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

Biography

Personal life

Peldon was born in New York City, New York to Jeffrey "Jeff" Peldon (attorney) and Wendy Peldon (college professor). Her younger sister Ashley 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".

Courtney is also now working as a casting director for Doron Ofir Casting.

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

• The Ellen Burstyn Show (1 episode, "#1.7", 1986) .... Lily
• Adventures in Babysitting (1989) (TV) .... Sara Anderson
• Harry and the Hendersons (unknown episodes, 1991-1992) .... Darcy Payne
• Out on a Limb (1992) .... Marci Campbell
• Civil Wars (1 episode, "Captain Kangaroo Court", 1993) ....
• Empty Nest (1 episode, "Bye-Bye, Baby... Hello: Part 2", 1993) .... Libby
• Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman (1 episode, "Smart Kids", 1993) .... Amy Valdez
• Little Giants (1994) .... Debbie O'Shea
• The Mommies (4 episodes, "Mr. Mommie", "A Day in the Life", "Tom's Deal" and "Enter Christine", 1994-1995) .... Beth Booker
• Renegade (2 episodes, "Hit Man" and "An Uncle in the Business", 1995) .... Lisa St. John
• The Client (1 episode, "The Way Things Never Were", 1995) ....
• Tom and Huck (1995) .... Townspeople (as Courtney Pelton)
• Spider-Man (2 episodes, "Sins of the Fathers Chapter 2: Make a Wish" and "Sins of the Fathers Chapter 3: Attack of the Octobot", 1996) .... Additional Voices (voice)
• ABC Afterschool Special (1 episode, "Me and My Hormones", 1996) .... Megan
• Little Girls in Pretty Boxes (1997) (TV) .... Katie Bryant
• The Ice Storm (1997) .... Billie (uncredited)
• The Visitor (1 episode, "Teufelsnacht", 1997) .... Donna
• Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (1 episode, "Valiant", 1998) .... Farris
• The Pretender (1 episode, "Bank", 1998) .... Kaley Isaac
• Home Improvement (7 episodes, "Burnin' Love", "The Karate Kid Returns", "The Kiss & the Kiss-Off", "Quest for Fire", "Pump You Up", "The Write Stuff" and "Adios", 1996-1998) .... Lauren
• Wild Grizzly (1999) (TV) .... Terri Bradford
• 3rd Rock from the Sun (1 episode, "Dick Solomon of the Indiana Solomons", 1999) .... Janine
• A Murder on Shadow Mountain (1999) (TV) .... Young Sherry Gaines
• The Promise (1999) (TV) .... Susie Miles
• Miss Supreme Queen (1999) .... Brittani Golden
• The Steve Harvey Show (1 episode, "My Two Big Daddies", 1999) .... Cindy
• Nash Bridges (1 episode, "Line of Sight", 2000) .... Zoe Karros
• The Princess & the Barrio Boy (2000) (TV) .... Gilda
• Say It Isn't So (2001) .... Cher Falwell
• Special Unit 2 (1 episode, "The Depths", 2001) .... Megan Benson
• That '70s Show (1 episode, "Hyde Gets the Girl", 2001) .... Katie
• Undressed (unknown episodes, 2001) .... Angie
• Undressed: The Casting Couch (2001) (TV) .... Herself
• Raising Dad (2 episodes, "Home Plates" and "Daughter Nose Best", 2002) .... Alison
• Reality Check (2002) .... Charlolette
• Lost at Home (1 episode, "Pilot", 2003) .... Lori
• Boston Public (14 episodes, 2003-2004) .... Becky Emerson
• Players (2 episodes, "Hootin' with the Blowfish" and "Barenaked Players", 2003-2004).... Herself
• Entourage (1 episode, "Pilot", 2004) .... Jane
• Skin Walker (2004) .... Candy
• Mortuary (2005) .... Tina
• National Lampoon's Adam & Eve (2005) .... Patty
• W.I.T.C.H. (3 episodes, "The Stone of Threbe", "Stop the Presses" and "S Is for Self", 2005-2006) .... Courtney Grumper (voice)
• The Emperor's New School (5 episodes, "Empress Malina/The Adventures of Red-Eyed Tree Frog Man", "Girls Behaving Oddly", "Kuzclone", "The New Kid/Officer Kronk" and "The Bride of Kuzco", 2006) .... Cuxi, Cuca, & Curi (post-production)
• InAlienable (2008) .... Amanda Mayfield (completed)
• Road to Hell (2008) .... Ashley (post-production)
• Reborn (2009) .... Ann Carter (pre-production)

External links

• Courtney Peldon at the Internet Movie Database
• Courtney Peldon at MySpace
• Courtney Peldon at Memory Alpha (a Star Trek wiki)
• Official website
• Starring Jewelry