# Zoe Perry

Zoe Perry (born September 26, 1983) is an American actress. She was a regular on the CBS sitcom Young Sheldon as Mary Cooper, a character earlier portrayed by her mother Laurie Metcalf on The Big Bang Theory. Perry's performance as Mary Cooper earned a Critics' Choice Television Award nomination. Perry also had recurring roles on The Family (2016) and Scandal (2017).

## Early life

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.

## Career

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 2013, she performed in The Other Place on Broadway alongside her mother. In 2015, 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 2016. In 2017, she had a recurring role on the ABC political thriller Scandal, starring her father. The same year, she was cast on Young Sheldon, a spin-off of the CBS sitcom The Big Bang Theory, as a younger version of Mary Cooper (Sheldon Cooper's mother). It was the same character her mother had played on 14 episodes of The Big Bang Theory. Despite her family link to the character, she received the role through an audition. She reprised the role of Mary Cooper on Georgie & Mandy's First Marriage, which premiered on CBS on October 17, 2024.

## Filmography
### Film

| Year | Title | Role |
| 2008 | Deception | Secretary #1 |
| 2008 | The Loss of a Teardrop Diamond | Mathilde |
| 2011 | Turkey Bowl | Zoe |
| 2014 | Everyday Miracles | Maxine |
| 2016 | No Pay, Nudity | Renie |

### Television

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 1992, 1995 | Roseanne | Young Jackie Harris | 2 episodes |
| 2006 | Law & Order: Criminal Intent | Wendy | Episode: "Vacancy" |
| 2006 | Conviction | Audrey Knowles | 2 episodes |
| 2006, 2008, 2010 | My Boys | Waitress | 4 episodes |
| 2007 | Cold Case | Melinda Levy '82 | Episode: "Justice" |
| 2008 | Private Practice | Lisa | Episode: "Equal & Opposite" |
| 2009 | Ave 43 | Janet | 2 episodes |
| 2012 | Grey's Anatomy | Katy Noonan | Episode: "Beautiful Doom" |
| 2013 | Second Shot | Krystal Munson | Episode: "If It Ain't Fix, Don't Break It" |
| 2016 | The Family | Jane | 9 episodes |
| 2016 | NCIS | Harpers Ferry Police Officer Kristen Fields | 2 episodes |
| 2017 | Liv and Maddie | Marlow | Episode: "Tiny House-A-Rooney" |
| 2017 | Scandal | Samantha Ruland | Recurring role (season 6); 9 episodes |
| 2017–2024 | Young Sheldon | Mary Cooper | Main role; 141 episodes |
| 2024–present | Georgie & Mandy's First Marriage | Mary Cooper | Recurring role |

### Awards and nominations

| Year | Award | Category | Nominated work | Result |
| 2019 | Critics' Choice Television Awards | Best Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series | Young Sheldon | Nominated |

## Theater

| Year | Title | Role | Venue |
| 1992 | My Thing of Love. | N/A | Steppenwolf Theatre Company |
| 1998 | Pot Mom | Lorraine | Steppenwolf Theatre Company |
| 2006 | The Late Christopher Bean | Susan Haggett | The Actors Company Theatre Studio |
| 2010 | The Lieutenant of Inishmore | Mairead | Mark Taper Forum |
| 2010 | The Autumn Garden | Sophie Tuckerman | The Antaeus Company |
| 2011 | End Days | Rachel Stein | Odyssey Theatre Ensemble |
| 2011 | Peace in Our Time | Lilly Blake | The Antaeus Company |
| 2012–2013 | The Other Place | The Women | Samuel J. Friedman Theatre |
| 2013 | Good Television | Brittany | Atlantic Theater Company |
| 2014 | The Way West | Manda | Steppenwolf Theatre Company |
| 2015 | Anna Christie | Anna | Odyssey Theatre Ensemble |
| 2015 | I'll Get You Back Again | Staged Reading | Steppenwolf Theatre Company |