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Courtney Thorne Smith is an actress who has a net worth of $10 million. She is famous for her roles as Georgia Thomas on Ally McBeal, Cheryl in According to Jim, her recurring role on Two and a Half Men as Lyndsey McElroy, and Alison Parker on Melrose Place.

Courtney first appeared in the 1986 feature film drama Lucas with Charlie Sheen, Corey Haim, and Winona Ryder. She even got involved in the following movies in the late 1980s: Side Out (1990), Summer School (1987), Revenge of the Nerds II: Nerds in Paradise (1987), and Welcome to 18 (1986). In the year 1998, she starred with Carrot Top in the box office flop Chairman of the Board. She also appeared in the film Sorority Wars last 2009. Courtney played the lead role in the Hallmark Channel's Emma Fielding Mystery movies.

Her first starring television role that was notable was as Alison Parker on Melrose Place from 1992 to 1997. In 1995, she was in a television movie called Beauty's Revenge. After that, she played Georgia Thomas on Ally McBeal from 1997 to 2000. She initially auditioned for the show's title role, but it eventually went to Calista Flockhart. Afterward, she starred in occasional guest appearances.

From 2001 to 2009, she became Cheryl on the show According to Jim. She hid her real-life pregnancy on the show at first, but it eventually got written into the plot. On February 2010, she signed to play as the girlfriend of Alan Harper named Lyndsey McElroy in the seventh season of Two and a Half Men. She was able to appear in 52 episodes from the seventh to the twelfth season.

Earnings & Financial Data

Date

Category

Description

Amount

1998

Box Office Sales

Box office sales of the movie Chairman of the Board as Natalie Stockwell

$306,720

1995

Box Office Sales

Box office sales of the movie Whisper of the Heart as the voice of Shiho Tsukishima

$18,000,000

1987

Box Office Sales

Box office sales of the movie Summer School as Pam House

$35,660,000

1987

Box Office Sales

Box office sales of the movie Revenge of the Nerds II: Nerds in Paradise as Sunny Carstairs

$30,060,000

1986

Box Office Sales

Box office sales of the movie Lucas as Alise

$8,200,000

1980

Box Office Sales

Box office sales of the movie Side Out as Samantha

$450,000