Raegan Revord (born January 3, 2008) is an American actor and novelist known for their role as Missy Cooper in the television series ''

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''.

Early life

Raegan Revord was born on January 3, 2008, in

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, and was raised in Los Angeles when their family moved there when they were three and a half years old. , they are a junior ambassador for

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. They are an only child.

Career

Revord began modeling work for print advertisements and appeared in commercials at age four. They were cast as Megan in ''

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'' at six. They had minor roles in ''

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'', '' With Bob & David'', and ''

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''. They did voice work for the radio play ''Nilsa and the Troll''. In March 2017, Revord was cast as Missy Cooper,

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's twin sister, in ''Young Sheldon'', a prequel to the series ''

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''. Revord felt that the character's slight use on ''The Big Bang Theory'' (2007–2019) left plenty of room for an original interpretation. Missy Cooper has been described as adding a . ''

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'' said in 2024, Revord picked up Missy's Texan accent by watching

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play an older version of the character's mother on ''The Big Bang Theory''. They have appeared on the ''Young Sheldon'' spin-off series ''

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'', and the final episode of the sitcom ''

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''. In 2019, Revord created Read with Raegan, an online book club which had 175,000 followers on

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. They wrote ''Rules for Fake Girlfriends'', a

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romance novel scheduled to be published by

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in September 2025.

Filmography

Awards

Notes

References

External links

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Raegan Revord/Missy Cooper
gives Sedona Charter School a tour of ''Young Sheldon'' set, 2021 video.
Actress Raegan Revord of "Young Sheldon" talks about her joy of working and latest projects
2024 interview on

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