Courtney Thorne-Smith has a baby boy

updated 5:12 p.m. ET Jan. 13, 2008

LOS ANGELES - 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.

Thorne-Smith, 40, is known for roles in several TV shows including "Melrose Place," "Ally McBeal" and "According to Jim."

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