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Brooke Smith Biography
Brooke Smith is an American actress best known for her performances in Grey’s Anatomy, Bates Motel, and The Silence of the Lambs. She portrayed Drew in Class Of ’09, which premiered on FX on Hulu on 10th May 2023
Brooke Smith Height
Smith stands at a rough height of 5 feet and 9¼ inches.
Brooke Smith Age
Smith is 58 years old. She was born on May 22, 1967, in New York City, New York, United States. Smith annually celebrates her birthday on the 22nd of May.
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 an entertainment publicist who had clients such as Robert Redford, Whitney Houston, and other actors and directors. In the 1980s, Smith was raised in Rockland County, in the greater New York metropolitan region, but was a part of the hardcore punk scene in Manhattan’s Lower East Side. Smith has a brother named Scott Eugene Smith.
Brooke Smith Spouse and Children
Smith tied the knot with Steve Lubensky on 6th January 1999. On January 6, 2025, she wished him a happy 26th anniversary via an Instagram post. Steve works as a cinematographer and is Russian. They have two daughters, Fanny Grace Lubensky and Lucy Dinknesh Lubensky. She was in labor for Fanny for 78 hours.
Fanny was born in New York City on March 12, 2003, and is 22 years old. On the other hand, Lucy was adopted from Ethiopia in May 2008. Lucy was born on October 15, 2007, and is 17 years old. On October 15, 2023, Smith posted on her Instagram account and captioned “Happy 16th Birthday Lou!! We love you so much. ❤️.” The family resides in Beachwood Canyon, Los Angeles, and New York’s Upper West Side.
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 her successful career as an actress.
Brooke Smith Career
During her long-tenured career, Smith 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, Smith 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 ABC’s Big Sky. On a side note, Smith lived with Jeff Buckley before the recording of his album “Grace.” In 2022, she released a photography book based on pictures she took of her friends in the Manhattan hardcore punk scene.
Movies and TV Shows
Brooke Smith Class Of 09
Smith played the role of Drew in Class Of 09, which premiered on FX on Hulu on 10th May 2023. 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 film follows the FBI agents who reunite after the demise of a mutual friend. They graduated from Quantico in 2009. Smith starred 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
Brooke Smith Big Sky
Smith played the recurring role of Merilee Legarski in Big Sky between 2020 and 2021. Merilee is the wife of Rick Legarski, a Montana Highway Patrol officer with a suspicious past.
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. Jane becomes the sheriff of White Pine Bay after the former sheriff, Alex Romero, is incarcerated. In this role, she investigates multiple murders linked to Norman Bates, including those of Jim Blackwell and Audrey Ellis. She directly interacts with Norman, questioning him and ultimately apprehending him.
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
During her career, Smith has starred in a number of films and TV shows such as
- The Moderns(1988)
- The Night We Never Met(1993)
- Vanya on 42nd Street(1994)
- Last Summer in the Hamptons(1995)
- Kansas City(1996)
- The Broken Giant(1997)
- Remembering Sex(1998)
- Random Hearts(1999)
- Eventual Wife(2000)
- Series 7: The Contenders(2001)
- The Man Who Wasn’t There(2001)
- Big Apple(2001)
- Bad Company(2002)
- Six Feet Under(2004)
- Iron Jawed Angels(2004)
- In Her Shoes(2005)
- The Namesake(2006)
- Crossing Jordan(2007)
- A Little Help(2010)
- The Aspern Papers(2010)
- Labor Day(2010)
- Law & Order: Special Victims Unit(2012)
- Ray Donovan(2013–2015)
- Interstellar(2014)
- Day Out of Days(2015)
- Broken Links(2016)
- To the Bone(2017)
- Bosch(2017)
- Dude(2018)
- The Crossing(2018)
- The Good Fight(2019)
- Chris Watts: Confessions of a Killer(2020)
- Them(2021)
- Grotesquerie(2024)
- The Recruit(2025)
- The Hunting Party(2025)
Brooke Smith Social Media
Smith has active social media platforms, i.e., X(formerly Twitter) and Instagram. She has a following of over 12K on X and over 21K on Instagram.
