Courtney Thorne-Smith Has a Baby Boy

(AP) Courtney Thorne-Smith attends the ABC primetime preview, in a May 18, 2004 photo.

LOS ANGELES (AP) - Courtney Thorne-Smith has given birth to a baby boy, the actress' publicist said Sunday.

"The parents are thrilled, and the baby is healthy, well and beautiful," publicist Karen Samfilippo said.
Thorne-Smith delivered the baby - her first - at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center on Friday, Samfilippo said. The father is Thorne-Smith's husband Roger Fishman, a media consultant. The couple named the boy Jacob Emerson Fishman.

"It's such an amazing moment for both of us," Smith has said of her pregnancy. "We both sort of had to say, I don't know if this is going to happen for me. The fact it's happening is just astounding!"

Thorne-Smith, 40, is known for roles in several TV shows including "Melrose Place,""Ally McBeal" and "According to Jim." Thorne-Smith has also written Outside In: a novel whose story delivers a Hollywood novel about a failed movie actress who finds new life as the star of a nighttime soap called Generations. But character Kate Keyes-Morgan's life, glamorous on the outside, is still less than perfect. This put-upon heroine has issues with weight and self-worth, and an overly controlling manager/husband to please.

A long time fan of Courtney's, I wish her continued success and all the joys that come with motherhood.