Channing, an heiress from Manhattan's Upper East Side, who is forced to become a waitress at a diner in Williamsburg, Brooklyn after her father is arrested for financial wrongdoing.[14] Her character is a graduate of the Wharton School who teams up with a waitress named Max (Kat Dennings) in a business venture.[11] The series is produced by comedian Whitney Cummings and Sex and the City-producer Michael Patrick King.[6] In March 2016, CBS renewed the series for a sixth season.[15]
In 2013, Behrs appeared on It's a Brad, Brad World, a Bravo reality television series featuring fashion stylist Brad Goreski.[16] Behrs was also a presenter at the 2013 Academy of Country Music Awards.[17] She voiced sorority girl Carrie Williams in the Pixar animated film Monsters University. The film is a prequel to 2001's Monsters, Inc. and opened on June 21, 2013.[18] She starred alongside Sally Field and Max Greenfield in the independent comedy, Hello, My Name Is Doris, directed by Michael Showalter.[19] Together with her childhood friend Matt Doyle, Behrs co-creates the young-adult webcomic Dents since 2016. Inspired by X-Men comics, the webcomic explores themes such as sexuality, feminism and environmental issues.[20] In May 2016, Behrs will make her New York stage debut at the Lucille Lortel Theatre in Halley Feiffer's comedic play, A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Gynecologic Oncology Unit at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center of New York City.[21]
Personal life
As of 2014[update], Behrs is in a relationship with actor Michael Gladis.[22][23] They appeared in a short film together, The Argument, written and directed by the comedy duo HoltandSteele for the website Funny or Die.[24]
Filmography
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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2009 | American Pie Presents: The Book of Love | Heidi | Direct-to-video |
2011 | Adventures of Serial Buddies | Brittany | |
2012 | Route 30, Too! | Alien girl | |
2013 | Monsters University | Carrie Williams | Voice |
2015 | Chasing Eagle Rock | Deborah | |
2015 | Hello, My Name Is Doris | Brooklyn |
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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2010 | NCIS: Los Angeles | Female caroler | Episode: "Disorder" |
2011 | Castle | Ginger | Episode: "Slice of Death" |
2011 | Pretty Tough | Regen | Hulu series |
2011–present | 2 Broke Girls | Caroline Wesbox Channing | Main cast Nominated – Teen Choice Award for Choice TV Breakout Star: Female Nominated – People's Choice Award for Favorite TV Gal Pals (with Kat Dennings) |
2014 | 40th People's Choice Awards | Herself | Host |
2015 | Repeat After Me | Herself | 1 episode |
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