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).
Early life Ford was born in Huntington Beach, California.
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.
She appeared on the 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, .
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 (now ex-) husband Brandon Routh was already a series regular since the show began. 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. Their final episode as series regulars was "Romeo v Juliet: Dawn of Justness". They would return for the show's one hundredth episode, as well as separate episodes of The Flash's "Armageddon" event, Ford in part five.
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. They have a son who was born in 2012. Ford filed for divorce on January 8, 2025, citing "irreconcilable differences". As of late January, it was reported that Routh and Ford had reached a divorce settlement and were submitting their paperwork to court.
Filmography
Film Year Title Role Notes 1998 BASEketball Scoreboard Girl Uncredited 2004 Outside DeviShort film 2006 Denial Woman2008 Alien Raiders Sterling Fling Sam2011 The Good Doctor Stephanie Sironia Amanda 2014 Missing William Abigail Leeds 2015 Kept Woman Jessica Crowder 2015Meet My Valentine Valentine 2017Back To Love Erica 2018 The Front Runner Lynn Armandt
Television Year Title Role Notes 2000 Profiler Woman Episode: "Besieged"; uncredited 2001 Moesha Rita Episode: "Saving Private Rita" 2003 Threat Matrix Staci Episode: "Cold Cash" 2006 Just for Kicks Episode: "Alexa in Charge" 2006 Ugly Betty M.W. Episode: "Fake Plastic Snow"2008 Monk Emily Carter Episode: "Mr. Monk Gets Hypnotized" How I Met Your Mother Vicky Episode: "The Naked Man" Criminal Minds Austin Episode: "52 Pickup"2009 Cold Case Tory Roberts Episode: "Breaking News" Dexter Christine Hill Recurring role, 11 episodes2010 Human Target Laura Episode: "Rewind" Grey's Anatomy Jill Meyer Episode: "Perfect Little Accident" NCIS Petty Officer, 2nd class Kaylen Burrows Episode: "Patriot Down" The Vampire Diaries Vanessa Monroe Episode: "Bad Moon Rising"2011 True Blood Portia Bellefleur 8 episodes Drop Dead Diva Gwen Walsh Episode: "Bride-a-Palooza" CSI: NY Nicole Moore Episode: "Cavallino Rampante" NTSF:SD:SUV:: European Woman Episode: "I Left My Heart in Someone's Cooler" The Big Bang Theory Alice Episode: "The Good Guy Fluctuation" Hawaii Five-0 Suzy Green Episode: "Ike Maka" 2012 Parenthood Lily 6 episodes2014 Murder in the First Tonia Pyne 4 episodes Revenge Kate Taylor 3 episodes 2015 Kept Woman Jessica Crowder Television film 2016 Castle Courtney Episode: "G.D.S." 2016–2018 Supernatural Kelly Kline 7 episodes 2017 August Creek Erica Television film 2017–2021 Legends of Tomorrow Nora Darhk Recurring (season 3); Main (seasons 4-5); Guest (season 7), 28 episodesMarie Antoinette3 episodes 2020 Home Movie: The Princess Bride Princess Buttercup / Westley Episode: "Chapter Six: The Fire Swamp" 2021 The Flash Nora Darhk Episode: "Armageddon Part 5" 2022–2023 The Rookie: Feds SAC Tracy Chiles Recurring role
Video games Year Title Role Notes 2008 Gears of War 2 Maria Santiago Voice role 2015 Fallout 4 Piper Wright
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