Courtney Thorne Smith Bio

American actress Courtney Thorne Smith was born November 8, 1967. 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 in San Francisco and raised in Menlo Park (a suburb to San Francisco). Walter Smith was her father. Lora Thorne was her mother and therapy therapist. Courtney was just seven years old when her parents separated. Courtney lived with both parents at different times. Jennifer her older sister is an advertising executive. She attended Menlo-Atherton High School located situated in Atherton, California, and graduated from Tamalpais High School, in Mill Valley, California, in the year 1985. When she was in the high school system, she appeared with the Ensemble Theater Company of Mill Valley. Thorne Smith's first movie appearance was in the movie drama Lucas. The film was co-produced by Winona Ryder (Corey Haim) as well as Charlie Sheen. In the latter half of the 1980s, she was also seen in a range of films that included Welcome to 18 (1986), Revenge of the Nerds II (Nerds in Paradise) (1987), Summer School (1987) and Side Out(90). In 1998, she was an actress in the box office flop Chairman Of The Board with Carrot Top. In 2009, she was a character in Sorority Wars. In the beginning of the 1990s, Thorne Smith had a relationship with Andrew Shue, her on-screen lover from Melrose Place. In June 2000, she tied the knot with Andrew Conrad, a geneticist. The couple broke up 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, aged 40 she gave birth to Jacob Emerson Fishman, her son. Jacob Emerson Fishman.