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Brooke Adams was born on February 8, 1949 in New York City, to Rosalind (Gould), an actress, and Robert Kaufmann Adams, a former CBS vice president. She was educated at the prestigious High School for the Performing Arts and the School of the American Ballet.
Starting her career on the stage, her film career took off with a break through role opposite Richard Gere and Sam Shepard in Terrence Malick's Days of Heaven (1978). She also starred in Philip Kaufman's Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1978), and repeated her off-Broadway role in the film version of Kevin Wade's romantic comedy Key Exchange (1985). Other film credits include Gas Food Lodging (1992), The Dead Zone (1983) opposite Christopher Walken, Cuba (1979) with Sean Connery, and Tell Me a Riddle (1980). She produced and starred in Made-Up (2002), written by her sister Lynne Adams.
Her stage credits include The Heidi Chronicles on Broadway, Key Exchange at the Orpheum, Split at The Second Stage, The Old Neighborhood at A.R.T. If Memory Serves at the Pasadena Playhouse, The Philanderer at Yale Rep, The Cherry Orchard at The Atlantic Theatre Co. and Lend Me a tenor on Broadway with her husband Tony Shalhoub directed by Stanley Tucci. She has most recently starred in Samuel Becket's Happy Days with her husband Tony Shalhoub.
On television, she has appeared in Thirtysomething (1987), Moonlighting (1985), Family (1976), The Lion of Africa (1987), Special People (1984), the miniseries Lace (1984) and Lace II (1985), 5 episodes of Monk (2002), BrainDead (2016) on CBS and is writing, producing, directing, and starring in a web-series, All Downhill from Here (2015).- Brooke Adams grew up differently than most people would think. Adams had cancer when she was a child and had very little and yet enough. Brooke grew up with her mother and twin sister. When Brooke was seven years old Brooke, her mother and sister took all they could fit in a car and moved to Texas. There Brooke's mother did all she could to give her two girls the best life she could at the same time of juggling three jobs for seven years. Brooke looks at her mother as more then just her mother but also a hero.
When Brooke got older she got into body building, and modeling, she's also taken part in several contest such as Miss Bikini USA - Seabrook, Miss Planet Beach Houston, Miss San Antonio Texas, Miss Sam's Boat Houston and so on. She's modeled for companies such as Ego swimwear, Hawaiian Tropic, Elite Models, Vertical Smiles, R&J photography and many more. She's a very passionate and strong willed women, when she takes to do something she does it to the best of her ability. Like most girls she loves to party, and loves people.
Brooke was first seen in the wrestling scene during the 2006 WWE Diva Search Casting Calls. Unfortunatly Brooke hadn't made the cuts, but don't doubt that she had made a big mark in management's mind. Not long after Leyla had won the Diva Search WWE.com announced that three girls who had taken part of the diva search had been given contacts and although Brooke had not made the first major cut, she had been one of the girls offered a contract.
Months later although Brooke was said to be going to to OVW, she debuted in DSW. After two random appearances around the ring, on November 16, 2006 Brooke came out to the ring sporting a red and black outfit and manged Dan Rodimer that night calling herself "The Lil Big Deal" while Dan was noted as just "The Real Deal". Not too long after debuting as his manager, Brooke announced that she was "sick of men" and that she was going on a solo career as a wrestler herself, she had her first match against Angel, which Angel dominated in!
Weeks after her debut match in DSW Brooke made a surprise appearance and debut on ECW Joining with Kelly Kelly and Layla El calling themselves 'Extreme Exposé'. - Actress
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Brooke Adams was born on 26 September 1986 in Lampasas, Texas, USA. She is an actress, known for My Boyfriend's Back (1993), Criminal Minds (2005) and Vanessa Hudgens v YLA: $$$ex (2013).- Brooke Adams is known for Astrid and Lilly Save the World (2022), Hudson & Rex (2019) and SurrealEstate (2021).
- Brooke Adams Mann is known for Dust (2011).
- Brooke Adams is known for Deceitful (2010).