Beth Behrs
 

Beth Behrs (born December 26, 1985) is an American actress. She starred in the 2009 direct-to-video comedy film, American Pie Presents: The Book of Love, and stars in the CBS sitcom, 2 Broke Girls.


Early life

Behrs was born in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, the daughter of David Behrs, a college president, and Maureen Behrs, a first grade teacher.She has a sister who is younger by six years. Behrs moved to Lynchburg, Virginia in 1989, where she was raised.She began performing in theatre at the age of four, and played soccer while growing up.At the age of fifteen, she relocated with her family to Marin County, California, in the San Francisco Bay Area.

Behrs began attending Tamalpais High School in 2001, and was accepted into the school's highly regarded drama program. She 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 Tony Kushner's A Bright Room Called Day. She was classically trained as a singer.

Behrs moved to Los Angeles, California in 2004 to study acting at the UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television. 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.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.

Career

Behrs landed her first film role in the direct-to-video teen comedy American Pie Presents: The Book of Love, which she filmed in Vancouver for seven weeks, beginning in March 2009.The film, the seventh in American Pie series, was released on December 22, 2009. She starred in the independent comedy Serial Buddies, about an inept group of serial killers, produced by TV personality Maria Menounos.The film also starred Christopher Lloyd, Kathy Lee Gifford and Artie Lange. Behrs shot the independent feature, Route 30, Too!, in Chambersburg, Pennsylvania in late 2010, playing an alien girl. She has also appeared in episodes of the TV series, NCIS: Los Angeles, and ABC's Castle.

Behrs stars in the CBS sitcom, 2 Broke Girls, produced by comedian Whitney Cummings and Sex and the City producer, Michael Patrick King.She plays Caroline Channing, an heiress from Manhattan's Upper East Side, who is forced to become a waitress in a Williamsburg, Brooklyn diner, when her father is arrested for financial wrongdoing.Her character is a graduate of the Wharton School, and teams up with a cynical waitress named Max (Kat Dennings) in a business venture. Behrs auditioned for the part seven times. She was working as a nanny and at the Geffen Playhouse, a stage theater in Westwood, Los Angeles, when she got the role.

Filmography

List of acting performances in film and television 2009 American Pie Presents: The Book of Love Heidi Direct-to-video
2010 NCIS: Los Angeles Female Caroler TV series, episode: "Disorder"
2011 Serial Buddies Brittany
2011 Castle Ginger TV series, episode: "Slice of Death"
2011 2 Broke Girls Caroline Channing TV series
2011 Chasing Eagle Rock Deborah
2012 Route 30, Too! Alien girl

Beth Behrs The Trevor Project's 2011 Trevor Live! in Los Angeles 04.12.2011 (x25)
 

Beth Behrs - Television Out Of The Box openinig at The Paley Center 12.04.2012 (x4)
 

Beth Behrs Creative Artists Agency's Upfront Party in New York 15.05.2012 (x2)
 

Beth Behrs 2012 CBS Upfront in New York 16.05.2012 (x1)
 

Beth Behrs 2012 CBS Upfront in New York 16.05.2012 adds (x52)
 

Beth Behrs - The David Lynch Foundation's Night Of Comedy, June 30 2012 (x5)
 

Beth Behrs – Backstage at the Geffen Gala Los Angeles 04.06.12 (x4)
 

Beth Behrs – 66th Annual Tony Awards, 10.06.12 (x10)
 

Beth Behrs – 2012 Critics’ Choice Television Awards in Beverly Hills 18.06.12 (x13)