Courtney Healy Henggeler is an American former actress known for her starring role as Amanda LaRusso in the Netflix comedy-drama television series Cobra Kai. She is also known for playing Sheldon Cooper's twin sister, Missy, in The Big Bang Theory.
Early life and education
Born on December 11, 1978, in Phillipsburg, New Jersey, Henggeler grew up in Pennsylvania in the Poconos until she moved to her parents' hometown of Seaford, New York, on the South Shore of Long Island at age 14. After graduating from Seaford High School, Henggeler enrolled at SUNY Fredonia but dropped out and moved to Los Angeles two years later, where she received her first acting lessons. Henggeler credits her childhood best friend Patti for making her audition for a high school production of Carousel when Henggeler was in the ninth grade. ==Career==
Career
2003–2025 Henggeler started 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. 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. ==Personal life==
Personal life
Henggeler married Ross Kohn in October 2015. They have two children. She is of Italian, Swiss-German and Irish descent. ==Filmography==