Committed to her successful sitcom, Cuoco made limited film appearances during the years The Big Bang Theory was on the air. She played one of the flesh and blood characters of the live action-animated hybrid Hop (2011) and enjoyed prominent roles in the indie films Authors Anonymous (2014) and Burning Bodhi (2015). Cuoco also co-starred in the critically panned but commercially successful comedy The Wedding Ringer (2015), and provided voice work for Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Road Chip (2015) and Why Him? (2016). 'The Flight Attendant' Jim Parsons: I remember getting the call and I was somewhere in LA . . . no, I think I was in Florida. Well, it doesn’t really matter, probably, but I was outdoors when I took the phone call. The biggest thing I remember was Johnny saying it won’t get in the way of work, which was nice to say. And honestly, it really didn’t. Kaley Christine Cuoco was born in Camarillo, California, to Layne Ann (Wingate) and Gary Carmine Cuoco, a realtor. Like her husband, Cuoco is an avid horse rider. She is also a former nationally ranked amateur tennis player. Cuoco started working at a young age. She took up modeling as a child, and her first acting gigs were in commercials. Before long, Cuoco graduated to television work. She landed guest spots on such series as Northern Exposure, 7th Heaven and My So-Called Life, and made an appearance in the film Picture Perfect. Because of her career, Cuoco was homeschooled. She told People magazine that "I've never been to a regular high school." '8 Simple Rules,' 'Charmed'

The 37-year-old plays suburban mother-of-two Emma who is keeping a murderous secret from her husband David, played by David Oyelowo, who is now spearheading the newest Yellowstone spin-off. Steve Molaro (executive producer) : It makes me crazy because technically that photo was from the fantasy sequence, so it shouldn’t be a real photo on her refrigerator. Unless Leonard said, “Hey, we should go re-create this image I have from a dream of mine and get in the elevator shaft and have somebody take a picture of us,” it doesn’t belong there. Kaley Cuoco: It wasn’t like I decided, Hey, this will be the magazine that I tell! It was so not that way. I mean, why would I choose Watch magazine? I’m sorry. It was just an interview, and then the writer started asking me, and I was like, “Yeah [we were in a relationship].”Big Bang Theory’s Kaley Cuoco is stepping far outside of her typecast with her newest role in Prime Video’s Role Play.

Kaley Cuoco: Johnny was like, “Why didn’t you tell me?” I said, “I didn’t even think it was a big deal.” And then when I saw the way it was written, it wasn’t what I expected. I really didn’t think of it that way, so I guess that’s why I didn’t say anything for a while.Bill Prady: I remember being worried because we were on a trajectory towards a Leonard and Penny breakup, and being concerned that I didn’t want to hurt somebody who had been through that recently. But they were amazing. I remember Kaley mentioning something we had written, and her telling us it was surprisingly accurate to something they’d gone through. Actress Kaley Cuoco had her first taste of TV success with the family sitcom 8 Simple Rules in 2002. Five years later, she launched the next phase of her career with The Big Bang Theory, which became one of television's most popular comedies. Cuoco has also appeared in such films as Hop (2011) and The Wedding Ringer (2015). Early Life and Career When she is not acting, Cuoco is an avid tennis player, who in earlier years had consistently been ranked well in Southern California Tennis Association standings as a member of a regional amateur division team. The dream sequence where Leonard was holding Penny in the elevator shaft is captured in a photograph of the pair on Penny’s refrigerator. But as executive producer Steve Molaro points out, that picture could technically never exist.