Courtney Thorne Smith Bio

American actor Courtney Thorne Smith was born on the 8th of November, 1967. Her most well-known role is Alison Parker on Melrose Place and Georgia Thomas on Ally McBeal. She also appeared as Cheryl in According to Jim and Lyndsey McElroy in 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 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 at various times. She has a younger sister named Jennifer, who is an executive in the field of advertising. She attended Menlo Atherton High School, situated in Atherton, California, and graduated from Tamalpais High School, in Mill Valley, California, in 1985. When she was in the high school system, she was a member in the Ensemble Theater Company of Mill Valley. Thorne-Smith was the first actress to make an appearance in the movie drama Lucas as well as Winona Ryder, Corey Haim, and Charlie Sheen. In the 1980s, she was involved in several movies including Welcome to 18 (1986), Revenge of the Nerds II : Nerds in Paradise (1987), Summer School (87) and Side Out (1990). In 1998, she appeared as an actress in the box office chairman of the board, a failure, along with Carrot Top. In 2009, she was a star in Sorority Wars. Thorne Smith dated Andrew Shue in the 1990s. He was her screen lover from Melrose Place. The actress wed geneticist Andrew Conrad in June 2000. They split in 2001. Roger Fishman (president of Zizo Group Zizo Group, a marketing company) and the author of What I Know was her wedding date. The couple welcomed Jacob Emerson Fishman on January 11, 2008 at 40 years of age.