Andrea Elson first realized her love for acting at age eleven when she played the lead in a sixth grade production of "Alice in Wonderland". Born on March 6, 1969 in New York City, this green-eyed actress grew up traveling because of her father's job in advertising. Before she was ten years old, she had lived in New York, Chicago, San Diego and Los Angeles. While in San Diego, Andrea got an agent and won the first part she auditioned for. It was for a commercial, and, from then on, one acting job followed another. She landed guest-starring parts on "Simon & Simon" (1981), "Silver Spoons" (1982) and a co-starring role in the series "Whiz Kids" (1983). Andrea auditioned and won the part of Lynn Tanner on the hit series "ALF" (1986). She is married to Scott Hopper who was a production assistant on the show, "ALF" (1986). She gave birth to a daughter, Claire in 1997. She made a two day guest appearance on the soap, "The Young and the Restless" (1973) soon afterwards.
Former bulimicDaughter, Claire, born 1997She is the daughter of Stephen and Elinor.She has an older sister, Samantha.
The Tanner family is an average American family. One day, they discover that they have a visitor. He's small, he's furry, he's arrogant, and he's an alien from the planet Melmac. Unsure what to do, they name him ALF: Alien Life Form. Alf soon decides that as much as he misses his home planet, there's a lot to be said for Earth: the Tanners are willing to concede anything as long as he doesn't announce his presence. Oh yeah, the the Tanners also have a cat, which looks rather tasty...