Kaley's last name, "Cuoco", translates to "cook" in Italian. Her father Gary Carmine Cuoco (a California realtor) is of Italian descent, while her mother Layne Ann Wingate (a homemaker) is has an English and German ancestry.
Kaley Christine Cuoco was born on November 30, 1985, in Camarillo, California. She has been on TV since the tender age of 6, doing commercials including some for Barbie dolls. Kaley Cuoco's first movie was when she was only 7, called Quicksand: No Escape.
Kaley was home-schooled and earned her high school diploma at the age of 16. When she's not acting, Cuoco is an avid tennis player, who consistently ranks well in Southern California Tennis Association standings as a member of a regional amateur division team.
On December 31, 2013, she married her boyfriend of 6 months Ryan Sweeting following a 3-month-long engagement. But after 21 months of marriage, they parted ways.
In her recent appearance on The Ellen DeGeneres Show, she talked about the tough time she went through after ending her marriage to Ryan Sweeting. Cuoco called 2015 "very bizarre," and said that she's already excited for what this year has in store. Find out more at USA Today.