Courtney Thorne Smith Bio

American actress Courtney Thorne Smith was born November 8, 1967. Her best-known work is her roles as Alison Parker on Melrose Place, Georgia Thomas on Ally McBeal, Cheryl in According to Jim as well as her recurring role in Two and a Half Men as Lyndsey McElroy. Thorne Smith was born in Menlo Park in the south of San Francisco. Her father, Walter Smith, was an analyst in the field of computer markets as was her mother, Lora Thorne, was a psychotherapist. Courtney was just seven years old when her parents separated. Courtney lived with both parents at different times. She has an older sister, Jennifer who works as an advertising executive. She attended Menlo-Atherton High School, in Atherton, California, and graduated from Tamalpais High School, in Mill Valley, California, in the year 1985. In high school, she also participated in the Ensemble Theater Company in Mill Valley. Thorne Smith made her debut film appearance in the feature film drama Lucas with Winona Ryder, Corey Haim, and Charlie Sheen. In the late 1980s , she was also seen in a range of films, including Welcome to 18 (1986), Revenge of the Nerds II (Nerds in Paradise) (1987), Summer School (1987) and Side Out(90). In 1998, she was the star of the box-office flop Chairman Of The Board along with Carrot Top. In 2009, she appeared in Sorority Wars. In the beginning of the 1990s, Thorne Smith was a lover of Andrew Shue, her on-screen lover from Melrose Place. In June 2000, the actress got married geneticist Andrew Conrad; the couple ended their relationship in January of 2001. On January 1st 2007 she got married to Roger Fishman, president of the marketing firm 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.