Brooke Lyons

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Brooke Lyons
Born (1980-11-08) November 8, 1980 (age 44)
Alma mater Yale University
OccupationActress
Years active2004–present
Spouse
Max Osswald
(m. 2014)
Children2
Parent(s) James R. Lyons
Penny A. Sousa-Lyons
Website brookelyons.com

Brooke Ashley Lyons [1] (born November 8, 1980) [2] [3] 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 .

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Early life and education

Lyons was born in Washington, D.C. [4] 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. [4] [5] She spent a lot of her youth both dancing and riding horses, giving up the latter to focus on the former. [4]

As a child she suffered from scoliosis, which prevented her from a pursuing a career as a ballet dancer. [4] 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. [5] She wore a back brace throughout her time in the ninth grade. [4] [6] She ultimately had surgery to correct her spine. [5]

While she was freshman at Yale University, she founded the Connecticut Scoliosis Association [6] and wrote about her experiences with the disease in the book titled Scoliosis: Ascending the Curve. [7] The book was published before she began classes at Yale in 1999. [5]

While at Yale she majored in English literature and was a member of the "Arts and Letters" Manuscript Society. [4] [5]

Career

Lyons then became interested in acting, receiving her first speaking role in the Neil Simon play Rumors . [8] She also worked in the productions The Maids and Heartbreak House . She received additional acting training at The Groundlings in Los Angeles. [5]

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 . [8]

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. [9] She and Osswald have a son, born in August 2017. [10] Lyons co-starred in two films that Osswald produced, the short film To Sonnets and the television film A Deadly Adoption .

Filmography

Film

YearTitleRoleNotes
2005The TrapErica
2007 Protecting the King Monica
X's & O'sHazel
2008 Welcome Home Roscoe Jenkins Amy
The American Mall DoriTV movie
Dark Reel Tanya Kismen
2009The Morning AfterKristenShort
The Inner CircleSarah Lambert
Good: The Green HotelConcierge (voice)Short
2010A Real Break-UpSarahShort
Beautiful Boy TV reporter voice
2012To Sonnets-Short
2015 A Deadly Adoption ChristineTV movie
2016WaitlistedPriscillaShort
202240ish...GayleShort
2023 Some Other Woman Chelsea Ranza

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
2004 American Dreams ErinEpisode: "A Clear and Present Danger"
2006 That's So Raven Nikki LoganEpisode: "Unhappy Medium"
2008 The Starter Wife EdieEpisode: "Mollywood"
2009 Desperate Housewives CandaceEpisode: "Never Judge a Lady by Her Lover"
2010 Important Things with Demetri Martin HelenEpisode: "Strategy"
DateaHuman.comRuthieMain Cast
2011 Law & Order: LA Greta ThomasEpisode: "Benedict Canyon"
Love Bites CobyEpisode: "Keep on Truckin'"
2011–12 2 Broke Girls Peach LandisRecurring Cast: Season 1
2012 Jane by Design BirdieRecurring Cast
Sullivan & Son AshleyEpisode: "Pilot: Last, Best, and Final"
Royal Pains Talia ClarkeEpisode: "Something Fishy This Way Comes"
2013 The Crazy Ones NancyEpisode: "Sixteen-Inch Softball"
Psych ElisaEpisode: "Psych: The Musical"
2014 Two and a Half Men GwenEpisode: "Baseball. Boobs. Boobs. Baseball."
Anger Management Dr. EverheartEpisode: "Charlie and Jordan Go to Prison"
Deadbeat Bloody MaryEpisode: "Raising the Dead"
Friends with Better Lives LindaEpisode: "Something New"
Perception AnneEpisode: "Shiver"
Mulaney CassidyEpisode: "Motif & the City"
2015 One Big Happy EricaEpisode: "Out of the Closet"
The Exes SophieEpisode: "The 40 Year-Old Her-Gin"
2015–17 iZombie NatalieGuest: Season 2, Recurring Cast: Season 3
2015–19 The Affair Eden ElleryRecurring Cast: Season 2 & 5
2016 Grandfathered JulietEpisode: "The Boyfriend Experience"
The Mindy Project Theresa MillerEpisode: "2 Fast 2 Serious"
Bones Katie StoberEpisode: "The Head in the Abutment"
Party GirlJackieEpisode: "Ex Best Friend"
2018 9JKL KimEpisode: "Tell All"
Life Sentence Elizabeth Abbott RojasMain Cast
2019 Magnum P.I. Abby MillerGuest: Season 1, Recurring Cast: Season 2
2020 Lincoln Rhyme: Hunt for the Bone Collector KateMain Cast
2021 Paradise City CapricornMain Cast
2022 Reasonable Doubt Sarah MillerRecurring Cast: Season 1
2023B.O.Mantovani (voice)Episode: "Faca no Ursinho"
2024 The Rookie Brenda VaughnEpisode: "Secrets and Lies"

Video Games

YearTitleRoleNotes
2016 World of Final Fantasy Princess Sarah

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