Courtney Thorne-Smith

About

Courtney Thorne-Smith (born 1966 or 1967) is an American actress. She is known for her starring roles as Alison Parker on Melrose Place, Georgia Thomas on Ally McBeal, and Cheryl on According to Jim, as well as her recurring role on Two and a Half Men as Lyndsey McElroy.

Thorne-Smith was born in San Francisco, California. She attended Menlo-Atherton High School, in Atherton, California, but she graduated from Tamalpais High School, in Mill Valley, California, in 1985. She performed with the Ensemble Theater Company in Mill Valley while attending high school.

Thorne-Smith made her first film appearance in the 1986 feature film drama Lucas, alongside Kerri Green, Winona Ryder, Corey Haim, and Charlie Sheen. She was also involved in a number of movies in the late 1980s, such as Welcome to 18 (1986), Revenge of the Nerds II: Nerds in Paradise (1987), Summer School (1987), and Side Out (1990). In 1998, she starred in the box office flop Chairman of the Board with Carrot Top. In 2009, she appeared in Sorority Wars.

She appeared on a few mid-1980s television series such as Growing Pains and the short-lived Fast Times, as well as made…