Kaley Cuoco
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Kaley Christine Cuoco (born November 30, 1985) is an American television actress best known for her role as Bridget Hennessy on the ABC sitcom 8 Simple Rules. Although she played the oldest child of the family, she is, in reality, six years younger than her co-star, Amy Davidson, who played the middle child. She parodied herself on one episode of 8 Simple Rules in a cold opening sequence. She is also known for her role on the WB hit series, Charmed as Billie Jenkins starring alongside Holly Marie Combs, Alyssa Milano, and Rose McGowan.
Biography
Cuoco was born in Camarillo, California to Gary Carmine Cuoco and Layne Ann Wingate. Her acting career began in '92 with the TV movie, Quicksand: No . Her role as Maureen McCormick on Growing Up Brady in 1999 brought her much attention, as well as a role on the CBS sitcom, Ladies Man. In 2004, in addition to her role on 8 Simple Rules she has had starring roles on the NBC miniseries 10.5, on the ABC Family original movie Crimes of Fashion, and in the independent film Debating Robert Lee.
Cuoco was named #74 on FHM-US's 100 Sexiest Women in 2004. She began voicing the character of Brandy Harrington on the Disney Channel's cartoon, Brandy and Mr. Whiskers, later in 2004. Recently, Kaley has lent her voice for Elena, a main character on the Kids' WB show, Monster Allergy.
Cuoco appeared as Billie Jenkins, a new witch that was searching for her lost sister in the 8th season of the hit TV show Charmed along side Holly Marie Combs, Alyssa Milano and Rose Mcgowan and remained until the series was ended. In 2004, Cuoco co-starred in the movie The Hollow with stars Nick Carter and Kevin Zegers. After she was tricked by Ashton Kutcher's crew members on Punk'd Season 3 Episode 3, Cuoco suggested that all of Kutcher's victims (including Yankees' third baseman/2005 American League MVP Alex Rodriguez and Alias star Michael Vartan) and the ones who are threatened to get pranked (including The Apprentice's Donald Trump, New York Yankees' outfielder Johnny Damon, Detroit Tigers' pitcher Kenny Rogers, Chicago White Sox Catcher A.J. Pierzynski, Sacramento Kings' small forward Ron Artest to name some), should team up on a show titled Get Ashton to get even with Kutcher.
Kaley has also starred in the recent Lifetime movie To Be Fat Like Me which premiered on January 8, 2007.[1] She played a minor role in the Prison Break episode "The Message", and in the subsequent episode "Chicago."
Kaley is set to star on a new CBS show, The Big Bang Theory, debuting in autumn 2007.
She was a nationally ranked amateur tennis player until she switched to acting full time in 2002.
http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Kaley_Cuoco&action=edit§ion=1# She also had a very succsessful career on ABC's 8 Simple Rules, which ended shortly after John Ritter (Who plays the father Paul Henessy) died.()
Trivia
- Executive Producer Brad Kern stated that Kaley's character, Billie Jenkins on the hit WB television series, Charmed was initially brought in as a possible spin-off starring Cuoco as Billie.
References
- ^ "Movies - To Be Fat Like Me". lifetimetv.com. Retrieved 2007-03-18.