Courtney Thorne Smith Bio

Courtney Thorne-Smith (born November 8 1997) is an American actress from the United States. Her roles include Alison Parker in Melrose Place, Georgia Thomas in Ally McBeal, Cheryl In According to Jim, and Lyndsey McElroy's character on Two and a Half Men. Thorne-Smith was born and raised in San Francisco, California, and grew up in Menlo Park, a suburb south of San Francisco. Her father, Walter Smith, was a computer market researcher and her mother, Lora Thorne, was a therapist. Courtney was just seven years old when her parents separated. Courtney lived with both parents for a variety of times. Jennifer, her older sibling, is an advertising executive. In 1985, she graduated from Tamalpais High School in Mill Valley, California. She also performed with the Ensemble Theater Company in Mill Valley while attending high school. Thorne Smith made her first film role in 1986's Lucas alongside Winona Ryder and Corey Haim. In the 1980s, she was involved in several movies like Welcome to 18 (1986), Revenge of the Nerds II : Nerds in Paradise (1987), Summer School (87) and Side Out (1990). In 1998 she starred in the box office failure Chairman of The Board alongside Carrot Top. In 2009, she was a star in Sorority Wars. In the early 1990s, Thorne-Smith was a lover of Andrew Shue, her on-screen lover from Melrose Place. In June 2000, the actress married geneticist Andrew Conrad; the couple split in January 2001. Roger Fishman (president of Zizo Group Zizo Group, a marketing company) and the author of What I Know was her wedding date. She gave birth to Jacob Emerson Fishman on January 11, 2008 at the age of 40.