Courtney Thorne-Smith Files for Divorce from Her Husband of 18 Years Roger Fishman

Courtney Thorne-Smith, star of the iconic series “Melrose Place” has filed for divorce from Roger Fishman. The pair have been married for 18 years, and according to court documents, have been separated since 2021. 

Thorne-Smith, 57, cited “irreconcilable differences” in her divorce papers and also filed for joint custody of Jacob Emerson, she and Fishman’s 17-year-old son. Thorne-Smith’s filing also asked the court to exclude the option of spousal support for both Fishman and herself. 

The “Ally McBeal” actor tied the knot with Fishman, an agent, in January of 2007 on New Year’s Day in a small ceremony at her home. It was Thorne-Smith’s second marriage, as she had previously wed geneticist Andrew Conrad in 2000 and split from him in 2001.

Thorne-Smith Dated a Co-Star in the ‘90s

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While Courtney Thorne-Smith kept her personal life pretty private, she did publicly date her “Melrose Place” co-star Andrew Shue in the ‘90s. Shue played Billy Parker on the series and Thorne-Smith played his love interest Alison Parker. After the couple’s romance ended in real-life, their characters stayed together.

Thorne-Smith invited Shue on her podcast “Still the Place” in 2024 and the former couple talked about their experiences working together after their breakup. According to Thorne-Smith, it was “shockingly not weird” but she did recall a rule she’d put in place after the split. 

“So we’d been broken up for two months and then we had to kiss. You remember me saying, ‘Okay, now we’re professionals, no tongue?’” Thorne-Smith asked Shue. The pair also reminisced about becoming great friends after their split, and Shue remarked, “…we helped carry each other through a very intense time.”

Will Thorne-Smith Return for a ‘Melrose Place’ Reboot?

In 2024, Deadline announced that a “Melrose Place” reboot was in the works and original cast members Heather Locklear, Laura Leighton, and Daphne Zuniga were all on board to reprise their roles. 

While Thorne-Smith has not yet confirmed whether she’d return for the series, she hosts “Still the Place,” a “Melrose Place” rewatch podcast with Leighton and Zuniga, so chances are she might be open to revisiting her role as Alison Parker. 

On the podcast, Thorne-Smith and other “Melrose Place” alums have spoken about how some of the show’s storylines haven’t exactly aged well. “We’re looking at ourselves and going, wait, we didn’t realize it then, but now it seems so glaring…,” Thorne-Smith told People.

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