Zoe Perry (born September , ) is an American actress. She is best
known for portraying young Mary Cooper in Young Sheldon and for
recurring roles on The Family and Scandal.Perry was born in Chicago to
actors Laurie Metcalf and Jeff Perry. Her first television roles were
two appearances as Jackie Harris (as seen in flashback) on the ABC
sitcom Roseanne, the character portrayed by her mother. Her parents,
however, did not want her to pursue acting until she became an adult,
fearing the effect of stress. Perry said that she was too shy to act
in high school, but began performing at Northwestern University, as a
way to make friends after transferring from Boston University.After
graduating, Perry moved to New York to search for television work,
landing small roles on series such as Law & Order: Criminal Intent,
but homesickness brought her back to California, where she found
theater work. In , she performed in The Other Place on Broadway
alongside her mother. In , she performed alongside her father and
Kevin McKidd in Eugene O'Neill's Pulitzer Prize-winning drama Anna
Christie at the Odyssey Theatre Ensemble in West Los Angeles.Perry
appeared in nine episodes of the ABC thriller The Family in . In , she
had a recurring role on the ABC political thriller Scandal, starring
her father. The same year, she was cast as a younger version of Mary
Cooper (Sheldon Cooper's mother) on Young Sheldon, a spin-off of the
CBS sitcom The Big Bang Theory, again portraying a younger version of
her mother's role. Despite her family link to the character, she
received the role through an audition.
known for portraying young Mary Cooper in Young Sheldon and for
recurring roles on The Family and Scandal.Perry was born in Chicago to
actors Laurie Metcalf and Jeff Perry. Her first television roles were
two appearances as Jackie Harris (as seen in flashback) on the ABC
sitcom Roseanne, the character portrayed by her mother. Her parents,
however, did not want her to pursue acting until she became an adult,
fearing the effect of stress. Perry said that she was too shy to act
in high school, but began performing at Northwestern University, as a
way to make friends after transferring from Boston University.After
graduating, Perry moved to New York to search for television work,
landing small roles on series such as Law & Order: Criminal Intent,
but homesickness brought her back to California, where she found
theater work. In , she performed in The Other Place on Broadway
alongside her mother. In , she performed alongside her father and
Kevin McKidd in Eugene O'Neill's Pulitzer Prize-winning drama Anna
Christie at the Odyssey Theatre Ensemble in West Los Angeles.Perry
appeared in nine episodes of the ABC thriller The Family in . In , she
had a recurring role on the ABC political thriller Scandal, starring
her father. The same year, she was cast as a younger version of Mary
Cooper (Sheldon Cooper's mother) on Young Sheldon, a spin-off of the
CBS sitcom The Big Bang Theory, again portraying a younger version of
her mother's role. Despite her family link to the character, she
received the role through an audition.
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