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(JTA) \u2014 Popular Jewish actress Mayim Bialik will write and direct a feature film based on her own experiences.<\/p>\n
The comedy-drama titled \u201cAs Sick As They Made Us,\u201d which will deal with mental illness, will be Bialik\u2019s screenwriting and directing debut. The news was first reported by Deadline Hollywood.<\/p>\n
The film tells the story of a divorced mother who struggles to help her estranged brother visit their father on his deathbed. His death throws the family into disarray as she finds new love and while dealing with her difficult mother and brother, according to the website.<\/p>\n
\u201cGrowing up surrounded by mental illness is not something that is easy to write about, nor is it easy to live through,\u201d Bialik told Deadline Hollywood. \u201cThe challenges ripple out into the lives of children immersed in these families even as they try to make their own lives apart from the challenges they grew up with. After my father\u2019s passing four and a half years ago, I decided to explore the complexity of mental illness and familial responsibility \u2014 especially as it falls on women \u2014 as well as to highlight the redemptive nature of a family\u2019s love as they navigate death and continue to live life on their own terms.\u201d<\/p>\n
Bialik is best known as Dr. Amy Farrah Fawler from the hit show \u201cThe Big Bang Theory,\u201d which concluded in May. She was first launched into stardom at the age of 15 as the title character in the television series \u201cBlossom.\u201d<\/p>\n
Bialik, a divorced mother of 2, has a doctorate in neuroscience, runs her own website, Groknation, and is a best-selling author.<\/p>\n