Who is Courtney Thorne-Smith?

American actress Courtney Thorne-Smith was born in San Francisco, California USA, under the Scorpio her zodiac sign on 8 November 1967. She’s had roles in 36 TV series and movies, and is perhaps still known best for playing Georgia Thomas in 69 episodes of the fantasy comedy series “Ally McBeal”, which starred Jane Krakowski, Calista Flockhart and Greg Germann, and which David E. Kelley created. The series is about American attorney Ally, it aired from 1997 through 2002, and won 50 of its 165 award nominations.

Education and early life

Courtney was raised alongside her older sister Jennifer in San Francisco, by their mother Lora Thorne who’s a therapist, and father Walter Smith who was a computer market researcher; her sister is today an advertising executive.

Courtney’s parents divorced when she was seven, and she then spent several years living with her mother prior to moving in with her father. She studied at Menlo-Atherton High School, and transferred to Tamalpais High School two years later; it was at Tamalpais that Courtney became passionate about acting, joining the school’s drama club and appearing in school plays, while she also joined the Ensemble Theatre Company.

Upon matriculating in 1985, she chose to pursue acting rather than a college degree.

Roles in movies

Courtney’s debut film role was playing Alise in the 1986 romantic comedy “Lucas”, written and directed by David Seltzer, and which starred Corey Haim, Kerri Green and Charlie Sheen. It follows a 14 years old boy who’s experienced heartbreak for the first time now that his crush has fallen for his best friend; the film was nominated for three awards.

A couple of Courtney’s following roles were in the 1986 comedy “Welcome to 18”, the romantic drama “Infidelity” and the  comedy “Revenge of the Nerds II: Nerds in Paradise” both in 1987. The year 1990 saw her play Samantha, one of the main characters in the popular romantic comedy “Side Out”, directed by Peter Israelson, and which also starred C. Thomas Howell and Peter Horton. It follows a law student who’s now become a professional volleyball player. Courtney could then have been seen playing Helen Lutz in the 1994 thriller “Breach of Conduct”, heard voicing Shiho Tsukishima in the English version of the 1995 animated family drama “Whisper of the Heart”, and the same year seen playing Cheryl Ann Davis in the thriller “Beauty’s Revenge”.

In 1997, she starred as Natalie Stockwell in the comedy “Chairman of the Board”, written and directed by Alex Zamm, and which also starred Scott ‘Carrot Top’ Thompson and Larry Miller. It follows a surfer who’s become the CEO of a successful company, and the film was nominated for three awards.

Courtney’s since been focused on appearing in TV series, and has had only three film roles: in the 1997 romantic comedy “The Lovemaster”, the 2005 short animated action “Batman: New Times” (voice role), and the 2009 comedy “Sorority Wars”.

Roles in TV series

Courtney played the lead character Stacey Hamilton in all the seven episodes of the 1986 comedy “Fast Times”, created by Allen Rucker, and which also starred Claudia Wells and James Nardini; it follows the lives of teenagers attending Ridgemont High.

She gained recognition in 1988 and 1989, when she starred as Kristin Carlson in the comedy “Day by Day”, created by Andy Borowitz and Gary David Goldberg, and which also starred Doug Sheehan and Linda Kelsey. It follows a wealthy couple who’ve quit their jobs to start a day care center at their home, and the series was nominated for six awards.

Courtney appeared in an episode of several series in the ‘90s, but notably from 1992 through 1997 starred as Allison Parker in 158 episodes of the popular romantic drama “Melrose Place”, which follows several friends living in Melrose Place, California and which won six of its 14 award nominations.

She spent the entirety of the 2000s – 182 episodes – shooting for the romantic comedy “According to Jim”, created by Jonathan Stark and Tracy Newman, and in which Courtney starred alongside Jim Belushi and Larry Joe Campbell. It follows the lives of a macho man, his wife and their three children, and the series was nominated for 25 awards.

Courtney’s three most recent TV series roles have been in two episodes of the 2017 comedy “Fresh Off the Boat”, three episodes of the 2019 crime mystery mini-series “Past Malice” and the 2020 episode “Beef Baloney Dan and a Sarcastic No” of the romantic comedy “Mom”.

Other credits

Courtney received special thanks for the 2006 short romantic movie “Shade”.

She produced two episodes of the crime mystery series “Past Malice” in 2017 and 2019.

Some of her recent talk-show appearances have been in “Home & Family”, “Stars in the House” and “Extra”.

Awards and nominations

Courtney and her colleagues were nominated for a Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series in 1998, 1999 and 2000, all for “Ally McBeal”, winning one in 1999.

Love life and marriages

Courtney’s married twice. She dated her “Melrose Place” colleague Andrew Shue sometime in the first half of the ‘90s, but in June 2000 exchanged vows with American geneticist Andrew Conrad, after two years of dating; however, the two divorced six months later.

Courtney married her second husband, American businessman and author Roger Fishman on 1 January 2007; he’s probably known best for authoring the book “What I Know” and being the president of the marketing company The Zizo Group. Their son Jacob Emerson Fishman was born on 11 January 2008.

She hasn’t mentioned other men whom she’s maybe dated, Courtney’s married to her second husband Roger Fishman as of April 2023, and they have a son together.

Interesting facts and hobbies

Courtney’s also an author, having published her novel “Outside In” on 18 September 2007.

She became a spokeswoman for the cosmetics brand Almay in 1997, and is today a spokeswoman for the Atkins diet.

Courtney isn’t active on Instagram, but there’s a fan page of her on the social media network; it’s followed by close to 500 people, and there are 12 pictures uploaded onto it.

She’s into travelling and has been a number of countries all around the world, while her favorite’s England.

Courtney’s a lover of animals, with dogs and sheep being her favorites.

Her two favorite actresses are Amanda Seyfried and Angelina Jolie, while some of her favorite movies include “Things Heard & Seen”, “Girl, Interrupted” and “Chloe”.

Eating disorder

There was a lot of pressure on Courtney while she was shooting for the series “Ally McBeal”, as the producers believed that she needed to lose weight. She thus began starving herself, eating only fruits for entire weeks, while she also exercised too much and pushed herself too had, thus developing an eating disorder.

She was eventually asked to do a nude scene, and this was when Courtney chose to leave the show, and to start taking better care of her body; she began having normal meals every day, and in only two months regained 10-15lbs (4-7kgs).

Age, height and wealth

Courtney’s age is 55. Her hair’s blonde and eyes are blue, she’s 5ft 6ins (1.68m) tall and weighs around 130lbs (59kgs).

Courtney’s net worth’s been estimated at over $8 million, as of April 2023.

Who is Brendan O’Carroll?

Irish actor, comedian, screenwriter, producer and director Brendan O’Carroll, was born in Finglas, Dublin, Ireland, on 17 September 1955, meaning that Virgo’s his zodiac sign. He’s appeared in 20 TV series and movies, and has written 14, while he’s probably known best for writing 38 episodes of the hit comedy series “Mrs Brown’s Boys”, in which he’s also starring, alongside Jennifer Gibney and Eilish O’Carroll. The series has been airing since 2011, follows the lives of an elderly woman and her six children, and has won 15 of its 34 award nominations, including a 2012 BAFTA TV Award for Best Situation Comedy.

Education and early life

Brendan was raised alongside his 10 older siblings in Finglas, by their father Gerard O’Carroll who was a carpenter, and mother Maureen who was a Labour Party politician; Gerard passed away when Brendan was six, and Maureen was left to take care of her 11 children all by herself.

Brendan studied at Saint Gabriel National School (elementary) and was 12 when he dropped out, wanting to find work and financially support himself; he worked as a milkman and waiter, while he wrote short comedy stories in his spare time.

It’s believed that Brendan hasn’t completed his high school education.

Career beginnings

Early on in his career, which he launched in 1991, Brendan wrote the boxing movie “Sparrow’s Trap”, however, its shooting was abandoned midway through, and Brendan found himself bankrupt, more than a $1 million debt; the movie hasn’t been completed to this day, while Brendan has come out of his bankruptcy, and become a successful screenwriter and actor.

Roles in movies

Brendan made his debut film appearance in the popular 1996 comedy “The Van”, directed by Stephen Frears, and which starred Colm Meaney, Donal O’Kelly and Ger Ryan. It follows the life of baker Bimbo who’s just been fired, and the movie was nominated for only a single award.

Some of Brendan’s following roles were in the 1996 short comedy “Incense & Dipsticks”, the 1998 crime drama “Sweety Barrett” and the 1999 romantic comedy “Agnes Browne”.

Also in 1999, Brendan played Funeral Carriage Driver in the critically acclaimed biographical drama “Angela’s Ashes”, written and directed by Alan Parker, and which starred Emily Watson, Robert Carlyle and Joe Breen. Based on the eponymous autobiography by Frank McCourt, the movie follows Frankie and his family as they’re trying to escape poverty, and it won five of its 18 award nominations, including an Oscar nomination for Best Music, Original Score.

Brendan was then cast to appear in the 1999 short drama “Left Back”, the 2008 comedy “Dick Dickman P. I.” and the 2009 drama “The Fattest Man in Britain”.

He played Jimmy, one of the main characters in the 2013 comedy “The Security Men”, directed by David Drury, and which also starred Dean Andrews and Bobby Ball; it follows the lives of three security guards working at a shopping mall.

Brendan’s since appeared in only three movies: the 2013 comedy “Mrs Brown Rides again”, the 2014 comedy “Mrs Brown’s Boys D’Movie”, and the 2022 romantic comedy “Tyler Perry’s A Madea Homecoming”.

Roles in TV series

Brendan’s had roles in six TV series, including “Mrs Brown’s Boys”. He made his debut by playing Gypsy Joe in a 2004 episode of the comedy “Max & Paddy’s Road to Nowhere”, and from 2002 through 2008 he starred as Agnes Brown in all the seven episodes of the comedy “Mrs Brown’s Boys: The Original Series”; it also starred Jennifer Gibney and Fiona O’Carroll, and follows the lives of Agnes Brown and her children.

In 2017, Brendan played Mrs Agnes Brown in an episode of the comedy game-show “Ant & Dec’s Saturday Night Takeaway”, and his only other two roles have been playing Mrs Agnes Brown once again in a 2020 episode of the family drama “Children in Need”, and Uncle Ronnie in a 2022 episode of the drama “The Walk-In”.

Writing, producing and other credits

Some of Brendan’s most notable writing work has been the 1995 comedy film “How’s Your Jolly Roger”, the 1999 romantic comedy movie “Agnes Browne”, and the comedy film “Brendan O’Carroll: How’s Your Raspberry Ripple?” also in 1999.

He also has eight producing credits, with some of his most recent work having been on the 2019 short movie “Seconds Out”, five episodes of the 2020 comedy talk-show “All Round to Mrs Brown’s”, and six episodes of the comedy series “Mrs Brown’s Boys” from 2016 through 2022.

Brendan received special thanks for the 2015 TV special “National Television Awards”.

Some of his most recent talk-show appearances have been in “The Tommy Tiernan Show”, “Granada Reports” and “This Morning”.

Awards and nominations

Brendan’s won 10 of his 21 award nominations, including the above mentioned BAFTA win for “Mrs Brown’s Boys”.

Some of his other wins include a 2014 Royal Television Society Award for Comedy Performance, a 2015 BAFTA Award, Scotland for Best Comedy or Entertainment and a 2016 Irish Film and Television Award for Best Lead Actor, all for his performance in “Mrs Brown’s Boys”.

Love life and marriages

Brendan married his first wife, Irish non-celebrity Doreen Dowdall in 1977, and their divorce was finalized in 1999; he hasn’t shared many details concerning his first wife, and she seems to prefer to stay away from media. Brendan and Doreen had four children, one of whom has passed away; their daughter Fiona’s today an actress, while their son Danny’s an actor and producer.

Brendan and Irish actress Jennifer Gibney exchanged vows in 2005, and are today living together in Davenport, Florida.

He hasn’t spoken about other women whom he’s maybe dated, Brendan’s married to his second wife Jennifer Gibney as of April 2023, and has four children with his first wife Doreen Dowdall.

Interesting facts and hobbies

Brendan was diagnosed with dyslexia sometime in his 30s, while his sons Eric and Danny were then also diagnosed with the disorder.

His grandfather Peter O’Carroll was shot dead on 16 October 1920; the case was investigated in the British genealogy documentary series “Who Do You Think You Are?” Two of Peter’s sons were volunteers with the Irish Republican Army.

Brendan’s also an author, having published his 2022 autobiography “Call Me Mrs Brown”.

He has a private Instagram account, which is today followed by over 1,400 people, while Brendan’s uploaded only five pictures onto it.

His favorite actors are Benedict Cumberbatch and Tom Hardy, while some of Brendan’s favorite movies include “The Imitation Game”, “The Grinch” and “The Couriers”.

Height, eyes and wealth

Brendan’s age is 67. He has blue eyes and is bald, is 5ft 5ins (1.65m) tall and weighs around 145lbs (66kgs).

Brendan’s net worth’s been estimated at over $6 million, as of April 2023.

Who is Aubrey Anderson-Emmons?

American actress Aubrey Frances Anderson-Emmons was born in Santa Monica, California USA, on 6 June 2007, making Gemini her zodiac sign. She’s appeared in only one TV series and one movie, and is known best for starring as Lily Tucker-Pritchett in 179 episodes (2011-2020) of the romantic comedy series “Modern Family”, which also starred Julie Bowen, Sofia Vergara and Ed O’Neill, and was created by Christopher Lloyd and Steven Levitan. It follows the lives of members of three families, the series aired from 2009 through 2020, and won 144 of its 528 award nominations.

Aubrey’s still active in the film industry, but hasn’t spoken about the projects which she’s currently working on.

Education and early life

Aubrey was raised in Santa Monica by her Korean-American comedienne and actress mother Amy Enderson, and American father Kent Emmons who’s a media entrepreneur; Aubrey’s parents divorced before she turned 10, and she was then raised by her mother.

She was somewhat thrown into the film industry, as she was only three years old when she began shooting for the above mentioned series “Modern Family”, cast to play a Vietnamese-born girl who was adopted by a gay American couple. She was four when she won a Screen Actors Guild Award for her performance in the series, becoming the youngest actress to win the award, and appearing at the 2013 Primetime Emmy Awards, Aubrey became the youngest Asian-American child actress to attend the event.

She’s currently studying at a local high school in Los Angeles, California, from which she should be matriculating in 2025.

Career as an actress

Aubrey’s only other acting credit has been playing Emma Stelzer in the 2014 short science fiction movie “Distance”, written and directed by Aimee Long, and which starred Valentino del Toro, Bel Delia and Geoffrey Arend; set in 2038, the movie follows a man who’s trying to reconcile with his daughter, and it won a Red Rock Film Festival Award for Fiction Short.

Other credits

Aubrey’s been featured in a number of TV specials, such as the 2012 “Disney Parks Christmas Day Parade”, the 2013 “Child Star Psychologist 2 with Kiernan Shipka”, and the 2015 “The World Dog Awards”.

Some of her recent talk-show appearances have been in “Paradise Run”, “Home & Family” and “The Real”.

YouTube channel

Aubrey and her mother are today running together their YouTube channel “FoodMania Review”, which they launched on 17 June 2015, and which is today subscribed to by more than 40,000 people; all of their 394 videos combined have been watched nearly five million times, with most related to food. We’re going to cover three of Aubrey and her mother’s most viewed videos, as these have contributed to Audrey’s internet popularity.

Their #1 video “Aubrey Rehearsing Her “Modern Family” Audition” has been watched over a million times since 26 September 2015, and shows Aubrey preparing to attend her first audition for the series “Modern Family”.

Their second most popular video “Rhythm Kale Chip Review by Aubrey, Jeremy, & Nolan” has been watched close to 600,000 times since 27 September 2017, and features Aubrey and her friends reviewing the sweets Rhythm Kale Chip.

Their #3 video “Aubrey’s Studio School at Modern Family” has been watched more than 300,000 times since 10 November 2015, and features Aubrey showing off her studio school at the set of the series “Modern Family”.

Presence on the internet

Aubrey’s active on various social media networks, while her mother also has access to all of her accounts.

She’s followed by more than a million people on Instagram, and has posted nearly 900 pictures onto the network, with most of these featuring her and her best friend during their everyday lives.

Aubrey doesn’t have a Twitter account, but is still quite popular on the network as many other people have mentioned her in their tweets.

She has a Facebook profile, but only her real-life friends are allowed to befriend her on this social media network.

Aubrey’s followed by more than 1.2 million people on TikTok, and has amassed nearly 30 million likes of all her videos combined; most of these feature her dancing, singing and telling jokes.

Love life and relationships

Aubrey rarely writes about her love life on the internet, or speaks about it in her interviews, but it’s known that she’s today in a relationship with American singer-songwriter, guitarist and actor Phoenix Reed.

It remains unknown when Aubrey and Phoenix began seeing each other, but it was on 24 January 2022 that they announced on their social media accounts that they were dating; Phoenix is also 15 years old, and still today often uploads pictures onto his Instagram account, which features him spending time with Aubrey.

Some of Phoenix’s roles have been in the 2014 short comedy movie “How to Be an Actress in LA”, the 2018 episode “Scared Friend” of the comedy series “Tag Your Friend” and two episodes of the 2022 romantic series “Love XO”.

Aubrey’s in a relationship with Phoenix Reed as of April 2023, and hasn’t mentioned other boys whom she’s perhaps dated.

Interesting facts and hobbies

Aubrey loves to spend her spare time with her mother, and her Instagram account is filled with pictures which feature them together.

She’s passionate about music and is learning to play the guitar; Aubrey’s favorite performers are Miley Cyrus, Justin Bieber and Kanye West.

She’s a huge animal-lover, and her favorites are donkeys and elephants.

Aubrey enjoys swimming in the ocean, which is why her favorite season’s summer.

She loves to dye her hair, and most often dyes half of it one color, and the other half a different color.

Aubrey’s physically highly active, as she takes dance lessons on a daily basis, and occasionally plays tennis and soccer with her friends.

Her favorite actress is Emma Watson, while some of her favorite movies include “Little Women”, “The Circle” and “The Bling Ring”.

Height, eyes and wealth

Aubrey’s age is 15. Her eyes and hair are brown, she’s 5ft 3ins (1.61m) tall and weighs around 110lbs (50kgs).

Aubrey’s net worth’s been estimated at over $6 million, as of April 2023.