Background
Harshman was born in San Diego, California.
Harshman was born in San Diego, California.
Harshman lived in Louisiana 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.
She is also known for her role on The Big Bang Theory as Sheldon Cooper"s assistant, Alex Jensen, and on NCIS as Agent Timothy McGee"s girlfriend, Delilah Fielding. 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 United States comedy The Big Bang Theory as Alex Jensen, the assistant of Sheldon Cooper, and in the popular United States drama series NCIS as Delilah Fielding, the girlfriend of Timothy McGee.
In 2005, Harshman was nominated for two awards at the Young Artist Awards, one for Best Performance in a television Movie, Miniseries or Special by a Supporting Young Actress for The Even Stevens Movie (2004) (television) and the other for Best Performance in a television 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.
