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Courtney Henggeler Leaves Acting After 20 Years in the Industry

The Cobra Kai actor says her decision follows years of frustration with a system built on uncertainty and constant effort outside the work itself.

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Courtney Henggeler, known for her role as Amanda LaRusso on Cobra Kai, has announced she is stepping away from acting. In a post shared on Substack, Henggeler said she informed her agents that she was leaving the profession after two decades.

“I hung up my gloves,” she wrote. “I was tapping out. I no longer wanted to be a cog in the wheel of the machine.”

Henggeler appeared in all six seasons of Cobra Kai, playing the wife of Ralph Macchio’s Daniel LaRusso. Before joining the Netflix series, she held smaller parts across numerous television shows, including The Big Bang Theory, Mom, Bones, Fuller House, Jane the Virgin, and Happy Endings. Her film credits include Feed, Nobody’s Fool, and Friends with Benefits.

Reflecting on her time in the industry, Henggeler said her career was defined more by the search for work than by the work itself. “All I’ve ever known in my professional life was acting. But not even the art or craft of acting. All I’ve truly ever known was the hustle,” she wrote. “Sprinkled occasionally with the odd acting job. Perhaps a line or two to TV’s Dr. House – ‘Sorry’ (that’s it. That was my line).”

She described recurring experiences with roles that didn’t lead to further opportunities. “Recurring guest-star [roles] that never seemed to recur,” she wrote, adding that actors often survived on hope rather than consistent employment. “We survived off the crumbs. We filled our cup with the possibility; our mugs with delusion. Our plates were empty, but a golden goose hung over our heads. Today might be the day I reach the golden goose.”

Henggeler acknowledged her time on Cobra Kai as a rare break in the cycle. “I was on a series. A successful series. I made money. My face was on the billboards I longed for 20-plus years. I was directed by George Clooney, for godsakes. This by all definitions is the golden goose.”

Still, she said the frustration persisted. “For years I silenced the voice in my head, begging me to walk away. Not because of the acting itself. But because of the gauntlet I had to run to reach the acting.”

She described a system where the work was often disconnected from the effort required to reach it, writing that what once felt like necessary effort eventually became limiting. “Something I willingly participated in, even celebrated, became stifling.”

Henggeler ended her post with a series of questions aimed at how the industry shapes individual decisions. “What if we have been handing our power away because we have been told that this is how it is done? We lose perspective on our own machine, because we are convinced we need another.”

Henggeler has not outlined her next steps following this decision. Her representatives have not issued a separate comment.

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