Kaley Christine Cuoco ( ; born November 30, 1985)
is an American film and television actress. She first came to attention for her role as Bridget Hennessy on the Emmy Award-winning sitcom
8 Simple Rules (2002?2005). She later starred as Billie Jenkins on the final season of the supernatural drama series
Charmed (2005?2006). She has gained international acclaim and recognition for her current role as Penny on the Emmy and Golden Globe award-winning comedy series
The Big Bang Theory (2007?present),
which became the highest rated comedy on US television among adults 18?49 for the 2009?10 season.
Cuoco has also appeared in the films
Lucky 13 (2005),
The Penthouse (2010),
Hop (2011), and
The Last Ride (2011).
Early life
Cuoco was born in Camarillo, California, the elder daughter of Layne Ann (née Wingate), a homemaker, and Gary Carmine Cuoco, a realtor.
She is of half Italian descent.
She has a sister, Briana, who is a dancer and currently makes appearances in the online web series
The Lizzie Bennet Diaries as Mary Bennet.
[Ratledge, Ingela (December 3, 2012) "Big Bang's Flash Mob Mentality". TV Guide. p. 6]As a child, Cuoco was once a nationally-ranked amateur tennis player,
[ No. 54 in Girls' 14 Singles.] a sport she took up when she was three years old but gave up in 2002, when she was 16.
She is a longtime friend of Bob and Mike Bryan and she grew up taking tennis lessons from Kathy Bryan, the mother of the Bryan brothers.
Career
Early career and 8 Simple Rules: 1992?2005
Cuoco made her first feature film appearance as the young Karin Carter in the 1995 action thriller
Virtuosity, alongside Denzel Washington and Russell Crowe.
[Entertainment Tonight. CBS. November 30, 2012.] In 1999 she appeared on the CBS sitcom
Ladies Man and in 2000 she portrayed former
Brady Bunch star Maureen McCormick in the TV movie
Growing Up Brady as well as starring in the Disney Channel Original Movie
Alley Cats Strike.
8 Simple Rules
In 2002, Cuoco, at the age of 16, began a starring role as Bridget Hennessy on the ABC sitcom
8 Simple Rules. Bridget was the eldest child, despite Cuoco being six years younger than Amy Davidson who played her on-screen little sister, and was portrayed as "the most beautiful girl in the school". She had several boyfriends throughout the series and used her feminine wiles to exert significant control over the boys she encountered. After co-star John Ritter's death, the show returned on November 4, 2003, with a one-hour episode, "Goodbye", which was dedicated to Ritter's memory. Subsequent episodes dealt with the family's reaction to his death and them moving on from it. ABC cancelled the series on May 17, 2005 after three seasons due to low ratings.
Voice acting
In addition to the last season of
8 Simple Rules, she had starring roles on the NBC miniseries,
10.5, on the ABC Family original movie,
Crimes of Fashion, in the independent film,
Debating Robert Lee[ and in the movie The Hollow with Nick Carter and Kevin Zegers. She also began voicing the character of Brandy Harrington, a 14-year old anthropomorphic mixed breed dog, on the Disney Channel's cartoon, Brandy and Mr. Whiskers. Cuoco began voicing the character of Kirstee Smith in Bratz from 2004?2005.]
Breakout and The Big Bang Theory: 2005?present
Charmed
In the eighth season of the hit cult TV show Charmed, Cuoco appeared as Billie Jenkins, a powerful young witch who was also one of whitelighter Paige Matthews' charges. Billie has the power of telekinesis, the ability to move objects with her mind, as well as the power of projection. While the sisters assume new identities during the first few episodes of the season, she keeps their secret and does some of their magical legwork for them. Billie spent most of the season trying to find her eldest sister Christy Jenkins, who had been kidnapped 15 years ago by The Triad. Billie is eventually reunited with her sister, but does not know that she had been turned evil under the influence of demons. After Christy briefly sways her to betray The Charmed Ones, Billie eventually sides with them in the series finale and is forced to kill her sister in self-defense. Executive producer Brad Kern stated Kaley's character was initially brought in as a possible spin-off.
The Big Bang Theory
In September 2007, Cuoco began a starring role in the CBS sitcom The Big Bang Theory. She plays Penny, an aspiring actress and employee at The Cheesecake Factory who lives across the hall from two nerdy scientists, Sheldon (Jim Parsons) and Leonard (Johnny Galecki). Prior to the 2010?2011 season, she earned $60,000 an episode for the series, the same as Johnny Galecki and Jim Parsons. In 2010 the cast negotiated a raise for each actor to make $200,000 per episode.[ "The Big Bang Theory Flash mob! [Full version compilation]". NommiXproductions. YouTube. November 16, 2012. Retrieved 2012-11-28.] A clip from the performance was also played during Cuoco's January 8, 2013 appearance on the late night talk show Conan.
Other work
Cuoco starred in the Lifetime film To Be Fat Like Me, which premiered on January 8, 2007.
Cuoco was named number 77 on FHM-Us 100 Sexiest Women in 2005, number 21 in 2008.[ |title=Kaley Cuoco to Host 2012 People's Choice Awards|publisher=People's Choice|accessdate=2012-10-09}}] and 2013.
Personal life
While working on The Big Bang Theory, Cuoco dated co-star Johnny Galecki for two years. They kept their relationship private until they broke up.
In October 2011, Cuoco announced her engagement to boyfriend Josh Resnik, an addiction specialist and former bassist for Danzig.
Cuoco has said that she is a big fan of both Game of Thrones and Harry Potter.[ 2012 San Diego Comic-Con ? The Big Bang Theory panel. Retrieved 2012-07-16.]
Filmography
{| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders"|+ Film! scope="col" |Year! scope="col" |Title! scope="col" |Role! scope="col" class="unsortable" | Notes|-| scope="row" | 1992| No Escape| Connie Reinhardt| Television film|-| scope="row" | 1995| Virtuosity| Karin Carter||-| scope="row" | 1997| Picture Perfect| Little Girl||-| scope="row" | 1997| Toothless| Lori| Television film|-| scope="row" | 1998| Mr. Murder| Charlotte Stillwater| Television film|-| scope="row" | 2000| Alley Cats Strike| Elisa Bowers| Disney Channel Original Movie|-| scope="row" | 2000| Growing Up Brady| Maureen McCormick| Television film|-| scope="row" | 2000| Can't Be Heaven| Teresa Powers| Credited as Kaley Cuaco|-| scope="row" | 2003| | Herself||-| scope="row" | 2004| Debating Robert Lee| Maralee Rodgers||-| scope="row" | 2004| 10.5| Amanda Williams| Television film|-| scope="row" | 2004| Crimes of Fashion| Brooke| Television film|-| scope="row" | 2004| | Karen||-| scope="row" | 2005| Lucky 13| Sarah Baker||-| scope="row" | 2006| Separated at Worth| Gabby| Television film|-| scope="row" | 2006| Wasted| Katie Cooning||-| scope="row" | 2006| Bratz: Passion 4 Fashion ? Diamondz| Kirstee Smith||-| scope="row" | 2007| To Be Fat Like Me| Alyson Schmidt| Television film|-| scope="row" | 2007| Cougar Club| Amanda||-| scope="row" | 2008| Killer Movie| Blanca Champion||-| scope="row" | 2010| | Erica Roc||-| scope="row" | 2011| Hop| Samantha O'Hare||-| scope="row" | 2011| | Wanda||-| scope="row" | 2012| | Stacy Peterson| Television film|-| scope="row" | 2013| Scribble| Hannah Rinaldi| Starring with Jonathan Bennett|-| scope="row" | 2013| Babies Unite| Donna Matthews| Filming alongside Kaylee DeFer and Oliver Hudson|}{| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders"|+ Television! scope="col" |Year! scope="col" |Title! scope="col" |Role! scope="col" class="unsortable" | Notes|-| scope="row" | 1994| My So-Called Life| Young Angela Chase| Episode: "Father Figures"|-| scope="row" | 1994| Northern Exposure| Miranda (Randi)| Episode: "Hello, I Love You"|-| scope="row" | 1996| Ellen| Little Ellen Morgan| Episode: "The Bubble Gum Incident"|-| scope="row" | 2000| Homewood PI| Lauren Crane| Episode: "Pilot"|-| scope="row" | 2000| Don't Forget Your Toothbrush| Ashley||-| scope="row" | 2000?01| Ladies Man| Bonnie Stiles| 8 episodes|-| scope="row" | 2001| 7th Heaven| Lynn| Episode: "Relationships"|-| scope="row" | 2002| First Monday| Alyssa| 1 episode|-| scope="row" | 2002| | Vanessa| Episode: "Shallow Gal"|-| scope="row" | 2002| | Kristin Ferris| Episode: "My Name Is Evil"|-| scope="row" | 2003| Crime Scene Investigation| Zoe Young| Episode: "Feeling The Heat"|-| scope="row" | 2004| | Carly Michaels| Episode: "Pilot"|-| scope="row" | 2004| Complete Savages| Erin| Episode: "For Whom the Cell Tolls"|-| scope="row" | 2004| Punk'd| Herself| Season 3 Episode 3|-| scope="row" | 2002?05| 8 Simple Rules| Bridget Hennessy| Main role|-| scope="row" | 2005?07| Loonatics Unleashed| Paula Hayes/Weather Vane| Episode: "Weathering Heights"
Episode: "Acmegeddon: Part 1"
Episode: "Acmegeddon: Part 2"|-| scope="row" | 2006| Secrets of a Small Town| Misty Anders| Episode: "Pilot"|-| scope="row" | 2004?06| Brandy and Mr. Whiskers| Brandy Harrington| Voice; main role|-| scope="row" | 2004-2010| 6teen| Chrissie Baldwin| Voice|-| scope="row" | 2005?06| Bratz| Kirstee Smith| Voice|-| scope="row" | 2005?06| Charmed| Billie Jenkins| Main role (Season 8)
22 episodes|-| scope="row" | 2007| Prison Break| Sasha| Episode: "The Message" and "Chicago"|-| scope="row" | 2007?present| | Penny| Main role|}
Awards
{| class="wikitable"|-! colspan="5" style="background: LightSteelBlue;"|Awards|- style="background:#ccc; text-align:center;"! style="text-align:center;"| Year! style="width:50px;"| Result! style="width:150px;"| Award! style="width:425px;"| Category! style="width:200px;"| Nominated work|-| 1993| |Young Artist Awards| Best Young Actress in a Cable movie| No Escape|-| 2000| |YoungStar Awards| Best Young Actress/Performance in a Miniseries/Made-For-TV Film| Growing Up Brady|-| rowspan=3 |2003| |Young Artist Awards|Best Performance in a TV Series (Comedy or Drama): Leading Young Actress| rowspan=5 |8 Simple Rules|-| | rowspan=2|Teen Choice Awards| Choice TV Actress: Comedy|-| | Choice TV Breakout Star: Female|-| rowspan=2|2004| | Teen Choice Awards| Choice TV Actress: Comedy|-| | Young Artist Awards| Best Young Adult Performer in a Teenage Role|-| 2006| | |Method Fest| Best Ensemble Cast| Debating Robert Lee|-| 2009| | |2nd EWwy Awards| Best Lead Actress in a Comedy Series| rowspan=7 |The Big Bang Theory|-| 2010| | |Teen Choice Awards| Choice TV Actress: Comedy|-| 2011| | Teen Choice Awards| Choice TV Actress: Comedy|-| rowspan=3|2012| | People's Choice Awards| Favorite TV Comedy Actress|-| | Teen Choice Awards| Choice TV Actress: Comedy|-| | |Satellite Awards 2012| Best Actress in a Comedy Series[ 'Silver Linings Playbook' Wins Five Satellite Awards, Including Best Picture, Kilday, Gregg The Hollywood Reporter December 16, 2012.]|-| 2013| | People's Choice Awards| Favorite TV Comedy Actress|}
References
External links
{{Persondata | NAME = Cuoco, Kaley| ALTERNATIVE NAMES =| SHORT DESCRIPTION = American actress| DATE OF BIRTH = 1985-11-30| PLACE OF BIRTH = Camarillo, California, US| DATE OF DEATH =| PLACE OF DEATH =}}1985 birthsActresses from CaliforniaAmerican child actressesAmerican film actressesAmerican television actressesAmerican voice actressesLiving peoplePeople from Ventura County, California20th-century American actresses21st-century American actressesAmerican people of Italian descent
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