Courtney Peldon

Courtney Peldon Biography

Courtney Peldon (born April 13, 1981) is an American television and film actress.

Personal life

Peldon was born in New York City, New York. Her younger sister Ashley Peldon is also an actress. Both she and Ashley became involved in the entertainment industry as child actors. Peldon graduated from Skidmore College where she majored in Abnormal psychology and minored in Film. She has started her own line of jewelry called "Charmed Jewelry".

Career

Peldon is perhaps best known for her three seasons as Jonathan Taylor Thomas's on-screen girlfriend Lauren on Home Improvement, and for her three seasons on Boston Public. She has appeared in many roles on various television shows such as That '70s Show, Entourage, The Pretender, Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, Renegade and Nash Bridges to name a few.

She has also had roles in several films including Angel Heart with Robert De Niro and Mickey Rourke, Out on a Limb with Matthew Broderick, Little Giants, indie favorite Skin Walker, National Lampoon's Adam & Eve, Tobe Hooper's Mortuary, the Farrelly brothers' comedy Say It Isn't So, and most recently the science-fiction thriller InAlienable with Walter Koenig and Richard Hatch, the psychological thriller The Road to Hell with Michael Paré and she's slated to star in the new film 2001 Maniacs: Beverly Hellbillys alongside Robert Englund and her sister Ashley Peldon.

Peldon also starred on Broadway at the age of 8 in the Gershwin Theatre smash hit Meet Me in St. Louis for the show's entire run in the role of 'Tootie', originated by Margaret O'Brien in the Judy Garland film version.

Awards and nominations

She is a multiple and a nine years consecutive nominee and award winner of a Young Artist Award at the Young Artist Awards:

1993 - Nominated for Best Young Actress in an Off-Primetime Series for Harry and the Hendersons (1991) and won for Best Young Actress Co-starring in a Motion Picture for Out on a Limb (1992).
1994 - Won for Best Youth Actress Guest Starring in a Television Show for Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman (1993).
1995 - Nominated for Best Performance: Young Actress in a TV Comedy Series for The Mommies (1993).
1996 - Nominated for Best Performance by a Young Actress in TV Drama Series for Renegade (1992).
1997 - Won for Best Performance in a TV Comedy by a Guest Starring Young Performer for Home Improvement (1991) tied with Seth Adkins for Sabrina, the Teenage Witch (1996).
1998 - Nominated for Best Performance in a TV Movie/Pilot/Mini-Series by a Supporting Young Actress for Little Girls in Pretty Boxes (1997) (TV).
1999 - Nominated for Best Performance in a TV Comedy Series by a Guest Starring Young Actress for Home Improvement (1991).
2000 - Nominated for Best Performance in a TV Comedy Series by a Supporting Young Actress for Home Improvement (1991).
2001 - Nominated for Best Performance in a TV Movie (Drama) by a Supporting Young Actress for The Princess & the Barrio Boy (2000) (TV).

Filmography

Film and Television
Year	Title	Role	Notes
1986	'	Lily	Episode: "Family Affair"
1989	Adventures in Babysitting	Sara Anderson	TV pilot
1992	Out on a Limb	Marci Campbell
1991-1993	Harry and the Hendersons	Darcy Payne	26 episodes
1993	Civil Wars		Episode: "Captain Kangaroo Court"
1993	Empty Nest	Libby	Episode: "Bye-Bye Baby... Hello: Part 2"
1993	Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman	Amy Valdez	Episode: "Smart Kids"
1994	Little Giants	Debbie O'Shea
1994-1995	'	Beth Booker	4 episodes
1995	Renegade	Lisa St. John	Episode: "Hit Man" Episode: "An Uncle in the Business"
1995	'	Julia	Episode: "The Way Things Never Were"
1995	Tom and Huck	Townspeople
1996	Spider-Man	Additional Voices	Episode: "Sins of the Fathers Chapter 2" Episode: "Sins of the Fathers Chapter 3"
1996	ABC Afterschool Special	Megan	Episode: "Me and My Hormones"
1996-1998	Home Improvement	Lauren	7 episodes
1997	Little Girls in Pretty Boxes	Katie Bryant	TV movie
1997	'	Billie (uncredited)
1997	'	Donna	Episode: "Teufelsnacht"
1998	Star Trek: Deep Space Nine	Farris	Episode: "Valiant"
1998	'	Kaley Isaac	Episode: "Bank"
1999	3rd Rock from the Sun	Janine	Episode: "Dick Solomon of the Indiana Solomons"
1999	'	Young Sherry Gaines	TV movie
1999	'	Susie Miles	TV movie
1999	Miss Supreme Queen	Brittani Golden	Short film
1999	'	Cindy	Episode: "My Two Big Daddies"
2000	Nash Bridges	Zoe Karros	Episode: "Line of Sight"
2000	Wild Grizzly	Terri Bradford	TV movie
2000	'	Gilda	TV movie
2001	Say It Isn't So	Cher Falwell
2001	Special Unit 2	Megan Benson	Episode: "The Depths"
2001	That '70s Show	Katie	Episode: "Hyde Gets the Girl"
2001	Undressed	Angie	TV series
2002	Raising Dad	Alison	3 episodes
2002	Reality Check	Charlolette
2003	Lost at Home	Lori	Episode: "Pilot"
2003-2004	Boston Public	Becky Emerson	14 episodes
2004	Entourage	Jane	Episode: "Pilot"
2004	Skin Walker	Candy
2005	Mortuary	Tina
2005	National Lampoon's Adam & Eve	Patty
2005-2006	W.I.T.C.H.	Courtney Grumper (voice)	3 episodes
2006	'	Cuxi, Cuca & Curi (voice)	5 episodes
2008	InAlienable	Dr. Amanda Mayfield
2008	Road to Hell	Ashley
2010	L.A. Detectives	Ann Favor	Short film
2011	Jesus Sex Scandal	Miriam Ben Hur	Video short
2011	Freeloaders	Amber	Post-production
2012	Legacy	Julie Webster	Pre-production

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