The Meaning Behind All of Kaley Cuoco's Tattoos

Kaley Cuoco's Moth Tattoo

Cuoco has a large moth tattoo located in between her shoulder blades. During an appearance on The Ellen DeGeneres Show in 2016, she explained that she got the moth to cover up another tattoo that was previously there: the date she and her ex-husband, Ryan Sweeting, got married in Roman numerals. Cuoco and Sweeting got married in December 2013, but they split up less than two years later.

"The significance is it was big enough to cover the numbers," she told the host, half joking. "It's just what I picked out when I was there."

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Kaley Cuoco's Paper Plane Tattoo

In October 2020, Cuoco, Zosia Mamet, and a few members of The Flight Attendant's production team all got matching tattoos of a paper plane. "A special little tribute to our wonderful little show," she captioned a photo gallery documenting the entire process on Instagram. Cuoco got hers on the back of her ankle, while Mamet placed hers just above the ball of her foot.

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Kaley Cuoco's Chinese Symbol Tattoo

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The actress has a Chinese symbol design on her lower back. According to UPI, she once told Ellen DeGeneres that she got it when she was 17 because she wanted to be cool.

"It's a tramp stamp," she said. "I was trying to be cool. I know, so dumb. But, I forgot I even had it. It's way far back there, it's kinda far back. It hurts my neck now to see back there."

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Kaley Cuoco's Bird Tattoo

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Cuoco has a medium-size tattoo on her rib cage, though she's never quite made it clear what the design is. It looks a bit like a bird (a woodpecker, maybe?) merged into some cursive writing, but that has yet to be confirmed by the star.

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