Danielle Fishel

Hello, and welcome to another week of Teen Beat.

I'm Danielle Fishel, podcaster, TV director, celebrity ballroom dancer, mother of two, and one half of CoreyandTapanga.com, a website made by ABC when I was 18 years old for viewers to RSVP to my fictional televised wedding.

And in addition to the website, my entire teenage existence, from 12 to 19 years old, unfolded in front of a live studio audience and millions of viewers at home.

Whether it was my first kiss or my first haircut, pop culture saw it all.

So now, 30 years later...

it's time to turn the tables.

My goal here on Teen Beat is to sit down with interesting people who have accomplished interesting things in hopes that learning about their untelevised upbringings will help us understand who they've become.

Since their journey through puberty wasn't detailed in issues of TV Guide, the least they can do is share it with me now.

I gave you my childhood.

It's time we hear yours.

And this week, I think I found the perfect guest.

Like those little gold necklaces that say your name in cursive, she was first seen on Sex and the City.

But since that debut, this youngest of five children has never stopped working.

Whether it was a scene-stealing turn in The 40-Year-Old Virgin or the charming rom-com lead in Nick and Nora's Infinite Playlist, she quickly became the actress everyone noticed.

So Hollywood responded.

She'd appear on TV sets for six seasons as Max Black on the hit CBS sitcom Two Broke Girls.

Then, thanks to the Thor movies and WandaVision, she became my favorite part of the Marvel Universe, only behind Baby Groot.

Shouts to Baby Groot.

Throw in The House Bunny, Dollface, Big Mouth and her current gig starring alongside the grunting genius of Tim Allen on ABC's Shifting Gears, a show that just returned to its second season and features more cars than all of the Fast and Furious movies combined.

And you've got a bona fide star.