Brooke Mueller | |
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Born | Brooke Jaye Mueller August 19, 1977 Ellenville, New York, U.S. |
Occupation | Actress |
Years active | 1998–2011, 2021 |
Spouse | |
Children | 2 |
Brooke Jaye Mueller (born August 19, 1977) is an American actress.
Mueller was born and raised in upstate New York. [1] [2] Her father, Allen Mueller, worked as a Miami and Key West police officer, a high school teacher, and a real-estate broker. He died in a motorcycle accident when Brooke was twelve. [3] Her father was Lutheran and her mother, Moira Fiore, was Jewish. [4] When she was 14, her mother married Florida-based millionaire Kenneth Wolofsky and moved to Florida. Mueller was a cheerleader at the Benjamin School in Palm Beach. [5] [6] [4] Mueller has a brother, Scott Allen Mueller, and a half-sister, Sydney Wolofsky. [7] Mueller's mother Moira Fiore is currently married to international singer/songwriter/actor Jon Fiore. [8] [9] [10]
Mueller has acted in film and worked as special correspondent on Extra . Her best known role was as Janet in the 1999 direct-to-video film Witchouse , credited as Brooke Allen. [11] She also played Cassandra in the 2008 comedy film Strictly Sexual (also credited as Brooke Allen). In 2011, Mueller co-starred in The World According to Paris , a reality show alongside her friend Paris Hilton. [12] She has also worked as real estate investor, [13] including purchasing a home from Mel B in 2012, refurbishing it and reselling it nine months later for a $500,000 profit. [14] She had also bought and flipped homes in the Los Angeles area neighborhoods Nichols Canyon (2005) and Los Feliz (2009). [15]
On May 30, 2008, Mueller married actor Charlie Sheen, [16] [17] having been engaged since 2007. The couple were introduced in 2006 by mutual friend Rebecca Gayheart. [18] Mueller gave birth to their twin sons, Bob and Max, on March 14, 2009. [19] On December 25, 2009, Sheen was arrested on suspicion of domestic abuse. [20] [21] The couple filed for divorce in November 2010. [22] In March 2011, police removed the children from Sheen's home [23] after Mueller obtained a restraining order against Sheen. [24] The divorce settlement –with Sheen paying her $750,000 per their prenuptial agreement, plus $55,000 per month in child support for their two sons –was approved by a Los Angeles Superior Court judge and became effective on May 2, 2011. [25] Mueller and Sheen maintained a friendship afterwards. [26]
In 1996, Mueller was arrested on DUI charges in Palm Beach County, Florida. [27] In March 2001, she was arrested in Miami-Dade County, Florida for cocaine possession. [27] [28] In July 2011, Mueller completed an outpatient rehab program. [29] In May 2013, officials from Department of Children and Family Services removed Mueller's then 4-year-old children from her care, when her suspected ongoing drug use made the house unsafe for them. [30] Mueller entered a rehab program soon after, while her sons were initially placed in the care of Denise Richards, Sheen's second ex-wife, and later transferred to the care of Mueller's brother Scott. [30] [31] In December 2014, full custody of her then 5-year-old sons was returned to Mueller by the court. [31] Mueller walked barefoot into a bar with her sons and a nanny on the morning of November 16, 2016 and was taken to a hospital for evaluation. [32]
In August 2019, Mueller voluntarily entered an inpatient trauma rehabilitation center, in a renewed effort to deal with her substance abuse problems, with her then 10-year-old sons going into the care of Mueller's parents. [33] [34]
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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1998 | USA High | Girl | Episode: "Lights, Camera, Jackson" |
1999 | Witchouse | Janet | Independent film |
2004 | A Love Song for Bobby Long | Sandy | Uncredited |
2008 | Strictly Sexual | Cassandra | Credited as Brooke Allen |
2011 | Charlie Sheen: Bad Boy on the Edge | Herself | Television documentary |
2011 | The World According to Paris | Herself | 6 episodes |
2021 | Super Heroes: The Movie | Luvinterest | Film |
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