Zoe-perry

Perry is born July 25, 1968 in Chicago in Illinois. She was the daughter of Laurie Metcalf Perry and Jeff Perry. The role of Jackie Harris was played by her mother in each of her two appearances on Roseanne. However, her parents did not let her perform until she was an adult, for fear of the effects stress would affect their child. Perry confessed that she wasn't comfortable acting in high school, but started performing as a means to make friends during her time at Northwestern University after switching from Boston University. Perry started her acting career as an actress in New York after graduation, landing minor parts on Law & Order: Criminal Intent. Then, homesickness led to Perry come back to California and pursue a career as an actress in the theater. She appeared on Broadway in The Other Place with her mother in 2013. In the year 2015, she was together with Kevin McKidd alongside her mother in Eugene O'Neill's Pulitzer Prizewinning drama Anna Christie. It is part of the Odyssey Theatre Ensemble is located in West Los Angeles. Perry played nine roles in the ABC drama The Family, in 2016. In 2017, Perry played a supporting role in the ABC political drama Scandal in which her father was the main character. She was also cast in her role on the CBS sitcom The Big Bang Theory spinoff Young Sheldon as a version younger Mary Cooper, Sheldon Cooper's mother. The character was assigned by audition despite the fact that she is a relative with the role.