COURTNEY THORNE-SMITH
Name: Courtney Thorne-Smith
Born: 8 November 1967 San Francisco, California, United States
Courtney Thorne-Smith (born November 8, 1967) is an American actress. She is
best known for her portraying of Alison Parker on Melrose Place, Georgia Thomas
on Ally McBeal and Cheryl in According to Jim.
Courtney Thorne-Smith was born in San Francisco, California on November 8, 1967,
and grew up in Menlo Park, a suburb south of the city. Her father, Walter Smith,
was a computer market researcher and her mother was a therapist. They divorced
when she was 7 and she lived with both at different stages. Courtney attended
Menlo-Atherton High School in Atherton, California, and graduated from Tamalpais
High School in Mill Valley, California, in 1985. She also performed with the
Ensemble Theater Company in Mill Valley, California, while attending high school.
In June of 2000, Courtney married a genetic scientist named Andrew Conrad, but
they divorced in January of 2001. After meeting him on an airplane, she married
Roger Fishman on January 1, 2007. On January 11, 2008, Courtney gave birth to
their first child, a baby boy named Jacob 'Jake' Emerson Fishman.
Courtney made her first film appearance in the 1986 feature film drama, Lucas
alongside Winona Ryder, Corey Haim, and Charlie Sheen. She was also involved in
a number of movies in the late 1980s, such as Summer School (1987), Revenge of
the Nerds II: Nerds in Paradise (1987), Side Out (1990), and "Chairman of the
Board" (1998).
Courtney's celebrity, however, would come more from performing on television.
She appeared on a few mid-80s television shows such as Fast Times and Growing
Pains, as well as made-for-TV movies including The Thanksgiving Promise and
Infidelity before landing a regular role in the short-lived sitcom Day by Day
with Douglas Sheehan, Linda Kelsey and Julia Louis-Dreyfus. In 1990, she was
featured in 6 episodes of the very popular TV show LA Law as Kimberly Dugan.
Her first notable television role was playing Alison Parker on the nighttime
drama Melrose Place from 1992-1997. She also went on to play Georgia Thomas on
Ally McBeal from 1997-2000. In 1999, she became a spokeswoman for Almay
cosmetics, being the face of their new line of make-up "Skin Stays Clean."
Courtney left the Ally McBeal show because she felt pressured to be so thin that
her health was in jeopardy, and also wanted to spend more time with then-new
husband Andrew Conrad.
Since 2001, Courtney has starred as Cheryl on the sitcom According to Jim. Her
pregnancy was hidden on the show at first, but will be written in according to
TVGuide.com
On September 18, 2007, Thorne-Smith's novel, Outside In, was published by
Broadway Books.
Name: Courtney Thorne-Smith
Born: 8 November 1967 San Francisco, California, United States
Courtney Thorne-Smith (born November 8, 1967) is an American actress. She is
best known for her portraying of Alison Parker on Melrose Place, Georgia Thomas
on Ally McBeal and Cheryl in According to Jim.
Courtney Thorne-Smith was born in San Francisco, California on November 8, 1967,
and grew up in Menlo Park, a suburb south of the city. Her father, Walter Smith,
was a computer market researcher and her mother was a therapist. They divorced
when she was 7 and she lived with both at different stages. Courtney attended
Menlo-Atherton High School in Atherton, California, and graduated from Tamalpais
High School in Mill Valley, California, in 1985. She also performed with the
Ensemble Theater Company in Mill Valley, California, while attending high school.
In June of 2000, Courtney married a genetic scientist named Andrew Conrad, but
they divorced in January of 2001. After meeting him on an airplane, she married
Roger Fishman on January 1, 2007. On January 11, 2008, Courtney gave birth to
their first child, a baby boy named Jacob 'Jake' Emerson Fishman.
Courtney made her first film appearance in the 1986 feature film drama, Lucas
alongside Winona Ryder, Corey Haim, and Charlie Sheen. She was also involved in
a number of movies in the late 1980s, such as Summer School (1987), Revenge of
the Nerds II: Nerds in Paradise (1987), Side Out (1990), and "Chairman of the
Board" (1998).
Courtney's celebrity, however, would come more from performing on television.
She appeared on a few mid-80s television shows such as Fast Times and Growing
Pains, as well as made-for-TV movies including The Thanksgiving Promise and
Infidelity before landing a regular role in the short-lived sitcom Day by Day
with Douglas Sheehan, Linda Kelsey and Julia Louis-Dreyfus. In 1990, she was
featured in 6 episodes of the very popular TV show LA Law as Kimberly Dugan.
Her first notable television role was playing Alison Parker on the nighttime
drama Melrose Place from 1992-1997. She also went on to play Georgia Thomas on
Ally McBeal from 1997-2000. In 1999, she became a spokeswoman for Almay
cosmetics, being the face of their new line of make-up "Skin Stays Clean."
Courtney left the Ally McBeal show because she felt pressured to be so thin that
her health was in jeopardy, and also wanted to spend more time with then-new
husband Andrew Conrad.
Since 2001, Courtney has starred as Cheryl on the sitcom According to Jim. Her
pregnancy was hidden on the show at first, but will be written in according to
TVGuide.com
On September 18, 2007, Thorne-Smith's novel, Outside In, was published by
Broadway Books.