Courtney Henggeler

Actress

Birthday December 11, 1978

Birth Sign Sagittarius

Birthplace Phillipsburg, New Jersey, U.S.

Age 45 years old

Nationality United States

Height 1.75 m

#2663 Most Popular

1978

Courtney Healy Henggeler ( born December 11, 1978) is an American actress known for her starring role as Amanda Larusso in the Netflix comedy-drama television series Cobra Kai.

She is also known as playing the adult version of Sheldon Cooper's twin sister, Missy, in The Big Bang Theory.

Born in Phillipsburg, New Jersey, Henggeler grew up in Pennsylvania in the Poconos until she was 14 when she moved to her parents' hometown of Seaford, New York on the South Shore of Long Island.

1997

After graduating from Seaford High School in 1997, Henggeler enrolled at SUNY Fredonia but dropped out and moved to Los Angeles two years later, where she received her first acting lessons.

She credits her childhood best friend Patti for making her audition for a high school production of Carousel when she was in 9th grade.

2003

Henggeler started off her acting career with a main role in the horror B-movie The Bog Creatures in 2003.

Two years later, she made a guest appearance in the medical drama House.

2008

In 2008, and again in 2018, Henggeler took on the guest role of Missy Cooper, the twin sister of Sheldon Cooper, in the sitcom The Big Bang Theory.

2015

Henggeler married Ross Kohn in October 2015.

They have two children.

She is of Swiss descent.

2018

After other guest roles in various movies and TV shows over the years and a recurring role on the CBS sitcom Mom, Henggeler made her breakthrough in 2018 when she landed a starring role on Cobra Kai as Amanda Larusso, the wife of the original Karate Kid Daniel Larusso.

2019

In 2019 she was featured in Hulu's episodic holiday horror series In the Dark.