| Net Worth: | $8 Million |
|---|---|
| Date of birth: | November 8, 1967 (56 years old) |
| Gender: | Female |
| Profession: | TV Actress |
| Nationality: | American |
Well-known for her role as Alison Parker on the television series Melrose Place.
She had her first film experience in the 1986 drama Lucas.
She had a recurring role as Lyndsey McElroy on Two and a Half Men.
Career
Courtney made both her big screen and small screen debuts in 1986, appearing in the films “Lucas” and “Welcome to 18” and starring as Stacey Hamilton on the short-lived CBS sitcom “Fast Times,” which was based on the 1982 film “Fast Times at Ridgemont High.” In 1987, she guest-starred on “Growing Pains” and played Sunny Carstairs in “Revenge of the Nerds II: Nerds in Paradise” and Pam House in “Summer School.” From 1988 to 1989, Thorne-Smith starred as Kristin Carlson on NBC’s “Day by Day” alongside Julia Louis-Dreyfus and Thora Birch, and in 1990, she had a recurring role as Kimberly Dugan on “L.A. Law” and appeared in the film “Side Out.” She guest-starred on “Jack’s Place” and “Grapevine” in 1992, and from 1992 to 1997, she played Alison Parker on “Melrose Place.” Courtney left the series at the end of the fifth season and returned to the Fox network later that year as Georgia Thomas on “Ally McBeal.” Also starring Calista Flockhart, Greg Germann, Lisa Nicole Carson, and Jane Krakowski, “Ally McBeal” aired 112 episodes over five seasons and won a Primetime Emmy for Outstanding Comedy Series, two Golden Globes for Best Television Series – Comedy or Musical, and a Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series. Thorne-Smith said of her time on the show, “I started undereating, overexercising, pushing myself too hard and brutalizing my immune system. The amount of time I spent thinking about food and being upset about my body was insane.”
Personal Life
She was briefly married to Andrew Conrad in 2000 but the couple divorced in 2001. She married Roger Fishman and together they have a son named Jacob.
She played Georgia Thomas in Ally McBeal, which starred Calista Flockhart.
Quotes
“I always want to look like myself – that’s key for me. I don’t want to look like a different person, I don’t want my face frozen.”
— Courtney Thorne-Smith
“Never say never. I always want to look like myself – that’s key for me. I don’t want to look like a different person, I don’t want my face frozen.”
— Courtney Thorne-Smith
“You know, true love really matters, friends really matter, family really matters. Being responsible and disciplined and healthy really matters.”
— Courtney Thorne-Smith
“A lot of women are in a crazy exercise cycle; they’re so afraid they’ll gain weight if they stop, and it’s especially hard when they get pregnant. What they need to realize is that if you’re not exercising so much, you don’t have to eat so much, and your body adjusts. It sounds so simple, but you really do have to listen to your body.”
— Courtney Thorne-Smith
“If it’s not working before you get married, marriage isn’t going to fix it.”
— Courtney Thorne-Smith