Courtney Thorne-Smith Bio

Courtney Thorne-Smith (born on November 8, 1967) is an American actress from the United States. Her credits include Alison Parker in Melrose Place, Georgia Thomas in Ally McBeal, Cheryl In According to Jim, and Lyndsey McElroy's role in Two and a Half Men. Thorne Smith was born in San Francisco and raised in Menlo Park (a suburb to San Francisco). Her father, Walter Smith, was an expert in market research using computers, and her mother, Lora Thorne, was a therapist. They separated when Courtney was seven years old and she lived with both parents during different stages. Jennifer the older sister is an executive in the field of advertising. She attended Menlo-Atherton High School, in Atherton, California, and graduated from Tamalpais High School, in Mill Valley, California, in the year 1985. She also performed for the Ensemble Theater Company in Mill Valley during her time in high school. Thorne Smith's first appearance in a movie was in the movie drama Lucas. She was accompanied by Winona Ryder (Corey Haim) as well as Charlie Sheen. In the 80s, she starred 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 was the star of the box-office chairman of the board, a failure, along with Carrot Top. In 2009, she was a character in Sorority Wars. In the early 1990s, Thorne-Smith dated Andrew Shue, her on-screen lover from Melrose Place. In June 2000, the actress married geneticist Andrew Conrad; the couple divorced in January 2001. Roger Fishman, the president of Zizo Group marketing and author of What I Know, was her husband. On the 11th of January, 2008, she turned 40, she gave birth to Jacob Emerson Fishman, her son. Jacob Emerson Fishman.