Courtney Thorne Smith Bio

American actor Courtney Thorne Smith (born November 8, 1967). She is best known for 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 San Francisco and raised in Menlo Park (a suburb to San Francisco). Walter Smith was her father. Lora Thorne was her mom and a therapist. They separated when Courtney was just seven, and she lived with both parents in various stages. Jennifer her elder sister is an advertising executive. She attended the Menlo-Atherton High school, in Atherton, California, and graduated from Tamalpais High School, in Mill Valley, California, in 1985. She also performed for the Ensemble Theater Company in Mill Valley while attending high school. Thorne Smith made her debut film appearance in the movie drama Lucas, alongside Winona Ryder, Corey Haim, and Charlie Sheen. In the 1980s, she was involved in a variety 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 starred in the box office hit Chairman of The Board alongside Carrot Top. She was also in Sorority Wars in 2009. In the beginning of the 1990s, Thorne Smith began a relationship with Andrew Shue, her on-screen lover from Melrose Place. In June 2000, she married Andrew Conrad, a geneticist. The couple split in January 2001. Roger Fishman, the president of Zizo Group marketing and author of What I Know, was her husband. The couple welcomed Jacob Emerson Fishman on January 11, 2008, at 40.