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 Children: Meet Levi Hank Gilbert-Adler, Rhodes Emilio Gilbert Perry, and Sawyer Jane Gilbert-Adler

In 2001, Gilbert began a relationship with television producer Ali Adler. They have two children a son, Levi Hank, born to Adler in October 2004, and a daughter, Sawyer Jane, born to Gilbert in August 2007.

In August 2011, Gilbert announced that she and Adler had separated amicably.

Following the breakup, Gilbert began a relationship with songwriter, music producer, and former 4 Non-Blondes frontwoman Linda Perry.

Gilbert announced their engagement in April 2013, and the pair married on March 30, 2014. Gilbert gave birth to their son, Rhodes Emilio Gilbert Perry, on February 28, 2015. On December 27, 2019, Gilbert filed for legal separation from Perry.