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Brooke "Mikey" Anderson
Born
Brooke Paige Anderson

(1981-08-15) 15 August 1981 (age 40)
Sydney, Australia
Occupation
  • Actress
  • writer
  • film director
  • film producer
  • singer
Years active1989–present
AwardsVariety Club Award Winner for Most Outstanding Juvenile Actress; Penguin Award Nomination for Best Performance by a Juvenile; Rosemount Diamond Award Top 5 Finalist for "Forced Entry"; TropFest Best of the Rest for "Forced Entry"; Action Cut Short Film Festival Semi-Finalist for "Forced Entry"; Great Lakes International Film Festival Winner – Best of the Fest; Best Comedy & Best Supporting Actor for "Forced Entry"; MQFF Emerging Filmmaker Special Commendation for Best Australian Short Film for "Forced Entry"
Website http://www.brookeanderson.com

Brooke Paige "Mikey" Anderson (born 15 August 1981) is an Australian actress, who started her career as a child actress when she played the character Claire Fielding on the Australian series E Street , and has appeared in two episodes ("?" and "Live Together, Die Alone") of the American series Lost .

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Anderson trained at Gala Productions run by her mother Lynda Keane and father Greg Anderson in Sydney Australia. Her parents also had a very popular dance troupe during the 1970s, 1980s and 1990s called The Keane Kids. This dance troupe performed on numerous television shows, Royal Command Performances and overseas productions. This dance troupe had helped train and form a number of well known Australian actor's and theatre performers.

Biography

As appeared as a child actor in the Australian soap opera E Street , which aired on the Ten Network from 1989 to 1994. She was written out of the series after writers had trouble coming up with storylines for her character. When Anderson was 12, she released a single and music video called "Step Back (Peace not War)". She has had lead roles in independent films including as Self Inflicted, Sum of Existence, Short Side Of Nothing, and Good Chemistry. She directed and co-produced an independent film Off The Ledge, with her directing partner Dawn Higginbotham.

Anderson finished post-production on her feature film directorial debut Off the Ledge under her production company Cordova Pictures with producing partner Dawn Higginbotham and her Australian production company Gala Films. She is in active development on three feature films; a feature remake, and two pilots. Cordova Pictures went into production on the feature film "Passing Through" in 2008.

Filmography

Film

YearTitleRoleNotes
1989 The Punisher Annie Castle
1993 You and Me and Uncle Bob Charlie
2005Self-InflictedAmy
2005Short Side of NothingTalia BacaVideo
2005Sum of ExistenceLiz Murphy
2008Good ChemistryLaurie
2009 Off the Ledge Kat
2010 The Perfect Host Thief

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
1987 A Country Practice Phoebe SpencerEpisodes: "Licensed to Kill: Parts 1 & 2"
1989 E Street Clare FieldingRecurring role (5 episodes)
1992 A Country Practice Dee Dee MannEpisodes: "Me and My Girl: Parts 1 & 2"
1993 G.P. SashaEpisode: "Pioneers"
1995 Glad Rags Lizzie ForbesMain role (13 episodes)
1996 Home and Away Hannah WilliamsRecurring role (7 episodes)
1996-1997 Ocean Girl Cassandra "Cass" ClaybornRegular role (51 episodes)
1998 Water Rats FinnEpisode: "Run for the Money"
1998-2000 Search for Treasure Island Jacqui RaymondRegular role (14 episodes)
2006 Happy Hour Cute GirlEpisode: "Boo! This Party Sucks"
2006 Lost Charlotte MalkinEpisode: "S02E21 "
2007-2008 Animalia Alex (voice)Main role (13 episodes)

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