Briana Cuoco Biography
Briana Cuoco born Briana Justine is an American actress well known for her roles in the movies such as The Mentalist in 2008, The Lydia Bennet!! in 2012 and The Lizzie Bennet Diaries in 2012. Together with the acting career, she has made her way to the musical field where she has credited an extended play that consists of five tracks with her band, Bluebird.
Briana Cuoco Age, Ethnicity
Briana Justine Cuoco was born on 29 November 1988 in Ventura, California, the United States. She belongs to the white ethnicity and holds an American nationality.
Briana’s Height
Cuoco stands at a height of 1.68 meters (5 feet and 6 inches tall).
Briana Cuoco Husband | Boyfriend
Briana Cuoco is not married, she shares a romantic relationship with Josh Katz her longterm-boyfriend. Duo birds often exhibit their love life on social media. As for now the love birds enjoys a smooth and strong relationship with each other.
Briana Cuoco Family
Briana Cuoco was born to Gary Carmine Cuoco who is a realtor and Layne Ann a homemaker. She has a sister named Kaley Cuoco who is also a famous American actress.
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Briana Cuoco Net Worth
Currently, the 30 years old actress has an estiomated net worth of $1.5 million. She has been able to emmerse the ammount from her successful acting career.
Briana’s Career
Briana Cuoco started her professional career as a personal assistant to her sister, Kaley Cuoco who was already a well-established actress in Hollywood. In 2001, she made her screen debut, guest-starring in the episode ‘Tangled Web’ of ‘The Nightmare Room’ as Nikki, an American children anthology horror series that used to air on Kids’ WB. Cuoco would have to wait more than a decade to land her next television appearance. She portrayed Neal Sampat’s (Dev Patel) date in the episode ‘The 112th Congress’ of Aaron Sorkin’s political drama ‘The Newsroom’ in 2012.
In the same year, she appeared as Mary Bennet in the web series ‘The Lizzie Bennet Diaries’, a modern rendition of Jane Austen’s ‘Pride and Prejudice’. Cuoco reprised her role in the spin-off ‘The Lydia Bennet!!’, appearing in a total of 14 episodes in the first two seasons. While in the book Mary Bennet is one of the five Bennet sisters, the Mary Bennet of the show is Lizzie and Jane’s cousin who often appears in Lydia’s vlogs. In the TV series, Cuoco develops a strong bond with Lydia during the time the latter spends in their home.
While they are clearly of opposite personalities, the two find that they can get along quite well. The series humorously notes how she is essentially a forgotten character in the book, by giving her a Twitter handle with a description that reads “I am Mary, never forgotten.” Mary seems to have a boyfriend named Eddie.
In ‘The Big Bang Theory’, she appeared as Gretchen, an old friend of Penny, whose old boyfriend cheated on her with Gretchen. Briana appeared in the season six episode ‘The Tangible Affection Proof’, which revolves around Valentine’s Day celebration. She was cast as Maggie, a dancer, in the 2013 episode ‘Behind the Red Curtain’ of CBS’ ‘The Mentalist’.
In 2015, Cuoco made her big screen debut with the romantic comedy ‘Beauty in the Broken’, playing the character Pele Peterson. In the 2017 episode ‘A Seafaring Ancestor and a Bloomin’ Onion’ of CBS’ ‘Mom’, she made a cameo appearance portrayng Tabitha.
Her band Bluebird has been deeply influenced by Adele, Fiona Apple, Sara Bareilles and Florence and the Machine. Released in 2012, their Extended Play ‘Bluebird’ contained five tracks: ‘Another Year’, ‘October’, ‘Selfish’, ‘Welcome to the Night’ and ‘Be My Baby’.While it remained relatively unknown to music listeners at large, the album received glowing reviews on iTunes.
Briana Cuoco The Voice
In the season five of ‘The Voice’ in 2013, Cuoco gave a blind audition. With Kaley and the rest of her family supporting her from the backstage, she sang‘You and I’, Lady Gaga’s 2011 track. Getting both CeeLo Green and Christina Aguilera to turn for her, Cuoco eventually chose Aguilera as her coach. However, she was “stolen” in the battle rounds by Blake Shelton. She would go on to lose in the first round to Shelbie Z. She is also an accomplished dancer and choreographer. She choreographed a flash mob dance routine in 2012, on the set of ‘The Big Bang Theory’.