These ‘Dumb’ Celebrities Are Actually Really Smart

Mayim Bialik Is a Literal Neuroscientist

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Mayim Bialik made a name for herself playing the title role in the NBC sitcom Blossom from 1991 to 1995. While Blossom wasn’t dumb by any means, she was often in a world of her own as she tried to navigate living life without a mother.

Although it went relatively unknown for years, Mayim has the kind of smarts that put most of us to shame. Her Ph.D. in Neuroscience isn’t the kind of qualification most actors have, and while she returned to our screens as the super smart Amy in The Big Bang Theory, she continues to be active in the medical field, having published books on parenting and puberty.