Courtney Ford

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Courtney Ford
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Ford in 2006
Born (1978-06-27) June 27, 1978 (age 46) [1]
Huntington Beach, California, U.S.
OccupationActress
Years active1998–present
Spouse
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(m. 2007)​
Children1
Relatives Roberto Orci (step-brother) [2]

Courtney Ford (born June 27, 1978) is an American actress. She is best known for her roles on television, such as playing Christine Hill on Dexter (2009), Portia Bellefleur on True Blood (2011), Lily on Parenthood (2012), Tonia Pyne on Murder in the First (2014), Kate Taylor on Revenge (2014), Kelly Kline on Supernatural (2016–2018) and Nora Darhk on Legends of Tomorrow (2017–2021). She also played the lead role in the Lifetime television film Kept Woman (2015).

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Early life

Ford was born in Huntington Beach, California. [3]

Career

Ford described her career as stagnant for the ten 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 . [4]

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 , she 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 Big Bang Theory season five episode "The Good Guy Fluctuation".

Ford first appeared as Nora Darhk, the daughter of Damien Darhk in the Legends of Tomorrow episode "Return of the Mack". She was promoted to series regular prior to the start of season 4. Her husband Brandon Routh was already a series regular since the show began. [5] In August 2019, it was announced that Ford and Routh, whose characters had become romantically linked at this point, would depart Legends of Tomorrow during the fifth season. [6] Their final episode as series regulars was "Romeo v Juliet: Dawn of Justness". [7] They would return for the show's one hundredth episode, [8] as well as separate episodes of The Flash's "Armageddon" event, Ford in part five. [9]

Personal life

Ford and Brandon Routh were engaged on August 23, 2006, after three years of dating, and married November 24, 2007, at El Capitan Ranch in Santa Barbara. [10] They have a son who was born in 2012. [11] [12]

Filmography

Film

YearTitleRoleNotes
1998 BASEketball Scoreboard GirlUncredited[ citation needed ]
2004 Outside DeviShort film
2006DenialWoman
2008 Alien Raiders Sterling
Fling Sam
2011 The Good Doctor Stephanie
Sironia Amanda
2014Missing WilliamAbigail Leeds
2015Kept WomanJessica Crowder
2015Meet My ValentineValentine
2017Back To LoveErica
2018 The Front Runner Lynn Armandt

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
2000 Profiler WomanEpisode: "Besieged"; uncredited[ citation needed ]
2001 Moesha RitaEpisode: "Saving Private Rita"
2003 Threat Matrix StaciEpisode: "Cold Cash"
2006 Just for Kicks N/AEpisode: "Alexa in Charge"
2006 Ugly Betty M.W.Episode: "Fake Plastic Snow"
2008 Monk Emily CarterEpisode: "Mr. Monk Gets Hypnotized"
How I Met Your Mother VickyEpisode: "The Naked Man"
Criminal Minds AustinEpisode: "52 Pickup"
2009 Cold Case Tory RobertsEpisode: "Breaking News"
Dexter Christine HillRecurring role, 11 episodes
2010 Human Target LauraEpisode: "Rewind"
Grey's Anatomy Jill MeyerEpisode: "Perfect Little Accident"
NCIS Petty Officer, 2nd class Kaylen BurrowsEpisode: "Patriot Down"
The Vampire Diaries Vanessa MonroeEpisode: "Bad Moon Rising"
2011 True Blood Portia Bellefleur8 episodes
Drop Dead Diva Gwen WalshEpisode: "Bride-a-Palooza"
CSI: NY Nicole MooreEpisode: "Cavallino Rampante"
NTSF:SD:SUV:: European WomanEpisode: "I Left My Heart in Someone's Cooler"
The Big Bang Theory AliceEpisode: "The Good Guy Fluctuation"
Hawaii Five-0 Suzy GreenEpisode: "Ike Maka"
2012 Parenthood Lily6 episodes
2014 Murder in the First Tonia Pyne4 episodes
Revenge Kate Taylor3 episodes
2015Kept WomanJessica CrowderTelevision film
2016 Castle CourtneyEpisode: "G.D.S."
2016–2018 Supernatural Kelly Kline7 episodes
2017August CreekEricaTelevision film
2017–2021 Legends of Tomorrow Nora Darhk Recurring (season 3); Main (seasons 4-5); Guest (season 7), 28 episodes
Marie Antoinette 3 episodes
2020 Home Movie: The Princess Bride Westley / The Man in Black / Dread Pirate RobertsEpisode: "Chapter Six: The Fire Swamp" [13]
2021 The Flash Nora DarhkEpisode: "Armageddon Part 5"
2022-2023 The Rookie: Feds SAC Tracy ChilesRecurring role

Video games

YearTitleRoleNotes
2008 Gears of War 2 Maria SantiagoVoice role [14]
2015 Fallout 4 Piper Wright

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References

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  2. ↑ Ford almost left biz before Dexter. Variety.com .
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  12. ↑ "Brandon Routh and Courtney Ford Welcome Son Leo James". People. August 11, 2012. Retrieved February 25, 2020.
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  14. ↑ "Fallout 4 End Credits [screen capture]" – via Imgur.
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