Cristin Milioti

They say you can take the Girl out of Jersey, but you can't...you know how the rest goes. Lucky for Cherry Hill, NJ, native Cristin Milioti, she's full of hometown pride. But you wouldn't surmise Milioti's Garden State roots from watching her in her recent Tony-nominated role as "Girl" in the Broadway musical "Once," in which she speaks and sings entirely in a convincing Czech accent and was nominated for a 2012 Tony Award.

While "Once" marks Milioti's musical debut, she has performed in "The Lieutenant of Inishmore and Coram Boy" on Broadway, as well as a number of off-Broadway shows, including "The Little Foxes," "Stunning," "That Face," "The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter," "The Retributionists" and "Crooked." Milioti has appeared on "30 Rock" as the baby-voiced comedienne Abby Flynn in the episode "TGS Hates Women," on "The Sopranos" as the daughter of a Mafia boss and as Mike Birbiglia's sister Janet in the 2012 film "Sleepwalk With Me."

Milioti became known to millions the moment she was revealed to be the mother on "How I Met Your Mother." She appeared as a series regular during the show's final season. She also starred opposite Leonardo DiCaprio in the film "The Wolf of Wall Street."

She returns to TV as the female lead in the whimsical romantic comedy "A to Z" premiering in the Fall of 2014 on NBC.