“2 Broke Girls” star Beth Behrs knows what it’s like to have an empty bank account.

“I WAS a broke girl,” Behrs tells PopcornBiz of the lean times right before she landed her CBS sitcom. “Like, no money, had to call mom and say, 'I need money so that I can get some macaroni and cheese to eat’ broke.”

The 25-year-old actress was hustling herself to pay the rent before she landed her breakthrough role as Caroline Channing, a once-privileged New York socialite who’s reduced to waiting tables at a greasy spoon. “I was auditioning, I'd done some guest stars and a couple of smaller films,” she recalls. “I was a nanny, I worked at The Geffen Playhouse and was working a lot of odd jobs. I've been acting since I was 4- or 5-years old in theater, and so this is a dream come true.”

And yes, Behrs does know a little something about the food service industry. “I was a waitress and hostess at Chili's in Marin County in Northern California, right before I left for college,” she reveals. “I wasn't very good at it, a lot like Caroline. I dropped a whole tray of drinks my first night on a party of 10. I put too many on the tray and just dropped them all, so that was nice.”

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