Personal life

Harshman was born in San Diego, California. She has two older sisters, one older brother and one younger brother. Harshman lived in La Costa, San Diego County, California and attended school there until she was 12, after which she moved to Orange County, California. There she finished the rest of her schooling, first at Hewes Middle School and then at Foothill High School. Harshman now lives in Los Angeles.

She is related to former professional baseball pitcher Jack Harshman and former Washington State University and University of Washington basketball coach Marv Harshman.

On May 14, 2014, her mother, Janelle Harshman, died from breast cancer after a 20-year battle with the disease.

Career

At the age of two, Harshman was entered into beauty pageants. At 3, she was involved in dance and gymnastics. At 5, she learned to play piano, and at 8, she began acting and met her first manager.

Harshman starred on the short-lived shows Run of the House and Center of the Universe. In 2008, she co-starred in the film Keith alongside Jesse McCartney. She starred alongside fellow Disney Channel celebrities Raven-Symoné and Brenda Song in the movie College Road Trip. Harshman appeared in an episode of Grey's Anatomy in which she played the daughter of two parents caught in an 'uncomfortable' situation. In 2009, she took on a supporting role for the horror movie remake Sorority Row. She has also been in several films which, for unknown reasons, were not released.

She has appeared in the US comedy The Big Bang Theory as Alex Jensen, the assistant of Sheldon Cooper, and in the popular US drama series NCIS as Delilah Fielding, the girlfriend of Timothy McGee.

Awards and nominations

In 2005, Harshman was nominated for two awards at the Young Artist Awards, one for Best Performance in a TV Movie, Miniseries or Special by a Supporting Young Actress for The Even Stevens Movie (2004) (TV) and the other for Best Performance in a TV Series (Comedy or Drama) by a Supporting Young Actress for Even Stevens (2001). In 2009, Harshman won the ShoWest "Female Stars of Tomorrow" award at the ShoWest Convention along with fellow Sorority Row cast members Briana Evigan, Leah Pipes, Rumer Willis, Jamie Chung and Audrina Patridge.

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1997	The Elf Who Didn't Believe	Jolie	Film debut
2001	Murphy's Dozen	Bridget
2003	Recipe for Disaster	Rebecca Korda
2003	The Even Stevens Movie	Tawny Dean
2005	Fellowship	Gina
2006	Simon Says	Kate
2006	Hiding Victoria	Victoria Walker
2007	Rise: Blood Hunter	Tricia Rawlins
2007	Judy's Got A Gun	Maya Spektor
2008	College Road Trip	Katie
2008	Keith	Brooke
2008	From Within	Sadie
2008	Pretty Little Devils	Nina	Also known as Legacy
2008	Extreme Movie	Ted's Girlfriend
2009	Fired Up!	Sylvia
2009	Sorority Row	Charlene "Chugs" Bradley
2015	Toxin	Mandy

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2000-2003	Even Stevens	Tawny Dean	47 episodes
2003-2004	Run of the House	Brooke Franklin	Main cast
2004	Without a Trace	Harley Palmer	Episode: "Bait"
2004	Center of the Universe	Sara	2 episodes
2005	Everwood	Maura	Episode: "Put on a Happy Face"
2006	Grey's Anatomy	Jennifer Morris	Episode: "Oh, the Guilt"
2007	Journeyman	Abby Armstrong	Episode: "Winterland"
2008	90210	Detention girl	Episode: "Hollywood Forever"
2008	Boston Legal	Margie Coggins	Episode: "Juiced"
2009	Modern Family	Jungle Tanya	Episode: "Fizbo"
2010	$h*! My Dad Says	Kim	Episode: "Family Dinner for Schmucks"
2012	House	Melissa	Episode: "Love Is Blind"
2012	Bent	Screwsie	6 episodes
2012-2013	The Big Bang Theory	Alex Jensen	4 episodes
2013	Betas	Lisa	4 episodes
2013	Bones	Alison Kidman	Episode: "The Fury in the Jury"
2014	CSI: Crime Scene Investigation	April Brock	Episode: "Rubbery Homicide"
2013-present	NCIS	Delilah Fielding	9 episodes

[ Source: Wikipedia ]