Andrea Elson (born March 6, 1969) is a former American actress. Beginning her professional career as a child actress and model, Elson is perhaps best known for her television roles; as Alice Tyler on the CBS science-fiction adventure series Whiz Kids and as Lynn Tanner on the NBC comedy series ALF, which garnered the teenage actress two Youth in Film Award nominations in 1986 and 1989.

Biography

During her years as a teenage actress, the teen magazines reported that Elson had attended high school in Westchester County, New York. Her extra-curricular interests at the time included horseback riding, softball, soccer and swimming, as well as playing piano, which she reportedly began studying at the age of seven.