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Brooke Smith Biography
Brooke Smith is an American in the acting profession best known for her performance in Grey’s Anatomy, Bates Motel, and The Silence of the Lambs. She stars in the upcoming drama miniseries, Class Of 09 as Drew. The show premieres on FX on Hulu on 10th May 2023
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Brooke Smith Height
Smith stands at a rough height of 5 feet and 9¼ inches.
Brooke Smith Age
Smith keeps her birthdate and year away from the limelight. Nonetheless, we will update this information once available. However, she celebrates her birthday on the 22nd of May annually.
Personal Life
Brooke Smith Family and Relatives
Smith was born to her parents, Eugene “Gene” Jeffrey Smith and Lois Smith née Wollenweber. Eugene worked as a publisher while Lois worked as a publicist who had clients such as Robert Redford and other actors and directors. However, we will update this information once it’s publicly available.
Brooke Smith Spouse and Children
Smith died the knot with her husband, Steve Lubensky on 6th January 1999. As of 2023, they celebrated their 24th anniversary. Steve works as a cinematographer and is Russian. They have two daughters, Fanny Grace Lubensky and Lucy Dinknesh Lubensky. Their daughter, Fanny was born in New York City in March 2003 while Lucy was adopted from Ethiopia in May 2008.
For 78 hours, she was in labor for Fanny. Fanny is 21 years old. They reside in Beachwood Canyon, Los Angeles, and New York’s Upper West Side. Nonetheless, we will update this information when details regarding it are available to the public.
Brooke Smith Education
Smith studied at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts. Further, she completed her high school studies at Tappan Zee High School.
Professional Life
Brooke Smith Net Worth
Smith has garnered a net worth ranging from $1 million to $6 million during his successful career as an actress.
Brooke Smith Career
Smith stars in the upcoming drama miniseries, Class Of 09 as Drew. The show premieres on FX on Hulu on 10th May 2023. During her long-tenured career, she has starred in many films. For instance, In the 1990s she starred in films like The Moderns, The Silence of the Lambs, The Night We Never Met, Mr. Wonderful, Vanya on 42nd Street, Last Summer in the Hamptons, Trees Lounge, Kansas City, The Broken Giant, and Random Hearts.
For portraying Sonya in the 1994 film, Vanya on 42nd Street, she won 3rd place on the Boston Society of Film Critics Award for Best Actress. Also, she ranked 3rd on the National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Supporting Actress. Further, she attained an Independent Spirit Award for Best Supporting Female nomination.
2000s
In the 2000s, she starred in films like Series 7: The Contenders, Bad Company, Melinda and Melinda, Iron Jawed Angels, Shooting Vegetarians, In Her Shoes, The Namesake, and Interstellar. She guest-starred as Dr. Kate Switzer in season 6 of Crossing Jordan. Also, she starred in the drama series, Six Feet Under as one of Claire Fisher’s art teachers. In the dark comedy-drama series, Weeds she stars as the ex-wife of Peter Scottson. Scottson is the late husband of the main character, Nancy Botwin.
Moreover, she starred as Andrea in the pilot of ABC’s drama series, Dirty Sexy Money. However, Sheryl Lee her replaced after she became a regular on Grey’s Anatomy. Also, she has had roles in the films, Homicide: Life on the Street, Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, Law & Order: Criminal Intent, Law & Order, Criminal Minds, and The Hunger. In 2012, she starred in American Horror Story: Asylum in the episode “The Coat Hanger.”
In 2015, she starred in Showtime’s drama series, Ray Donovan as Frances Simpson. She played the role of Dara in episode 7 of Netflix’s Unbelievable. Dara is a young rape victim’s counselor. In 2020, she started a recurring role on the ABC’s Big Sky. On a side note, Smith lived with the kate, Jeff Buckley before the recording of his album “Grace.”
Brooke Smith Class Of 09
Smith stars in the upcoming drama miniseries, Class Of 09 as Drew. Drew is one of the teachers at Quantico who taught the class of 2009. While on duty, she was shot by her team in an alleged accident. This caused her promising career to come to a grinding halt.
Top of her class, she is determined to aid her students in avoiding the mistake that cost her her future. The show premieres on FX on Hulu on 10th May 2023. The film follows the FBI agents who reunite after the demise of a mutual friend. They graduated from Quantico in 2009. Smith stars alongside her fellow actors and actresses;
- Brian Tyree Henry playing the role of Tayo Miller
- Kate Mara playing the role of Amy Poet
- Raúl Castillo playing the role of Amos
- Jake McDorman playing the role of Murphy
- Jon Jon Briones playing the role of Gabriel
- Sepideh Moafi playing the role of Hour
- Brian J. Smith playing the role of Lennix
- Rosalind Eleazar playing the role of Vivienne
Notable Works
Brooke Smith-Bates Motel
In 2017, Smith starred as Sheriff Jane Greene in A&E’s psychological horror series, Bates Motel for 7 episodes. She played Jane in the fifth and final season of the series.
Brooke Smith-Grey’s Anatomy
From 2006 to 2008, Smith starred as Dr. Erica Hahn in the medical drama series, Grey’s Anatomy for 25 episodes. Erica is highly professional and is hard on Resident Cristina Yang and acknowledged that she reminded her of her student self. Even though she was set on avoiding relationships, she has feelings for orthopedic surgeon, Callie Torres.
On 3rd November 2008, she revealed to Entertainment Weekly that her character was being canceled and suggested it was because the network executives were uncomfortable with her character’s queerness/lesbian relationship. However, the show’s creator, Shonda Rhimes, voiced that her character was ousted because the writers didn’t see the chemistry and magic between her and Callie Torres lasting.
For her role, Smith observed live heart surgery. Also, she divulged the stress and pressure she had in continually playing a medical professional realistically. Further, she attained a Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series nomination.
Brooke Smith-The Silence of the Lambs
In 1991, Smith starred as Catherine Martin in the psychological horror film, The Silence of the Lambs. Martin is the daughter of a U.S. senator. She is abducted in Tennessee by a serial killer who targets overweight women for their skin o tailor a “woman suit” for himself, Buffalo Bill. For her role as Martin, she gained 25 pounds.
Brooke Smith Other Films and TV Shows/Movie List
During her career, Smith has starred in a number of films and TV shows such as
- The Night We Never Met(1993)
- Vanya on 42nd Street(1994)
- Series 7: The Contenders(2001)
- Crossing Jordan(2007)
- The Aspern Papers(2010)
- Interstellar(2014)
- Day Out of Days(2015)
- The Good Fight(2019)
- Chris Watts: Confessions of a Killer(2020)
- Them(2021)
Brooke Smith Social Media
Smith has active social media platforms i.e. Twitter, or Instagram. She has a following of 13.5K on Twitter and a following of 20.3K on Instagram.