Brooke Lyons
{{short description|American actress (born 1980)}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Brooke Lyons
| image =
| caption =
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1980|11|08}}
| birth_place = Washington, D.C., U.S.
| alma_mater = Yale University
| occupation = Actress
| years_active = 2004–present
| spouse = {{marriage|Max Osswald|2014}}
| children = 2
| parents = James R. Lyons
Penny A. Sousa-Lyons
| website = {{URL|http://brookelyons.com}}
}}
Brooke Ashley Lyons{{cite web|url=http://www.pacificweddings.com/lovenotes/a-magical-wedding-in-ojai-valley-california/|title=A Magical Wedding in Ojai Valley, California|publisher=Pacific Weddings|date=September 29, 2015|accessdate=July 22, 2017}} (born November 8, 1980)[https://twitter.com/brookelyons/status/134067945725894656 it's my birthday!...] Brooke Lyons' official Twitter account[https://twitter.com/brookelyons/status/235091257037316096 Tweet from Brooke Lyons' official Twitter account, stating birth year on IMDb is factual] is an American actress. She is known for her roles as Amy in the 2008 film Welcome Home Roscoe Jenkins and as Peach Landis in the CBS sitcom 2 Broke Girls.
Early life and education
Lyons was born in Washington, D.C.{{cite web|title=BA #249: Brooke Lyons|url=http://boxangeles.com/2018/10/29/ba-249-brooke-lyons/|website=The Box Angeles podcast|date=October 29, 2018|accessdate=October 31, 2018}} She is the daughter of surgeon James R. Lyons and dancer Penny A. Lyons (née Sousa). She is of Italian, Irish and Portuguese descent and grew up in Fairfield and New Haven, Connecticut, and several other towns in the state.{{cite web|url=http://www.connecticutmag.com/Connecticut-Magazine/October-2008/Q-ampA-Brooke-Lyons/ |title=Q&A: Brooke Lyons |last=Grandjean |first=Patricia |publisher=Connecticut Magazine|date=October 2008 |accessdate=February 17, 2012}} She spent a lot of her youth both dancing and riding horses, giving up the latter to focus on the former.
As a child she suffered from scoliosis, which prevented her from a pursuing a career as a ballet dancer. Before being diagnosed, she studied dance at the Joffrey Ballet School, the New England Ballet School in Connecticut, the Boston Ballet and traveled to France. She wore a back brace throughout her time in the ninth grade.{{cite web |url=http://www.yale.edu/opa/arc-ybc/v28.n9/story8.html |title=Student seeks to raise awareness about scoliosis through book |last=Hunter |first=Felcia |publisher=Yale Bulletin and Calendar, Volume 28, Number 9 |date=October 18–25, 1999 |accessdate=February 17, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120219180346/http://www.yale.edu/opa/arc-ybc/v28.n9/story8.html |archive-date=February 19, 2012 |url-status=dead }} She ultimately had surgery to correct her spine.
While she was freshman at Yale University, she founded the Connecticut Scoliosis Association and wrote about her experiences with the disease in the book titled Scoliosis: Ascending the Curve.[https://books.google.com/books/about/Scoliosis.html?id=unXZAAAAMAAJ Scoliosis: Ascending the Curve - Brooke Lyons, Oheneba Boachie ...], Google Books The book was published before she began classes at Yale in 1999.
While at Yale she majored in English literature and was a member of the "Arts and Letters" Manuscript Society.
Career
Lyons then became interested in acting, receiving her first speaking role in the Neil Simon play Rumors.{{cite web |last=Fasehum |first=Sola |url=http://www.campuscircle.com/review.cfm?r=13972 |title=Brooke Lyons: A star is born. |publisher=Campus Circle |date=September 13, 2011 |accessdate=February 17, 2012}} She also worked in the productions The Maids and Heartbreak House. She received additional acting training at The Groundlings in Los Angeles.
Beginning in 2004, Lyons appeared in the television series American Dreams, That's So Raven, The Starter Wife, and Desperate Housewives, and has had recurring roles in 2 Broke Girls, The Affair, and Jane by Design.
In film, her most notable acting role to date was as Amy in the 2008 film Welcome Home Roscoe Jenkins. She also appeared in the films The Trap (2005), Protecting the King (2007), and Dark Reel (2008).
Personal life
In 2014, Lyons married film producer Max Osswald.{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2014/04/27/fashion/weddings/brooke-lyons-and-maximillian-osswald.html?_r=0 |title=Brooke Lyons and Maximillian Osswald |newspaper=The New York Times |date=April 27, 2014 |accessdate=August 11, 2015}} She and Osswald have a son, born in August 2017.{{cite web|url=https://www.instagram.com/p/BZASv0gHH-E/|title=Meet Sebastian! He Made His Debut on August 27th|publisher=Instagram.com|author=Lyons, Brooke|date=September 13, 2017|accessdate=November 5, 2017}}
Lyons co-starred in two films that Osswald produced, the short film To Sonnets and the television film A Deadly Adoption.
Filmography
=Film=
| class="wikitable sortable"
! Year ! Title ! Role ! Notes |
| 2005
| {{sortname|The|Trap|nolink=1}} | Erica | |
| rowspan="2"| 2007
| Monica | |
| X's & O's
| Hazel | |
| rowspan="3"| 2008
| Amy | |
| {{sortname|The|American Mall}}
| Dori | TV movie |
| Dark Reel
| Tanya Kismen | |
| rowspan="3"| 2009
| {{sortname|The|Morning After|nolink=1}} | Kristen | Short |
| {{sortname|The|Inner Circle|nolink=1}}
| Sarah Lambert | |
| Good: The Green Hotel
| Concierge (voice) | Short |
| rowspan="2"| 2010
| {{sortname|A|Real Break-Up|nolink=1}} | Sarah | Short |
| Beautiful Boy
| TV reporter voice | |
| 2012
| To Sonnets | - | Short |
| 2015
| {{sortname|A|Deadly Adoption}} | Christine | TV movie |
| 2016
| Waitlisted | Priscilla | Short |
| 2022
| 40ish... | Gayle | Short |
| 2023
| Chelsea Ranza | |
=Television=
| class="wikitable sortable"
! Year ! Title ! Role ! Notes |
| 2004
| Erin | Episode: "A Clear and Present Danger" |
| 2006
| Nikki Logan | Episode: "Unhappy Medium" |
| 2008
| {{sortname|The|Starter Wife|dab=TV series}} | Edie | Episode: "Mollywood" |
| 2009
| Candace | Episode: "Never Judge a Lady by Her Lover" |
| rowspan="2"| 2010
| Important Things with Demetri Martin | Helen | Episode: "Strategy" |
| DateaHuman.com
| Ruthie | Main Cast |
| rowspan="2"| 2011
| Greta Thomas | Episode: "Benedict Canyon" |
| Love Bites
| Coby | Episode: "Keep on Truckin'" |
| 2011–12
| Peach Landis | Recurring Cast: Season 1 |
| rowspan="3"| 2012
| Birdie | Recurring Cast |
| Sullivan & Son
| Ashley | Episode: "Pilot: Last, Best, and Final" |
| Royal Pains
| Talia Clarke | Episode: "Something Fishy This Way Comes" |
| rowspan="2"| 2013
| {{sortname|The|Crazy Ones}} | Nancy | Episode: "Sixteen-Inch Softball" |
| Psych
| Elisa | Episode: "Psych: The Musical" |
| rowspan="6"| 2014
| Gwen | Episode: "Baseball. Boobs. Boobs. Baseball." |
| Anger Management
| Dr. Everheart | Episode: "Charlie and Jordan Go to Prison" |
| Deadbeat
| Bloody Mary | Episode: "Raising the Dead" |
| Friends with Better Lives
| Linda | Episode: "Something New" |
| Perception
| Anne | Episode: "Shiver" |
| Mulaney
| Cassidy | Episode: "Motif & the City" |
| rowspan="2"| 2015
| Erica | Episode: "Out of the Closet" |
| {{sortname|The|Exes}}
| Sophie | Episode: "The 40 Year-Old Her-Gin" |
| 2015–17
| iZombie | Natalie | Guest: Season 2, Recurring Cast: Season 3 |
| 2015–19
| Eden Ellery | Recurring Cast: Season 2 & 5 |
| rowspan="4"| 2016
| Juliet | Episode: "The Boyfriend Experience" |
| The Mindy Project
| Theresa Miller | Episode: "2 Fast 2 Serious" |
| Bones
| Katie Stober | Episode: "The Head in the Abutment" |
| Party Girl
| Jackie | Episode: "Ex Best Friend" |
| rowspan="2"| 2018
| 9JKL | Kim | Episode: "Tell All" |
| Life Sentence
| Elizabeth Abbott Rojas | Main Cast |
| 2019
| Abby Miller | Guest: Season 1, Recurring Cast: Season 2 |
| 2020
| Lincoln Rhyme: Hunt for the Bone Collector | Kate | Main Cast |
| 2021
| Capricorn | Main Cast |
| 2022
| Sarah Miller | Recurring Cast: Season 1 |
| 2023
| B.O. | Mantovani (voice) | Episode: "Faca no Ursinho" |
| 2024
| Brenda Vaughn | Episode: "Secrets and Lies" |
=Video games=
| class="wikitable"
! Year ! Title ! Role ! Notes |
| 2016
| Princess Sarah | |
References
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External links
- {{Official website}}
- {{IMDb name|1885129}}
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Category:21st-century American actresses
Category:Actors from Fairfield, Connecticut
Category:Actresses from New Haven, Connecticut
Category:Actresses from Washington, D.C.
Category:American film actresses
Category:American television actresses
Category:American people of Portuguese descent
Category:American people of Irish descent
Category:American people of Italian descent
Category:Yale University alumni