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During one classic episode, Behrs' pratfall was unscripted.

“I genuinely tripped in real life,” she said.

A smiling Beth Behrs

A lot of my clumsiness as Caroline was really just Beth in front of a live audience."

Behrs is more than just Caroline Channing, however.

“I was sharing a one-bedroom apartment working, seven days a week,” she toldRose & Ivy.

Beth Behrs, her little sister, and two horses

“I was bartending at a theater and I was also a nanny at the time.”

“[I visited] the wild horses on Assateague and Chincoteague Island when I visited my grandparents.”

In particular, the young Behrs was obsessed with"The Sound of Music" star Julie Andrews.

Beth Behrs and her mother

In fact, she used to perform scenes from that film for her parents.

Realizing that their little girl had something special, her parents nurtured her budding talents.

Everything was in service of her main goal: making it in the entertainment industry.

Beth Behrs in American Pie: The Book of Love

In the film, Behrs plays Heidi, the virginal object of lead character Rob’s affections.

Hey, we didn’t say the movie was good.

“Beth did try and take care of me and be gentle, but …” Hall revealed.

Beth Behrs and Kat Dennings on 2 Broke Girls

Behrs joked, “I’m rough sometimes, what can I say?”

Ah, “American Pie.”

What an era in culture.

Beth Behrs and a horse

That all being said, Behrs insisted toSFistthat this installment wasn’t just raunchy.

“The female characters aren’t just naked.”

She didn’t own any, because she couldn’t afford any.

Beth Behrs in a purple jacket and blue hat

She bought a new outfit anyway.

“When he hugged me, he asked me, ‘Do you have tags on your clothes?'”

The role kickstarted her career, but it took time.

Beth Behrs and cowriter Matt Doyle

Looking back, though, she appreciated the experience.

My heart and my soul are not what I am wearing on the red carpet."

To manage, Behrs turned to her oldest passion.

The cover for Beth Behrs book The Total Me-Tox

Behrs is now a big proponent of equine therapy, as she explained to Sidelines.

It became so empowering to realize the power of being authentic."

Along those lines, Behrs formed a charity in 2016 called SheHerdPower.

Beth Behrs and Michael Gladis the year of their wedding

The group works with survivors of sexual assault, encouraging equine therapy as a way to heal.

So the parallel story is that we’re also helping them."

Before the show’s opening, Behrs appeared on “Live!

Cedric the Entertainer, Tichina Arnold, and Beth Behrs

with Kelly” to promote the show.

“It’s a dream come true,” she said.

I could not be happier."

Beth Behrs in front of a crib

“It’s been the most challenging thing but the most creatively rewarding thing I’ve ever done.

I’ll have a life again!”

It’s common for actors to branch out into singing, or vice versa.

In 2016, she launched “Dents,” a web comic co-written with her childhood friend Matt Doyle.

It’s about a mutant girl with superpowers, inspired by the X-Men comics they read together as kids.

“It doesn’t feel like a departure for me, it’s still storytelling,” she said.

It’s an opportunity to flex a different creative muscle for me, and unleash my inner nerd."

The comic deals heavily with themes about the climate crisis, an issue that Behrs feels very strongly about.

“Being outdoors is like church for me,” she toldCBR.

She authored a self-help book called The Total Me-Tox

Beth Behrs doesn’t just write comics.

“If you want to havewine and pizza, sometimes that is the best medicine.”

For Behrs, the cooking aspect of the book wasn’t just about learning how to eat healthy.

“There’s something to be said about living in the present moment.

That’s why it becomes meditative.”

In an interview withBUILD, Behrs revealed that the process of writing the book, too, was rewarding.

“Now, like, being able to put this out there … “He actually has taught me about cooking,” she said.

“When we met I didn’t know where kale was in the grocery store.

There’s this Indian-inspired chicken saagwala, but we do the healthy version.

We use nonfat Greek yogurt instead of cream.

And we have a very nice bottle of Italian wine.”

OnInstagramin 2016, she announced their engagement.

“I said yes!!”

she wrote, alongside a bunch of ring and heart emojis.

“6 years down a lifetime to go!

#love”

They married in 2018, getting hitched in Jackson Hole, Wyoming.

“I do, we did,” she wrote.

“Best day of my life.”

We didn’t say goodbye … “He’s so funny and unpredictable.”

That year, they welcomed their first daughter, as Behrs revealed onInstagram.

“Our hearts are so full.

We are overjoyed!”

Behrs and Gladis haven’t shared much about their daughter online, choosing instead to keep things private.

Life is sweeter as 3!”