Brooke Harman

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{{Infobox person

| name = Brooke Harman

| image = Demi Harman 3.jpg

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| caption = Harman (L) and Demi Harman on a red carpet (2012)

| birth_place = Orange County, California, U.S.

| occupation = Actress

| years_active = 1996–2015

| spouse = Jeffrey Walker (2006–present)

| relatives = Demi Harman (sister)

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Brooke Harman-Walker is an American-born former Australian actress.

Biography

Born in Orange County, California and moving to Brisbane, Queensland as a young child, her first television role was at age eleven on the children's television series The Wayne Manifesto. She has since guest starred on a number of television programs including Home and Away, All Saints, White Collar Blue, Beastmaster, Flipper, The Sleepover Club, and appeared in the 2003 film Ned Kelly. Harman played the feature role of Silvy Lewis in the Paramount motion picture Till Human Voices Wake Us with Guy Pearce and Helena Bonham Carter. Brooke also starred in the children's television program Pirate Islands, and became a permanent castmember of The Secret Life of Us in the year before the show's cancellation. She played the role of Kate Monk on the short-lived Australian drama headLand.

Her surname is sometimes credited as Harmon (or more rarely, Harmen).

Personal life

Brooke has been married since 2006{{cite web|url=http://www.couriermail.com.au/lifestyle/brisbanenews/director-jeffrey-walker-reveals-how-his-home-base-at-bulimba/news-story/63fc4051815f2c7cb74196d512862668 |title=Modern Family director's happy Brisbane life |work=The Courier-Mail|date=1 November 2017|accessdate=2019-07-28}} to Australian actor and director Jeffrey Walker. Together they have three children, sons, Boston Scott Walker (b. 24 June 2013), Ace Jackson Walker (b. 24 June 2015) and Leo Walker (b. 19 October 2018). The family resides in Brisbane, Australia.

Filmography

=Film=

class="wikitable sortable"

! Year

! Title

! Role

! class="unsortable" | Notes

2000

|Max Knight: Ultra Spy

|Lindsay

|TV film

2000

|Stepsister from Planet Weird

|Jill

|TV film

2001

|Finding Hope

|Bonnie

|TV film

2002

|Till Human Voices Wake Us

|Silvy Lewis

| Feature film

2003

|Ned Kelly

|Maggie

| Feature film

2003

|Tempted

|Jamie

|TV film

2009

|Crush

|Clare

| Feature film

2010

|Cockroach

|Sera

|Short film

2010

|Not Available

|Sally Davis

|TV film

2012

|Jack Irish: Black Tide

|Transquik Receptionist

|TV film

=Television=

class="wikitable sortable"

! Year

! Title

! Role

! class="unsortable" | Notes

1996-97

|The Wayne Manifesto

|Rosie

|TV series

1997

|Roar

|Amalia

| TV series, episode: "Tash"

1998

|Misery Guts

|Tracy

|TV series

1999

|Home and Away

|Hope Benedict

| TV series, 2 episodes

1999

|BeastMaster

|Princess Jessica

| TV series, episode: "The Last Unicorns"

2000

|Flipper

|Emma

| TV series, episode: "Prodigal Father"

2001

|All Saints

|Tamara Morgan

| TV series, episode: "Close to Home"

2002

|McLeod's Daughters

|Skye Harding

| TV series, episode: "Blame It on the Moonlight"

2003

|Pirate Islands

|Kate Redding (main role)

| TV series, 26 episodes

2003

|White Collar Blue

|Joy Garret

| TV series, episode: "2.10"

2003

|The Sleepover Club

|Sam

| TV series, episode: "Blind Date"

2004–05

|The Secret Life of Us

|Bree Sanzaro (main role)

| TV series, 20 episodes

2005–06

|headLand

|Kate Monk (main role)

| TV series; 58 episodes

2007

|Spy Shop

|Jessica Jenkins

| TV series; 3 episodes

2009

|Sea Patrol

|Jessica Taylor

| TV series, episode: "Half Life"

2010

|Spartacus: Blood and Sand

|Licinia

| TV series, 2 episodes

2010

|Rake

|Bec Chandler

| TV series, episode: "R vs Chandler"

2012–13

|Dance Academy

|Saskia Duncan

| TV series, 16 episodes

2015

|Banished

|Deborah

|TV series, 7 episodes

References