Courtney Thorne-Smith Bio

Courtney Thorne-Smith (born November 8 1997) is an American actress. Her credits 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 therapist. Courtney seven years old at the time, divorced her father, Walter Smith. She lived with both of her parents, at various times. She has an older sister, Jennifer, who is an advertising executive. She attended Menlo Atherton High School located in Atherton, California, and graduated from Tamalpais High School, in Mill Valley, California, in 1985. While in the high school, she also participated in the Ensemble Theater Company in Mill Valley. Thorne-Smith made her first film appearance in the 1986 movie drama Lucas along with Winona Ryder, Corey Haim, and Charlie Sheen. In the 80s, she was a part of in a number of films including Welcome to 18 (1986), Revenge of the Nerds II : Nerds in Paradise (1987), Summer School (87) and Side Out (1990). In 1998, she was a star in the box office hit Chairman of the board with Carrot Top. She also appeared in Sorority Wars in 2009. Thorne Smith was a lover of Andrew Shue in the 1990s. He was her screen lover from Melrose Place. The actress got married to geneticist Andrew Conrad in June 2000. They split in 2001. Roger Fishman (president of Zizo Group Marketing Company) and the author of What I Know was her wedding date. Aged 40 she gave birth on January 11 of 2008, to Jacob Emerson Fishman.