Santa Fe New Mexican

Checking in with BETH BEHRS

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After passing its 100th episode, and now heading toward its sixth year, “The Neighborho­od” still feels like home for Beth Behrs.

The “2 Broke Girls” alum is enjoying another long CBS sitcom run as she plays wife, mom and school principal Gemma on the Monday show whose stars also include Cedric the Entertaine­r, Max Greenfield and Tichina Arnold. One major reason Behrs is happy the show will keep going next season is the kinship she feels with her “Neighborho­od” co-stars and the crew members.

“No matter what’s happening in my personal life, I come here and I laugh all day long with these people,” she says. “I’ve never been around a tighter crew of 300 people, (with) the way everyone stands up for each other. When someone gets cancer or someone needs fertility treatments, this is a cast and crew that literally comes together and pools all of our money and fights for our own, and I’ve never been a part of something like that ... so that’s why we want to do 200 more (episodes). We just want to hang out all day.”

Just as she spent much of her 20s playing waitress turned cupcake seller Caroline on “2 Broke Girls,” Behrs notes that her time on “The Neighborho­od” is spanning her 30s. “It’s like you are growing up with your character,” she reflects, “and it’s just kind of meta and cool to play out. I’m excited to see what we can do in the future because, like Cedric said, there’s just so many ways to go with this. These families (on the show) are growing in real time, in real-world society, like all of us are.”

Birthdate: Dec. 26, 1985

Birthplace: Lancaster, Pa.

Current residence: Los Angeles

Marital status: Married to actor Michael Gladis (“Mad Men,” “Penny Dreadful: City of Angels”); they have a daughter

Other television work includes: “2 Broke Girls,” “The Big Bang Theory,” “No Activity,” “Culture Clash,” “Celebrity Family Feud,” “The Price Is Right at Night,” “Hollywood Game Night,” “The Carol Burnett Show 50th Anniversar­y Special,” “Home: Adventures With Tip & Oh” (voice only), “Repeat After Me,” “Pretty Tough,” “Castle,” “NCIS: Los Angeles”

Movie work includes: “Hello, My Name Is Doris,” “Chasing Eagle Rock,” “Route 30, Too!,” “Monsters University” (voice only), “Adventures of Serial Buddies,” “American Pie Presents: The Book of Love”

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