Brooke Lyons

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Brooke Lyons
Born (1980-11-08) November 8, 1980 (age 42)
Washington, D.C., U.S.
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
2007X's & O'sHazel
2008 Welcome Home Roscoe Jenkins Amy
2008 Dark Reel Tanya Kismen
2009The Morning AfterKristenShort film
2009The Inner CircleSarah Lambert
2009Good: The Green HotelConcierge (voice)Short film
2010A Real Break-UpSarahShort film
2010 Beautiful Boy TV reporter voice
2012To SonnetsUnknownShort film
Television
YearTitleRoleNotes
2004 American Dreams ErinEpisode: "A Clear and Present Danger"
2006 That's So Raven Nikki LoganEpisode: "Unhappy Medium"
2008 The American Mall DoriTelevision film
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"
2011 Law & Order: LA Greta ThomasEpisode: "Benedict Canyon"
2011 Love Bites CobyEpisode: "Keep on Truckin'"
2011–12 2 Broke Girls Peach Landis5 episodes
2012 Jane by Design Birdie4 episodes
2012 Sullivan & Son AshleyEpisode: "Pilot: Last, Best, and Final"
2012 Royal Pains Talia ClarkeEpisode: "Something Fishy This Way Comes"
2013 The Crazy Ones NancyEpisode: "Sixteen-Inch Softball"
2013 Psych ElisaEpisode: "Psych: The Musical"
2014 Two and a Half Men GwenEpisode: "Baseball. Boobs. Boobs. Baseball."
2014 Anger Management Dr. EverheartEpisode: "Charlie and Jordan Go to Prison"
2014 Deadbeat Bloody MaryEpisode: "Raising the Dead"
2014 Friends with Better Lives LindaEpisode: "Something New"
2014 Perception AnneEpisode: "Shiver"
2014 Mulaney CassidyEpisode: "Motif & the City"
2015 One Big Happy EricaEpisode: "Out of the Closet"
2015 A Deadly Adoption ChristineTelevision film
2015 The Exes SophieEpisode: "The 40 Year-Old Her-Gin"
2015–19 The Affair Eden Ellery5 episodes
2015–17 iZombie Natalie3 episodes
2016 Grandfathered JulietEpisode: "The Boyfriend Experience"
2016 Bones Katie StoberEpisode: "The Head in the Abutment"
2018 9JKL KimEpisode: "Tell All"
2018 Life Sentence Elizabeth Abbott RojasMain role; 9 episodes
2019 Magnum P.I. Abby Miller3 episodes
2020 Lincoln Rhyme: Hunt for the Bone Collector Kate
2021–present Paradise City CapricornMain Cast; TV spinoff of American Satan
Web
YearTitleRoleNotes
2010DateaHuman.comRuthie6 episodes
Video Games
YearTitleRoleNotes
2016 World of Final Fantasy Princess Sarah

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References

  1. ↑ "A Magical Wedding in Ojai Valley, California". Pacific Weddings. September 29, 2015. Retrieved July 22, 2017.
  2. ↑ it's my birthday!... Brooke Lyons' official Twitter account
  3. ↑ Tweet from Brooke Lyons' official Twitter account, stating birth year on IMDb is factual
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "BA #249: Brooke Lyons". The Box Angeles podcast. October 29, 2018. Retrieved October 31, 2018.
  5. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Grandjean, Patricia (October 2008). "Q&A: Brooke Lyons". Connecticut Magazine. Retrieved February 17, 2012.
  6. 1 2 Hunter, Felcia (October 18–25, 1999). "Student seeks to raise awareness about scoliosis through book". Yale Bulletin and Calendar, Volume 28, Number 9. Archived from the original on February 19, 2012. Retrieved February 17, 2012.
  7. ↑ Scoliosis: Ascending the Curve - Brooke Lyons, Oheneba Boachie ..., Google Books
  8. 1 2 Fasehum, Sola (September 13, 2011). "Brooke Lyons: A star is born". Campus Circle. Retrieved February 17, 2012.
  9. ↑ "Brooke Lyons and Maximillian Osswald". The New York Times. April 27, 2014. Retrieved August 11, 2015.
  10. ↑ Lyons, Brooke (September 13, 2017). "Meet Sebastian! He Made His Debut on August 27th". Instagram.com. Retrieved November 5, 2017.
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