From sitcom stars to new adventures, we're diving into the post-"Big Bang Theory" careers of Jim Parsons, Kaley Cuoco, Johnny Galecki, and the entire beloved cast. Discover what these talented actors have been up to since the show's finale in 2019.
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00:00Hello. I'm glad you're here. Let me get you caught up to speed.
00:04Welcome to Ms. Mojo, and today we're checking in on the Big Bang Theory cast,
00:09seeing what they've been up to since the sitcom ended in 2019.
00:12But I can still remember it exactly the way it was the day I left for Caltech.
00:18Number 10. Sarah Gilbert
00:20Anyway, I just figure it's time to slow things down,
00:23and who better to slow things down with than you?
00:27I'm flattered.
00:28The first couple Big Bang seasons were something of a Roseanne reunion,
00:31again pairing Sarah Gilbert with co-star Johnny Galecki.
00:35Plus, co-creator Chuck Lorre was a writer and executive producer on Roseanne.
00:40Gilbert's Leslie Winkle started as a recurring character,
00:43but was upgraded to a main player in Season 2
00:45as she enters a casual relationship with Leonard and then Howard.
00:49I say we make every moment count.
00:51I agree.
00:54How exactly do we do that?
00:58Howard, why aren't you covering us? We're getting slaughtered out here!
01:04War is hell.
01:05By that season's conclusion, the writers ran out of ideas for Leslie,
01:09who only made two more appearances in Season 3 and 9.
01:13Meanwhile, Gilbert reprised her role as Darlene in the real Roseanne reunion,
01:17which in turn became the Connors.
01:19I really think I found something that works.
01:22Really? With her?
01:24Yeah.
01:26Yes, I think I found my soulmate.
01:32That's great!
01:33In addition to starring in that spinoff for several seasons,
01:36Gilbert created and co-hosted The Talk, which ended in 2024.
01:41Number 9.
01:42Kevin Sussman
01:43Kevin Sussman has become best known for playing comic book store proprietor Stuart Bloom.
01:48You are now sitting in the official breastfeeding area.
01:55Really? In a comic book store?
01:57Oh, don't worry. I've got a camera right up here,
02:00so I could watch from the counter, make sure guys aren't being pervs.
02:05Even before he first appeared in the second season of The Big Bang Theory,
02:09chances are you heard Sussman's distinctly down-on-his-luck voice somewhere before.
02:14Initially a recurring character, Stuart's presence on the show grew,
02:18as Sussman was promoted to a main cast member in the later seasons.
02:21What if I put up a sign in the window that said,
02:25Women, come in! Don't be afraid!
02:29Stuart was essentially the unofficial seventh friend,
02:32never part of the main group, but happy to just be invited on occasion.
02:36Sussman has continued to find work on the small screen,
02:39popping up in shows like Better Call Saul, The Dropout, and Lessons in Chemistry.
02:44My wife used to make that for her.
02:47I'm so sorry, when did she pass?
02:49Not dead, divorced. She's in Nevada somewhere on a trip of spiritual enlightenment.
02:56Just as Stuart found love by the series' end, Sussman got married to Addie Hall in 2023.
03:03Number 8. Laura Spencer
03:05Of the four main Big Bang guys, Raj is the only one who didn't settle down with someone in the end.
03:11Shame, because he loves romance most of all. Raj did have a handful of semi-serious
03:16relationships over the years, most notably with Laura Spencer's Emily Sweeney.
03:21Just so you know, I'm not seeing anyone else.
03:24Well, me neither.
03:26Okay.
03:27Balancing her other recurring role as Jessica Warren on Bones,
03:31Sweeney appeared in several Big Bang episodes between seasons 7 and 10.
03:36She was even promoted to a main cast member for a brief period in season 9.
03:40How many tattoos?
03:42One on my shoulder, one not on my shoulder, and one really not on my shoulder.
03:50It's been a long time since I've seen a girl's really not her shoulder.
03:56Like Emily's relationship with Raj, though, Sweeney's time on the show didn't last.
04:01Since making her last appearance as Emily in 2017,
04:04Sweeney has landed guest roles as Miss Rothrock on Reservation Dogs
04:08and a pregnant woman on Grey's Anatomy.
04:11I know you're trying to make up for what you did in the past, but that should include me too.
04:16You want a relationship with your granddaughter?
04:20Well, I wanted a relationship with my mother.
04:23Number 7. Kunal Nayyar
04:25As mentioned, Raj Koothrappali didn't find his significant other in the Big Bang finale,
04:30but at least he got to sit with Sarah Michelle Gellar.
04:33Just to be clear, this isn't a date.
04:36I know.
04:37Then why are you holding my hand?
04:38Nayyar, meanwhile, has been happily married to Femina Miss India winner Neha Kapoor since 2011.
04:45Career-wise, Nayyar has branched beyond television post-Big Bang Theory.
04:49Tiny Diamond, welcome to the family, little buddy.
04:53Thanks, Aunt Poppy, and thanks to this silver-haired daddy of mine for bringing me into this world.
04:59I never knew my heart could be so full.
05:01He's continued to voice Guy Diamond in the Trolls movies and had a supporting
05:06role as a technician named Peter in the surreal sci-fi movie Spaceman.
05:10Is it Korean?
05:11Why would it be Korean?
05:14There are indications that the South Koreans are closing in.
05:18It's not Korean.
05:21Someone probably just left a channel open here.
05:23Nayyar also achieved the role of Scrooge in Christmas Karma,
05:26an adaptation of A Christmas Carol with a Bollywood twist.
05:30He hasn't left sitcoms behind either, making a guest appearance as a fashion designer on Night Court,
05:35alongside former Big Bang cast member Melissa Roush.
05:39Speaking of whom…
05:40Number 6.
05:41Melissa Roush
05:43The high-pitched Bernadette Rostenkowski didn't make her Big Bang debut until Season 3,
05:48becoming a mainstay by the following season.
05:51Melissa Roush gelled with the cast so naturally that it's hard to remember
05:55a time when Bernadette and Howard weren't an item.
05:58You realize it's been years since we've got away just the two of us.
06:01I know.
06:02I can't wait.
06:04Fancy hotel room.
06:05The big bed.
06:07Yeah, we're gonna sleep our asses off.
06:10After the series finale, Roush starred in a few movies like Steven Soderbergh's Laundromat,
06:15yet her most prominent work has remained on television.
06:19Since 2023, she's served as the lead judge Abby Stone on the Night Court revival.
06:24Would you do me the honor of being the future of fashion?
06:28I'd love to.
06:29I do have some modeling experience.
06:31You know those before pictures at the orthodontist?
06:34Those don't just happen.
06:36Abby is the daughter of Harry Stone, whom the late Harry Anderson played in the original 80s sitcom.
06:42Roush has also found time to compete on the new version of Celebrity Jeopardy,
06:46which has a host you might recognize.
06:49Kids at home, I learned a lot.
06:51There's a lot of mistakes, so all the learning.
06:54But I also learned that I should take a bigger gamble on myself,
06:57because the Daily Double had I just believed in myself a little bit more.
07:02That was Romeo and Juliet.
07:04Yeah.
07:04Number five, Mayim Bialik.
07:06Like Melissa Roush, Mayim Bialik started as a guest star in season three,
07:11but evolved into an integral part of the Big Bang Theory moving forward.
07:15Amy Farrah Fowler was the perfect romantic foil for Sheldon Cooper,
07:19while becoming an iconic character in her own right.
07:22I would just like to take this moment to say to all the young girls out there
07:26who dream about science as a profession,
07:30go for it.
07:32It is the greatest job in the world.
07:37And if anybody tells you you can't, don't listen.
07:40Bialik has yet to win a Nobel Prize like Amy,
07:43but this actress has continued to remind audiences that she's an actual PhD.
07:48She's done so as a host on Jeopardy and Celebrity Jeopardy since Alex Trebek's passing.
07:53We have a tie for first place.
07:56Kristen and Liz, we are going to play a tiebreaker.
08:00She's dropped by a variety of other game shows
08:03and played the titular character in the short-lived sitcom Call Me Kat.
08:07She'd even reunite with Jim Parsons in the Young Sheldon finale,
08:11providing a glimpse of Shami as parents.
08:14You're drawing a parallel.
08:16Yes.
08:19I'm not wearing the jersey.
08:20Okay, but it is cold there.
08:22Fine, I'll wear it.
08:24And by the way, your daughter wants to take acting classes.
08:28I told you we never should have let Penny babysit.
08:31Number four, Simon Helberg.
08:34Simon Helberg starred as Howard Wolowitz for 12 seasons.
08:37We could see Helberg's potential to play a wide range of other roles
08:41whenever Howard showcased his knack for impressions.
08:44A Stephen Hawking lecture from MIT in 1974.
08:48This isn't a good time.
08:49It's before he became a 3D computer boy.
08:52Since the series wrapped, Helberg has shown a different side of himself
08:56in ambitious projects like the Sparks Rock Opera Annette,
08:59acting and singing alongside Adam Driver and Marion Cotillard.
09:13He worked with Candice Bergen and Dustin Hoffman in the drama film As They Made Us,
09:18which Mayim Bialik directed.
09:20Helberg has returned to TV as well, with a recurring role as an FBI agent on Poker Face.
09:30He's even done some voice work on shows like American Dad and Doug Days,
09:35not to mention an off-camera cameo on Young Sheldon.
09:50Number three, Johnny Galecki.
09:57Few can say that they starred in not just one,
10:00but two of the longest-running sitcoms of all time.
10:03Between Roseanne and The Big Bang Theory,
10:06Johnny Galecki could have comfortably retired before turning 50.
10:10In a way, he did.
10:11While Galecki hasn't officially called it quits,
10:20he has taken an indefinite break from acting since saying goodbye to Leonard Hofstadter.
10:25He had a supporting role in the 2019 family film A Dog's Journey,
10:29and made a couple of more guest spots as David Healy on The Conners.
10:41For the past few years, though, Galecki has been focused on his family.
10:48In late 2019, Galecki welcomed a son with then-girlfriend Elena Mayer.
10:53In 2024, he privately married Morgan Galecki, with whom he has a daughter.
11:03Number two, Kaley Cuoco.
11:05This eight-simple-rules-and-charmed star had already left her mark on television
11:14before being cast as Penny on The Big Bang Theory.
11:17Cuoco's career didn't slow down after Big Bang ended.
11:21If anything, she's busier than ever, earning multiple primetime Emmy
11:25nominations for her work on the Hitchcockian comedy series The Flight Attendant.
11:35While that show ended after two seasons, Cuoco has voiced the titular anti-hero
11:43of the Harley Quinn animated series since 2019.
11:47On the live-action side, she currently stars in the dark comedy Based on a True Story,
11:52playing one half of a married couple who gets mixed up with a serial killer.
11:56She's also found time to make streaming movies like Meet Cute and Roleplay.
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12:33Jim Parsons
12:35Just because The Big Bang Theory ended doesn't mean Jim Parsons was done with Sheldon Cooper.
12:40Over the following five years, Parsons continued to provide narration on young Sheldon.
12:45When that prequel wrapped in 2024, it marked the first time in 17 years that Parsons didn't
12:51have a show on the air.
13:02Beyond Sheldon, Parsons has collaborated with Ryan Murphy on miniseries like Hollywood,
13:10which nabbed him an Emmy nomination, and the screen adaptation of The Boys in the Band.
13:15Parsons previously starred in the Broadway version of the latter
13:19and has returned to the stage several times since.
13:32Parsons gave possibly his most dramatic turn in the film Spoiler Alert,
13:38based on the sometimes funny and sometimes tragic life of TV line founder Michael Ausiello.
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