Zoe-perry

Perry is she is Chicago native she was born into Laurie Metcalf and Jeff Perry. On the ABC sitcom Roseanne (as shown in flashback) Her mother portrayed Jackie Harris in two of Perry's initial TV roles. But her parents would not permit her to perform until she reached the age of adulthood because of the effects stress would affect their child. Perry claims she never wanted to be an actor in high school, but she decided to begin acting as a social activity at Northwestern University when she switched to the university from Boston University. Perry had the opportunity to secure minor TV roles in Law & Order: Criminal Intent after she graduated. However, her homesickness led her to California and she returned to work on stage. In 2013 she performed in The Other Place on Broadway with her mother. The show featured their father Kevin McKidd and Eugene O'Neill's Pulitzer Prize winning drama Anna Christie in 2015 at the Odyssey Theatre Ensemble, West Los Angeles. In 2016, Perry appeared on nine episodes on ABC's drama The Family. In 2017, Perry had a minor role on ABC's thriller about politics Scandal which starred her father. In the same year, she was cast as the younger character of Mary Cooper (Sheldon Cooper's mother) on Young Sheldon, a spin-off of the CBS sitcom The Big Bang Theory again playing a young version of her mother's role. Despite having a family connection to the character she received the role via an audition.