Kari Byron

Kari Byron Early life

Byron graduated from Los Gatos High School and went on to study film and sculpture at San Francisco State University, graduating magna cum laude in May 1998 with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Film and Sculpture. Byron spent the following year backpacking—mostly in South Asia, including the Himalayas—and was also involved in a number of art projects. She also worked as a secret Martini shopper for a liquor company.

Kari Byron Mythbusters

On the show MythBusters, Byron is featured along with fellow Build Team members Tory Belleci and Grant Imahara, and also assists co-hosts Adam Savage and Jamie Hyneman, in testing the plausibility of various myths. She became involved in the show after persistently showing up at Hyneman's M5 Industries workshop in a desire to get hired at his company. On her first day as a paid employee, she was asked by Jamie and MythBusters producer Peter Rees to help out with the "vacuum plane toilet" myth, and she was asked to model her buttocks for a cast: a job which would later have her comment (jokingly) that she was hired "for her butt". She was given a more prominent role in the show starting with its second season. Not having had a long history in show business, at first she found it hard to act naturally with this more visible position but gradually became more used to it.

Kari Byron Personal life

Kari is now married to Paul Urich. On February 25, 2009, it was announced that Kari is pregnant. 11:35 p.m. Sunday, June 28th 2010 Kari gave birth to Stella Ruby Urich. Stella Ruby weighed 8 lbs., 12 oz.