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| Dr. Amy Farrah Fowler | |
|---|---|
| The Bang Theory / Young Sheldon character | |
| First appearance | The Big Bang Theory: "The Lunar Excitation" (2010) |
| Last appearance | Young Sheldon: "Memoir" (2024) |
| Created by | Chuck Lorre Bill Prady Maria Ferrari |
| Portrayed by | Mayim Bialik Lily Sanfelippo (Young Sheldon) |
| In-universe information | |
| Full name | Amy Farrah Fowler |
| Nickname | Ames |
| Gender | Female |
| Title | Doctor |
| Occupation | Neuroscientist |
| Spouse | Sheldon Cooper |
| Children | Leonard Cooper (mentioned in Young Sheldon narrations) Unnamed daughter (mentioned in the series finale of Young Sheldon) |
| Nationality | American |
Amy Farrah Fowler, Ph.D., is a fictional character in the CBS television series The Big Bang Theory, portrayed by Mayim Bialik. Amy is a neuroscientist who is the love interest of Sheldon Cooper (Jim Parsons) and subsequent wife in the series. She has a PhD in neurobiology (Bialik herself has a PhD in neuroscience), with a research focus on addiction in primates and invertebrates, occasionally mentioning such experiments as getting a capuchin monkey addicted to cigarettes or getting a starfish addicted to cocaine. Amy goes on to win the Nobel Prize in Physics alongside her husband.