Courtney Ford
Courtney Braden Ford (born June 27, 1978) is an American actress. She is known for her roles on television, such as playing Christine Hill on the Showtime series Dexter, and her lead role in the Lifetime television film Kept Woman.
Career Ford described her career as stagnant for the 10 years preceding 2008, in which she considered ceasing work as an actress. However, during what she considered to be her last audition, Ford was cast to play reporter Christine Hill on Showtime's television series Dexter.
She has been cast on the hit HBO series True Blood as Portia Bellefleur, Andy Bellefleur's sister. She was a recurring cast member in the fourth season.
In the game series Gears of War, Ford voices Maria Santiago, the lost wife of the character "Dom".
In Fallout 4 (2015), Ford voices Piper Wright, a potential companion and the Editor-in-Chief of Diamond City's newspaper, Publick Occurrences.
She also appeared in the ninth episode of season four of How I Met Your Mother titled "The Naked Man" and the The Big Bang Theory season five episode "The Good Guy Fluctuation".
Personal life Ford was born in Huntington Beach, California. She is married to actor Brandon Routh. The couple were engaged on August 23, 2006, and married November 24, 2007 at El Capitan Ranch in Santa Barbara. Their first child, a son, was born on August 10, 2012.
You can find people similar to Courtney Ford by visiting our lists Actresses from Huntington Beach, California and Actresses from California.
| Full name at birth | Courtney Braden Ford
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| Claim to fame | her roles as Rita in the UPN sitcom Moesha, Christine Hill in the Showtime crime drama series Dexter, Portia Bellefleur in the HBO fantasy horror drama series True Blood, Lily in the NBC family comedy-drama series Parenthood, Tonia Pyne in the TNT crime drama series Murder in the First, Kate Taylor in the ABC drama series Revenge, Jessica Crowder in the 2015 Lifetime original thriller television film Kept Woman, Kelly Kline in the WB/CW dark fantasy drama series Supernatural, Nora Darhk in the CW time travel superhero series DC's Legends of Tomorrow, and Lynn Armandt in the 2018 political drama film The Front Runner
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| Date of birth | 27 June 1978
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| Place of birth | Huntington Beach, California, USA
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- She had a passion for acting from a very young age. Later, she moved to Los Angeles to give herself the best shot at an acting career.
- Courtney has taken her acting training from the iconic and prestigious, The Lee Strasberg Theatre and Film Institute.
- She has been hired to voice the character of Maria Santiago in the popular game series, Gears of War.
- After having struggled to find meaningful work for 10 years, she was about to give up her acting career and had decided that her audition for Dexter was going to be her last screentest. However, in the last audition of her career, she managed to bag her career-defining role.
- In 2009, Variety included her in their “TV’s Top 10 To Watch: New Faces for Fall” feature.
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