Mayim Bialik Reflects on ‘SNL’ Parody Mocking Her ‘Undeniably Jewish’ Nose
variety.comMayim Bialik I got my nose in around about 4th grade. Before then, I had more of a little button nose. Adorable. But from the time I was 10, the pointy chin I had pretty much since I could crawl was joined by what I think of as a prominent, somewhat regal, nose in the style of what is called a “Roman” nose. (I even saw what looked an awful lot like my exact nose on an ancient statue the first time I went to Rome as a teenager!) I was an outgoing child who had trouble not talking to other kids during class or flirting with boys.
I loved making other kids laugh with jokes and impressions. I didn’t think of myself as unattractive, but I also knew that most boys who I liked didn’t like loud, quirky girls like me who had calluses on their hands from too much time on the monkey bars.
I entered middle school and began acting professionally, and my parents told me as encouragement that I looked like two very famous Jewish women: Barbra Streisand and Bette Midler, both known for having prominent noses and successful careers despite that.
I saw myself as a character actress with potential, and the agents my parents sent my photo to in hopes that they would represent me were intrigued by my eccentric profile, my raspy voice and my ability to behave obediently among adults and memorize scripts.
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