Early Life
Cuoco was born in Camarillo, California, the daughter of Layne Ann (née Wingate), a homemaker, and Gary Carmine Cuoco, a realtor. She is of half Italian descent. She has a sister, Briana, who is a dancer and currently stars in the online web series, 'The Lizzie Bennet Diaries' as Mary Bennet.
As a child, Cuoco was once a nationally ranked amateur tennis player, a sport she took up when she was three years old but gave up in 2002, when she was 16.
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