Zoe-perry

Perry was born in Chicago to the actors Laurie Metcalf and Jeff Perry. Her first appearances were on television as Jackie Harris, a character played by her mother in the ABC show Roseanne. However, her parents did not allow her to play until she was an adult because of the negative effects that stress could have on their daughter. Perry admits that she was not at ease in the stage during high school however, she began to perform as an opportunity to make new individuals during her time at Northwestern University after switching from Boston University. Perry made her debut in New York after graduation, performing in minor roles on Law & Order: Criminal Intent. Then, homesickness led to Perry move back to California and pursue a career as a theatre actress. She appeared on Broadway with her mother in The Other Place with her mother in 2013. The show featured her father Kevin McKidd and Eugene O'Neill's Pulitzer Prize winning drama Anna Christie in the year 2015 on the Odyssey Theatre Ensemble, West Los Angeles. Perry made an appearance in 9 episodes of ABC's thriller The Family during 2016. In 2017, Perry played a supporting role in the ABC political drama Scandal which starred her father. That same year she portrayed a child model of Mary Cooper on Young Sheldon (a CBS spinoff The Big Bang Theory) as her mother as a young version. The actress was chosen for the part despite the close relationship with the character's family.