Peyton List took on her Cobra Kai role as Tory Nichols in 2019 and became a badass fighter showing her followers a new side of herself. She returned the following season as a recurring character before the network bumped her to a main role in Season Four.
While Cobra Kai is a predominantly action series (after all, it's all about Karate), a scene in Season 5 made List cry, and no, it's not why you think.