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Kaley Cuoco's career, net worth and dating history as star announces pregnancy

Kaley Cuoco revealed that she is pregnant with her first child on October 11, in a post on social media platform Instagram.

The Big Bang Theory star, 36, and Ozark actor Tom Pelphrey, 40, shared the happy announcement in separate Instagram posts, as they indicated that they are expecting a baby girl.

The duo look thrilled in all of the pics as Kaley captioned her post: "Baby girl Pelphrey coming 2023 beyond blessed and over the moon… I [heart] you @tommypelphrey!!!"

But how did Kaley Cuoco rise to fame and who did she date before Tom Pelphrey?

Here's everything you need to know.

What has Kaley Cuoco starred in?

Kaley Cuoco played Penelope "Penny" Hofstadter in The Big Bang Theory (CBS)

Kaley's career kickstarted when she appeared in 1995 thriller Virtuosity.

Following her role in the movie, she appeared on CBS sitcom Ladies Man and in 2000, she portrayed former The Brady Bunch star Maureen McCormick in Growing Up Brady.

She then went on to star in Disney Channel original movie Alley Cats Strike alongside actor Kyle Schmid.

In September 2002, she starred as Bridget Hennessy on ABC sitcom 8 Simple Rules For Dating My Teenage Daughter, which soon became 8 Simple Rules.

Kaley's character was the oldest child, despite the actress being six years younger than Amy Davidson, who played her younger sister.

She went on to star in the likes of The Hollow, Brandy and Mr Whiskers, and Charmed before bagging a role in The Big Bang Theory.

She starred as Cheesecake Factory employee and aspiring actress Penny in the CBS sitcom, which ran for 279 episodes from 2007 to 2019.

After her role as Penny came to an end, Kaley starred in movies The Flight Attendant and The Man From Chicago as well as an animated series called Harley Quinn .

Who has Kaley Cuoco dated?

Kaley Cuoco is expecting her first child with Tom Pelphrey (Instagram)

Prior to her pregnancy, Kaley experienced numerous romances with actors and two failed marriages.

The American actress first found love with her 8 Simple Rules co-star Thad Luckinbill in 2002.

The couple enjoyed a short relationship together while they filmed the show and it was the actress's first public relationship before it came to an end a few months later.

Kaley then had whirlwind relationships with Gossip Girl star Kevin Zegers and musician Jaron Lowenstein.

In 2008, Kaley began dating her Big Bang Theory co-star Jonny Galecki.

Kaley Cuoco with ex-boyfriend and former co-star Johnny Galecki (CBS via Getty Images)

However, the romance came to an end in 2010 with the couple remaining close friends.

Following her relationship with Jonny, Kaley moved on with addiction specialist Josh Resnik, who then popped the question in 2011.

Kaley accepted the proposal but the relationship was not meant to be as the couple split a short while later.

After flings with Superman actor Henry Cavill and musician Bret Bollinger, Kaley soon found love again when she started dating former professional tennis player Ryan Sweeting.

The pair first met back in 2013 and after three months of dating, the sportsman popped the question in September that year.

The couple then tied the knot but their explosive love story soon came to an end when they divorced just 21 months later.

Looking back at their rollercoaster relationship, the actress told Cosmopolitan in 2018 that the former sportsman had “completely changed”.

After a messy divorce with Ryan, Kaley moved on with established equestrian, Karl Cook.

Kaley Cuoco with ex-husband Karl Cook (Instagram)

The couple tied the knot in June 2018 and all appeared to be going smoothly until Karl made the shocking announcement that the couple were calling time on their marriage.

They released a joint statement to People magazine, which read: “Despite a deep love and respect for one another, we have realised that out current paths have taken us in opposite directions.

“We have both shared so much of our journey publicly so while we would prefer to keep this aspect of our personal life private, we wanted to be forthcoming in our truth together."

The actress decided to have another go at love when she met Tom Pelphrey at the Ozark premiere on April 21, 2022.

The pair soon began dating and are now expecting their first child together.

How much is Kaley Cuoco worth?

Kaley Cuoco bagged a big paycheck thanks to her role in The Big Bang Theory (Getty Images)

According to celebritynetworth.com, Kaley is worth $100 million (£90.5m).

Kaley and her co-stars on The Big Bang Theory earned a base pay of $1m (£904,315) per episode for the last two series of the show, accumulating $48m (£43.4m) each by the end of the show in 2019.

The star has also made around $2m (£1.8m) as the face of brands like travel company Priceline.

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