Andrea Brooks

Born in Brantford, Ontario,{{Cite web |url=http://old.ubyssey.ca/features/our-campus-andrea-brooks-rubbing-shoulders-with-the-stars/ |title=Our Campus: Andrea Brooks, rubbing shoulders with the stars |last=MacDonald |first=Scott |date=September 30, 2011 |website=The Ubyssey |access-date=July 4, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170807194140/http://old.ubyssey.ca/features/our-campus-andrea-brooks-rubbing-shoulders-with-the-stars/ |archive-date=August 7, 2017 |url-status=dead }} Brooks trained in figure skating, dancing and musical theatre from an early age. At the age of fifteen, she auditioned for the Disney film Ice Princess. She lost out on the role, but gained an agent.{{Cite web |url=http://starrymag.com/andrea-brooks-when-calls-the-heart/ |title=Andrea Brooks – When Calls The Heart |last=Hill |first=Ruth |date=March 13, 2016 |website=Starrymag |access-date=July 4, 2017 |archive-date=October 15, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221015144130/http://starrymag.com/andrea-brooks-when-calls-the-heart/ |url-status=live }} She attended the University of British Columbia, where she gained a BA in English Literature and Film Studies and an MA in Film Studies. She also speaks fluent French.{{Cite web |url=http://www.hallmarkchannel.com/destination-wedding/cast/andrea-brooks |title=Andrea Brooks as Mary Hamilton |website=Hallmark |access-date=July 4, 2017 |archive-date=June 26, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170626041332/http://www.hallmarkchannel.com/destination-wedding/cast/andrea-brooks |url-status=live }}

Having appeared in a variety of film and television productions, Brooks' major break came in 2015 when she was cast in the role of Nurse Faith Carter in the second season of Hallmark series When Calls the Heart. Her character received a mixed audience reception, due mainly to the threat she posed to the series central love story between Mountie Jack Thornton (Daniel Lissing) and teacher Elizabeth Thatcher (Erin Krakow). She continued as a series regular from season three. On June 17, 2022, the series was renewed for a tenth season.{{cite web |last1=Ng |first1=Philiana |title='When Calls the Heart' Renewed for Season 10 (Exclusive) |url=https://www.etonline.com/when-calls-the-heart-renewed-for-season-10-exclusive-185917 |website=ET Online |access-date=30 June 2022 |archive-date=October 2, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221002040410/https://www.etonline.com/when-calls-the-heart-renewed-for-season-10-exclusive-185917 |url-status=live }}

In 2016, Brooks joined the cast of Supergirl when it was renewed for a second season. She originally auditioned for the role of Maggie Sawyer, although herself admitted that she did not feel that role was a "good fit". She was subsequently sent a further script to audition for the role of Janice. Having won the role, it was not until she received her first episode script that she discovered she would in fact be playing the role of Eve Teschmacher.{{Cite web |url=http://mydevotionalthoughts.net/2017/03/interview-with-andrea-brooks-when-calls-the-heart.html |title=Interview With Actress Andrea Brooks, "When Calls the Heart" |last=Hill |first=Ruth |date=March 4, 2017 |website=My Devotional Thoughts |access-date=June 13, 2017 |archive-date=September 24, 2018 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20180924063005/http://mydevotionalthoughts.net/2017/03/interview-with-andrea-brooks-when-calls-the-heart.html |url-status=live }} She was promoted to the main cast for the series' fifth season.{{Cite web |url=https://tvline.com/2019/07/17/supergirl-season-5-andrea-brooks-series-regular-eve-teschmacher/ |title=Supergirl Promotes Andrea Brooks to Series Regular for Season 5 |last=Swift |first=Andy |date=July 17, 2019 |website=TVLine |access-date=July 18, 2019 |archive-date=July 18, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190718032522/https://tvline.com/2019/07/17/supergirl-season-5-andrea-brooks-series-regular-eve-teschmacher/ |url-status=live }}

In 2016 she appeared in the Hallmark television film A Wish for Christmas directed by Christie Will, whom Brooks had previously worked with in the 2006 short film Dysfunction.

Brooks played the lead role of Mandy Hamilton in the Hallmark original television film Destination Wedding, opposite Rafael Simon, which was broadcast in June 2017 as part of the channel's June Weddings series.

On November 30, 2019, Brooks gave birth to her first child with husband Riley Graydon, a girl.{{cite web|last=|first=|date=December 1, 2019|title=When Calls the Heart Star Andrea Brooks Welcomes Her First Child, a Baby Girl|url=https://people.com/parents/andrea-brooks-welcomes-first-child/|url-status=live|website=People|accessdate=|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191201235112/https://people.com/parents/andrea-brooks-welcomes-first-child/ |archive-date=December 1, 2019 }} Her second child was born December 17, 2022.{{Cite web |date=December 18, 2022 |title='When Calls The Hearts' Andrea Brooks Gives Birth to Baby No. 2 |url=https://www.etonline.com/when-calls-the-hearts-andrea-brooks-gives-birth-to-baby-no-2-find-out-his-name-196182 |access-date=2024-01-26 |website=Entertainment Tonight |language=en-US |archive-date=December 20, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221220002652/https://www.etonline.com/when-calls-the-hearts-andrea-brooks-gives-birth-to-baby-no-2-find-out-his-name-196182 |url-status=live }} Her third child was born in November 2024.https://www.tvinsider.com/1162831/when-calls-the-heart-star-andrea-brooks-third-baby/

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Category:1989 births

Category:21st-century Canadian actresses

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