: Cristin Milioti is an American actress born on August 16, 1985, in Cherry Hill, New Jersey. She trained at New York University and built a career in theatre before breaking through on television. She received wide attention for her role as the title character's love interest, "The Mother," in How I Met Your Mother. She received a Tony Award nomination for Once on Broadway and starred in the critically acclaimed HBO series Made for Love and the Black Mirror episode USS Callister.