Melissa Ivy Rauch is a comedian from Marlboro, New Jersey, participating in VH1's Best Week Ever TV show. She holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Acting from Marymount Manhattan College.

She played the recurring role of Bernadette in The Big Bang Theory. In 2010 she played a girl Summer, who like Hoyt on True Blood.


She appeared in an episode of Dirty Sexy Money. Rauch appeared in the movie I love you, man.