Raegan Revord

Raegan Revord (born January 3, 2008) is an American actor and novelist known for their^[a] role as Missy Cooper in the television series Young Sheldon.

Raegan Revord
Revord at the 2024 Kids' Choice Awards
Born	(2008-01-03) January 3, 2008 (age 17) San Diego, California, U.S.
Occupations	Actor model novelist
Years active	2012–present
Known for	Young Sheldon

Early life

Raegan Revord was born on January 3, 2008, in San Diego, California, and was raised in Los Angeles when their family moved there when they were three and a half years old.^[2][3] As of 2025^[update], they are a junior ambassador for Children's Hospital Los Angeles.^[3][4] They are an only child.^[5]

Career

Revord began modeling work for print advertisements and appeared in commercials at age four. They were cast as Megan in Modern Family at six. They had minor roles in Grace and Frankie, With Bob & David, and Teachers.^[3][6][7] They did voice work for the radio play Nilsa and the Troll.^[8]

In March 2017, Revord was cast as Missy Cooper, Sheldon Cooper's twin sister, in Young Sheldon, a prequel to the series The Big Bang Theory.^[9] Revord felt that the character's slight use on The Big Bang Theory (2007–2019) left plenty of room for an original interpretation.^[10] Missy Cooper has been described as adding a much-needed spunk to the plot but also serv[ing] as the perfect foil to her academically-gifted twin brother, Sheldon.^[11] Screen Rant said in 2024, For the longest time, Missy was Young Sheldon's best character, even though she was mostly sidelined.^[12] Revord picked up Missy's Texan accent by watching Laurie Metcalf play an older version of the character's mother on The Big Bang Theory.^[13] They have appeared on the Young Sheldon spin-off series Georgie & Mandy's First Marriage,^[14] and the final episode of the sitcom Night Court.^[15]

In 2019, Revord created Read with Raegan, an online book club which as of 2025^[update] had 175,000 followers on Instagram.^[16][17] They wrote Rules for Fake Girlfriends, a young adult sapphic romance novel^[18] scheduled to be published by Wednesday Books in September 2025.^[17][16]

Filmography

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Ref
2014, 2016	Modern Family	Megan	2 episodes	[19]
2015	W/ Bob & David	Greg's daughter	Season 1 episode 3	[3][6]
2016	Grace and Frankie	—	Episode "The Vitamix"	[20][6]
2017	Teachers	—	Episode "School Sweet School"	[6]
2017–2024	Young Sheldon	Missy Cooper	Main cast	[20]
2019	Alexa & Katie	Ainsley	Episode "Always Something There to Remind Me"	[20][6]
2022	The Price Is Right at Night	Themself[21]	September 30, 2022	[22][23]
2024–present	Georgie & Mandy's First Marriage	Missy Cooper	Recurring role	[24]
2025	Night Court	Sylvia Plath	Episode: "A Decent Proposal"

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Ref
2015	Tortise	—	Short film	[6]
2017	I See You	Amy	Short film	[6]
2017	Stray	Zoe Ackert	Short film	[6]
2017	Wish Upon	Young Clare	—	[3]

Awards

Year	Association	Category	Work	Result	Ref.
2018	Young Artist Award	Best Performance in a TV Series – Supporting Young Actress	Missy Cooper in Young Sheldon	Nominated	[25]
2023	Family Film Award	Outstanding Young Actor	—	Won	[25]

Notes

1. Revord uses they/them pronouns.^[1]