Courtney Henggeler is an American actress, best known for her role as “Amanda LaRusso” in the Netflix series “Cobra Kai” (2018).
Wiki/Biography
Courtney Healy Henggeler was born on Monday, December 11, 1978 (42 years old; as of 2020) in Philipsburg, New Jersey, United States. Her zodiac sign is Sagittarius.
Courtney Henggeler as a child with her sister and mother
After she was born, her parents moved to the Poconos, Pennsylvania, where she lived until she was 14 years old. After her parents separated, Courtney and her mother moved to Seaford, Long Island, to live near her grandmother. She attended Seaford High School. She studied for a Bachelor of Arts (BFA) in Theater at SUNY Fredonia, but dropped out because she lost interest in theater. She then worked as a summer bartender in Fredonia and took acting classes. A year or two later, she moved to Los Angeles. After getting married, she and her husband moved to New York City and lived in a rented house in Huntington, New York.
appearance
Height: 5′ 9″
Eye Color: Green
Hair color: Brown
Family and Race
She was raised Catholic and practiced Catholicism.
Parents and siblings
Her parents divorced when she was 14. She has a younger sister named Deidre Henggeler.
Courtney Henggeler and her mother
Courtney Henggeler and her sister
Husband and children
In October 2015, she married Ross Kohn, a Jewish filmmaker who grew up in Westchester.
Courtney Henggeler and her husband
The couple has two children; a son named Oscar Noah Kohn (born January 25, 2017) and a daughter named Georgie Healy Kohn (born March 1, 2019).
Courtney Henggeler and her family
Profession
After moving to Los Angeles, she began her modeling career. She has also appeared in advertisements for brands such as McDonald’s, Audi and Toyota.
Courtney Henggeler shoots commercial for Audi
Movie
In 2003, she made her film debut in the horror film Swamp Creature, playing the role of “Susan Beth” (the title character).
She had supporting and lead roles in the films The Legacy of Walter Froome (2005), Friends with Benefits (2011), Christine’s Christmas Past (2013), Fixed (2017), and No One’s Fool (2018).
television
In 2005, she made her television debut in the American TV series House MD, playing a waitress.
She had small roles in television series such as The Big Bang Theory (2008, 2013 and 2018), Criminal Minds (2008), NCIS (2009), Working Class (2011) and Back in the Game (2013) before landing the recurring role of “Claudia” on the CBS series Mom (2013-14).
Courtney Henggeler, Mom (2013)
She then had small roles in TV series such as Franklin & Bash (2014), The Mysteries of Laura (2015), Mary & Jane (2016), and Jane the Virgin (2018) before landing her breakthrough role as “Amanda LaRusso” in Cobra Kai (2018).
Courtney Henggeler as Cobra Kai (2018)
Other works
In 2011, she filmed a short film for the cruise brand Royal Caribbean, directed by and starring Jenny McCarthy. She made her debut as a screenwriter and producer with the film The Secret Lives of Celebrity Surrogates (2020).
Favorite things
- Food: BBQ tacos, steak tartare
- Restaurant: Cactus Taquerias #2, Los Angeles
- Actresses: Jenny McCarthy, Bette Davis
- Movies: Gone with the Wind (1939), All About Eve (1950), Poltergeist (1982), The Stranger (2008), The Beverly Hills Cop (1989), Zoolander
- TV series: Beverly Hills (1990)
- Book: Don’t Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus! (by Mo Williams)
- The Musical: Jesus Christ Superstar
- Rapper: Ol’ Dirty Bastard
- Travel destination: Bora Bora
Facts/Trivia
- In her free time she enjoys cooking, traveling, and watching TV and movies.
- At the age of four, she saw hula dancers on TV and decided to become a dancer. Her mother told her that this was not a career for her. She tried to find another way to appear on TV and dance in front of people. Later, she realized that dancing was not for her and chose to become an actress.
- She was interested in theater from a young age. In ninth grade, her friend Patty asked her to audition for her high school musical, Carousel. During the audition, she pretended to eat an apple while singing a song about clams and was offered a role.
- While in high school, she acted in many school productions. She was also a member of a youth drama group that performed in the town of Hampstead. Her school also had a project called “Showmobile” where they performed different children’s shows in different parks around Hampstead.
- According to her, she almost gave up her acting career before starring in Cobra Kai. In an interview, she said:
My husband told me I couldn’t quit because our health insurance is through SAG. He said, ‘Hold on a little longer until we can figure out the next step for health insurance.’”
She tried her last shot at acting and went on to audition for Cobra Kai. A week later, she was chosen to star in Cobra Kai alongside Ralph Macchio and William Zabka, playing Ralph’s on-screen wife Amanda LaRusso. She said,
During the first two seasons, I absolutely turned his name into a word. He said, ‘You can call me Ralph. ‘”
- She loves animals very much and has a pet dog named Ragdoll and two pet cats.
Courtney Henggeler with her pets and son
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