Bio: Cristin Milioti was born and raised in Cherry Hill, New Jersey. She has Italian, Belgian, Czech, and Irish ancestry, and calls her family "Olive Garden Italian". In middle school, she found her love of acting at Long Lake Camp for the Arts in New York. She attended Cherry Hill High School East, graduating in 2003. She took acting classes at New York University, but dropped out during her freshman year. However, she is listed in the university's advertising.
Tivia: Learned to play the bass for her role in How I Met Your Mother (2005).Her paternal grandfather was of Italian (Sicilian and Calabrian) origin, and Cristin calls her family "Olive Garden" Italian. The rest of her ancestry is Belgian, Czech, Irish, Scottish, and English.Took acting classes at New York University.Graduated from Cherry Hill High School East. in 2003.She played cancer patients in How I Met Your Mother (2005) and in Season 2 of Fargo (2014).