<Tr> <Th> Partner (s) </Th> <Td> Allison Adler (2001--2011) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Children </Th> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <P> Sara Gilbert (born Sara Rebecca Abeles; January 29, 1975) is an American actress, best known for her role as Darlene Conner on the ABC sitcom Roseanne from 1988 to 1997, for which she received two Primetime Emmy Award nominations . Gilbert will reprise the role in 2018 for an eight episode revival . She is also co-host and creator of the CBS daytime talk show The Talk and has had a recurring role as Leslie Winkle on CBS's The Big Bang Theory . </P> <P> Gilbert was born Sara Rebecca Abeles in Santa Monica, California, the daughter of Barbara Cowan (née Crane) and Harold Abeles . Both her parents are Jewish . Her mother is the daughter of The Honeymooners creator Harry Crane . Gilbert has four older siblings . Her two older siblings on her mother's side, Melissa Gilbert and Jonathan Gilbert, were stars of Little House on the Prairie . In 1984, Sara took the last name Gilbert for Paul Gilbert, her mother's first husband . Gilbert also has two older siblings on her father's side, sister Patrice and brother Joseph . </P>

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