Editing Kaley Cuoco (section)

===1995–2006: Early work and ''8 Simple Rules''===
Cuoco made her first feature film appearance as the young Karin Carter in the 1995 action thriller ''[[Virtuosity]]''.<ref>''[[Entertainment Tonight]]''. [[CBS]]. November 30, 2012.</ref> In 2000, she portrayed former ''[[The Brady Bunch]]'' star [[Maureen McCormick]] in the TV film ''[[Growing Up Brady (film)|Growing Up Brady]]'' as well as starring in the [[Disney Channel]] [[List of Disney Channel original films|original film]] ''[[Alley Cats Strike]]'', and then in 2001, she appeared on the [[CBS]] sitcom ''[[Ladies Man (1999 TV series)|Ladies Man]]''. In September 2002, she began a starring role as Bridget Hennessy on the [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]] sitcom ''[[8 Simple Rules|8 Simple Rules for Dating My Teenage Daughter]]'' (afterwards ''8 Simple Rules''). Bridget was the oldest child, despite Cuoco being six years younger than [[Amy Davidson]], who played her younger sister.

In addition to the final season of ''8 Simple Rules'', Cuoco had starring roles on the [[NBC]] miniseries ''[[10.5 (miniseries)|10.5]]'', the [[Freeform (TV channel)|ABC Family]] original film ''[[Crimes of Fashion]]'', the independent film ''Debating Robert Lee'',<ref>[https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/debating_robert_lee/ "Debating Robert Lee (2006)"]. [[Rotten Tomatoes]]. Retrieved August 29, 2014.</ref> and in the film ''[[The Hollow (2004 film)|The Hollow]]'' at the same time. She also voiced the character of Brandy Harrington, a 14-year-old anthropomorphic mixed-breed dog, on the [[Disney Channel]] animated series ''[[Brandy and Mr. Whiskers]]''. She voiced the character of Kirstee Smith in ''[[Bratz]]'' from 2004 to 2005. In the eighth season of the TV series ''[[Charmed]]'', she appeared as [[Billie Jenkins]], a powerful young [[witchcraft|witch]] with the powers of [[psychokinesis|telekinesis]] and projection. Executive producer [[Brad Kern]] stated that Cuoco's character was initially brought in as a possible spin-off.{{citation needed|date=January 2020}}