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Missy Cooper
The Big Bang Theory, Young Sheldon character
Raegan Revord at the Kids Choice Awards 2024
First appearance	The Big Bang Theory: "The Porkchop Indeterminacy" (2008)
Last appearance	Young Sheldon: "Memoir"| (2024)
Created by	Chuck Lorre and Bill Prady
Portrayed by	Raegen Revord
In-universe information
Full name	Mellisa "Missy" Cooper
Nickname	Missy
Gender	Female
Occupation	Hostess at Fuddruckers
Family	George Cooper Sr. (father) Mary Cooper (mother) George "Georgie" Cooper Jr. (brother) Sheldon Cooper (twin brother)
Relatives	Constance "Connie" Tucker (grandmother) Constance "CeeCee" Cooper (niece) Amanda "Mandy" McAllister (sister-in-law)
Origin	Galveston
Nationality	American

Melissa "Missy" Cooper is a fictional character, and sister of Sheldon Cooper,^[1] one of the main protagonists in the popular television series The Big Bang Theory and its 2017–2024 spin-off series Young Sheldon. Missy is portrayed by Raegan Revord^[2][3] and Courtney Henggeler^[4] (Revord in Young Sheldon and Henggeler in The Big Bang Theory).

Across both series, Missy's character arc explores themes of individuality, high family expectations, and personal growth.^[3] In Young Sheldon, her experiences as a twin and as the only daughter in the Cooper family provide narrative opportunities to examine gender roles, adolescence, and the challenges of growing up in a household dominated by Sheldon's needs and quirks. In The Big Bang Theory, her adult appearances offer glimpses into how her upbringing shaped her later life.^[5]

Missy was born on February 26, 1980, along with her older twin brother Sheldon at a Kmart in Galveston, Texas,^[6] and raised in Medford, a fictional small town in East Texas that is a three-hour drive from Dallas, along with their older brother, George Jr., by their mother, Mary Cooper, an overtly devout Baptist, and their father, George Cooper Sr., a high school football coach.^[7] Unlike her academically gifted brother, Missy's strengths lie in emotional intelligence, humor, and a grounded sense of reality.^[8]

Missy Cooper is the fraternal twin sister of Sheldon Cooper and the younger sister of George Cooper Jr. She is the daughter of George Cooper Sr. and Mary Cooper, and the granddaughter of Constance "Meemaw" Tucker.^[1] Unlike Sheldon, who displays exceptional intellectual abilities from an early age, Missy's strengths are rooted in social intuition, emotional awareness, and adaptability within the Cooper household. Her dynamic with her siblings often highlights the contrast between their personalities, with Missy frequently serving as a grounding presence amid the family's challenges.^[9][7]

Her relationship with her parents reflects the broader dynamics of the Cooper family. Mary Cooper is shown to be protective and nurturing toward all her children, though she often devotes significant attention to Sheldon, due to his unique needs.^[10][11] Missy's bond with her father, George Sr., is portrayed as warm and straightforward, with George appreciating her practicality and resilience.^[12]

Missy's father George Sr. died of a heart attack when she and her twin brother Sheldon were 14.^[13][14]