Courtney Thorne-Smith Bio

American actor Courtney Thorne Smith (born November 8 1997). Her most notable roles include Alison Parker on Melrose Place and Georgia Thomas on Ally McBeal. She also played Cheryl in According to Jim and Lyndsey McElroy 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 analyst in the field of computer markets, and her mother, Lora Thorne, was a Therapist. Courtney was seven when her parents divorced. Courtney lived with both parents at different times. She has an older sister named Jennifer who works as an advertising executive. She attended Menlo Atherton High School in Atherton, California and graduated Tamalpais High School in Mill Valley in 1985. She also performed for the Ensemble Theater Company in Mill Valley while attending high school. Thorne Smith's first film appearance was in the 1986 feature film drama Lucas. The film was co-produced by Winona Ryder (Corey Haim), and Charlie Sheen. In the late 1980s she was also in a number of films which included Welcome to 18 (1986), Revenge of the Nerds II (Nerds in Paradise) (1987), Summer School (1987) and Side Out(90). In 1998 she starred in the box office failure Chairman of the Board , starring Carrot Top. In 2009 she appeared in Sorority Wars. Thorne Smith was a lover of Andrew Shue from Melrose Place in the early 1990s. The actress was married to geneticist Andrew Conrad in June 2000. They divorced in 2001. On January 1 2007, she was married Roger Fishman, president of the company that markets the Zizo Group and author of the book What I Know. Aged 40 she gave birth on the morning of January 11 of 2008 to Jacob Emerson Fishman.