The understated Sara Gilbert of “Roseanne” fame is one such industry player.
When it comes to ratings, Gilbert kills it.
Sara Gilbert had an idea for a daytime talk showand the ratings proved she was right.
“The Talk” hits over 1 million views most days.
We take our hats off to Sara Gilbert.
Here’s how she did it.
It was after making audiences laugh in an elementary school play, that Gilbert realized her passion for comedy.
“That was me figuring out that I could do comedy.”
She decided acting was for her.
“I was really jealous, so I wanted in on that,” she laughs.
“The role came naturally to me,” the actress recalls in an interview withEntertainment Weekly.
“There was a lot of crossover between me and Darlene.”
Gilbert was happy to be on set, too.
“Anything that put me in a more creative environment was a plus,” she said.
Gilbert’s performance contributed significantly to the success and impact of “Roseanne.”
She played Darlene Conner for the entire run of “Roseanne” all nine seasons.
Then, Galecki and Sara Gilbert started dating in real life.
However, after hooking up, Gilbert was confused.
She wasn’t experiencing all the good emotions two loved-up teens should be feeling.
The young Gilbert decided to keep her sexuality private, for fear of judgment.
“It was something people could have found out about.
Like, no one knew at the show for years, and Johnny held the secret the whole time.
And I always felt so scared.
If it came out, what could happen?
Could I lose my career?
Will I ever be able to play a straight role again?”
In 1992, she starred in the erotic thriller film “Poison Ivy” alongside Drew Barrymore.
“The true one is ‘C’ my first girl kiss was with Drew,” Gilbert shared.
Drew was the coolest person I ever met and yeah, that’s what happened."
It showed the value and importance of her role in the overall success of the sitcom.
“It was so bizarre that this huge director wanted to cast me.
The following year Gilbert was cast in another Indie film.
She reunited with Drew Barrymore on the set of “Riding in Cars with Boys.”
The couple were together for 10 years and during this time had two children through IVF.
However, that same year, Gilbert opened up about her relationship with Adler.
“I’ve never been married, but I was in a long relationship …
It’s emotional for me because we’re not together.”
“But then you see people in their 70s and you wonder, how do they do it?
How do they make it last?
And I would like to think that I can.
“You do continue into the next chapter together in a different way.”
Gilbert shares custody of her children with Adler.
There were a lot of firsts for her on “The Talk” which she co-created and co-hosted.
“This is a whole new world for me,” she replied.
“I’m not an expert on this, or I don’t analyze these things.
I’m just sort of living my life.
I don’t ever really think of things as out or in,” Gilbert added.
So, being on a daytime talk show is not the first role you’d think of for Gilbert.
It paid off though and she won an Emmy for her efforts.
The show outcompeted its competitors when it came to ratings and she had nine good years on the show.
And special thanks to our audience for keeping our conversation going.”
At her on-screen farewell, her daughter surprised her with a song.
“That’s why it’s important to buy organic,” she added.
Gilbert says she was an environmentalist as a teen but she lost sight of it as her career burgeoned.
The couple got engaged in 2013 when Perry made a grand romantic gesture.
“It was the most amazing proposal ever.”
And of course, there had to be music.
Perry hired the people picnicking beside them to play “Love Song” on string instruments.
The lovebirds tied the knot in 2014 and faced various challenges and joys together.
Their son, Rhodes Emilio Gilbert Perry, was born in 2015.
Both Gilbert and Perry occasionally shared glimpses of their personal life on their social media accounts.
But all good things come to an end and Gilbert filed for divorce in 2019.
“I’m still on an incredible adventure with Sara.
I adore her,” Perry toldPage Six.
“We have a beautiful child together.
So that journey’s not ended, it’s evolved into something else.”
Her fellow actors have admitted the success of the reboot was thanks to Gilbert’s persistence.
“I think I didn’t feel done with it,” she shared in an exclusive interview withVariety.
“I think for all these years I’ve thought about it, measured things against it.
The reboot was a success.
Again, it was Gilbert who pulled it from the ashes.
She repurposed “Roseanne” into a spin-off series without the matriarch.
In “The Conners,” Roseanne dies from an accidental opioid overdose.
We can’t wait to see what the mother of three is working on next.
