March 4: Actress & Singer, Margo Harshman- “Big Bang Theory,” “Even Stevens” & Violet Hour- is 24-years-old today.

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Margo Cathleen Harshman was born in San Diego, California, and moved to Orange County, California when she was 12-yerars-old. She played softball for eight years but quit in favor of acting. (She is related to former professional baseball pitcher Jack Harshman and former Washington State University and University of Washington basketball coach Marv Harshman.)

When she was two-years-old, Margo started entering beauty pageants. At 3, she was involved in dance and gymnastics. At 5, she learned to play piano, and at 8, she began acting. She now plays guitar, piano, and bass guitar.

Harshman starred on the short-lived shows Run of the House and Center of the Universe. In 2004, Harshman was nominated for two awards at the Young Artist Awards, one for Best Performance in a TV Movie, Miniseries or Special by a Supporting Young Actress for The Even Stevens Movie and for Best Performance in a TV Series (Comedy or Drama) by a Supporting Young Actress for Even Stevens in 2000.

In 2008, she co-starred in the film Keith alongside Jesse McCartney. She starred alongside fellow Disney Channel celebrities Raven-Symoné and Brenda Song in the movie College Road Trip.

In 2009, she took on a supporting role for the horror movie remake Sorority Row. Beginning in October 2012, Harshman began playing Sophie Sheridan in the national tour of Mamma Mia.

She is currently appearing in the hit US comedy The Big Bang Theory, as the assistant of Dr. Sheldon Cooper, Alex Jensen. In 2009, Harshman won the ShoWest "Female Stars of Tomorrow" award at the ShoWest Convention along with fellow Sorority Row cast members Briana Evigan, Leah Pipes, Rumer Willis, Jamie Chung and Audrina Patridge.

She sings and perform with Lauren Frost in the duo, Violet Hour. They performed together on Even Stevens.

 

 

 

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For more about Margo, visit her Website at - http://www.margoharshman.com/

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