Courtney Thorne-Smith Bio

American actor Courtney Thorne Smith was born November 8, 1967. Her most famous roles include Alison Parker on Melrose Place and Georgia Thomas on Ally McBeal. She was also on the show as 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). Walter Smith was her father. Lora Thorne was her mom , as well as a therapy therapist. They separated when Courtney was just seven, and she lived with both parents in different times. Jennifer her elder 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 1985. While in the high school system, she played with the Ensemble Theater Company of Mill Valley. Thorne Smith's first film appearance was in the 1986 movie drama Lucas. The film was co-produced by Winona Ryder (Corey Haim), and Charlie Sheen. In the 1980s, she appeared in numerous films like Welcome to 18 (1986), Revenge of the Nerds II : Nerds in Paradise (1987), Summer School (87) and Side Out (1990). In 1998, she appeared in the box office flop Chairman of the Board , starring Carrot Top. In 2009, she was a character in Sorority Wars. Thorne Smith was a friend of Andrew Shue from Melrose Place in the 1990s. In June 2000, she tied the knot with Andrew Conrad, a geneticist. The couple separated in the month of January. Roger Fishman (president of Zizo Group the company that markets) and author of What I Know was her wedding date. When she was 40 she had her first child on January 11 in 2008 to Jacob Emerson Fishman.