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Brooke Elizabeth Burns (born March
16, 1978) is an American actress and former fashion model, perhaps best
known for her role on Baywatch and Baywatch Hawaii. She co-starred in the
ABC television series Miss Guided and hosted Fox game show Hole in the
Wall.
Burns was born in Dallas, Texas, the daughter of Betsy (née Davis), a
homemaker, and Brad Thomas Burns, who worked in health care. Burns has two
sisters. She was a ballet dancer for twelve years during childhood and
started modeling at age fifteen after tearing her anterior cruciate
ligament from a skiing accident. At age 16, Burns and her family moved to
Europe, where she later lived in Paris, Milan, and Germany.
From 1998 to 2001, Burns starred in Baywatch as the character Jessie
Owens. Burns starred in North Shore, a prime-time soap opera on Fox that
consisted of 21 episodes which ran from June 14, 2004 through January 13,
2005. In 2006, she had a supporting role on the defunct WB series Pepper
Dennis playing Kathy Dinkle.
Burns appeared on Ally McBeal, Just Shoot Me!, Out of the Blue, To Tell
the Truth, Death to the Supermodels, and Average Joe: Hawaii. She hosted
the short-lived American version of the Dog Eat Dog game show for two
summer seasons in 2002 and 2003. In Mortal Kombat Conquest, she played an
ambitious young trainee of one the protagonists.
In 2001, she appeared as Vicki Vale in one of several "Batman" commercials
for OnStar, opposite Bruce Thomas' Batman, reprising the role made famous
by Kim Basinger in the 1989 Tim Burton-directed Batman film. For her minor
role in the 2001 film Shallow Hal, the Farrelly brothers wrote a specific
part for Burns after her audition. She also appeared in the
made-for-television Lifetime film, "Trophy Wife" in 2006.
Burns currently co-hosts the Fox series Hole in the Wall with Los Angeles
weatherman Mark Thompson. She has done a pilot for Fox/Lifetime called
Mistresses, slated to air in 2009.
She appeared in a Hallmark Channel Original Christmas movie, The Most
Wonderful Time of the Year, co-starring Henry Winkler, on December 13,
2008. Burns is set to star in the American 2009 TV show, Mistresses,
alongside Holly Marie Combs and Rochelle Aytes.
In 2009, Burns appeared in the first twelve episodes of the updated
Melrose Place playing Vanessa, the most recent wife of Dr. Michael Mancini
(Thomas Calabro) and mother of his five-year-old son, Noah.
Burns was once married to Julian McMahon (1999-2001) and the two have a
daughter - Madison Elizabeth - who was born in June 2000. She was also
briefly engaged to Bruce Willis for part of 2003 until June 2, 2004. Burns
currently resides in Los Angeles.
She smokes cigars, and has appeared on the cover of Smoke Magazine's
Winter 2007/2008 edition.
In November 2005, Burns broke her neck after diving into a pool at her
home. A friend, an ex-firefighter, found her, stabilized her neck, and
called an ambulance by dialing 911. As a result of the injury, she has a
titanium fusion in her neck comprising a plate, rod, and ten screws.
While Burns was a part of Baywatch, she and other actors from the show
would teach kids how to swim and perform life guard duties. More recently,
Burns mentors for Penny Lane, a home for abused children. She has been
involved with the Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric Aids Foundation, and is
actively involved in the Life Rolls On foundation started by Josh and
Jesse Billaur. LRO helps people with spinal cord injuries get back into an
active lifestyle. |
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"Melrose Place" .... Vanessa
Mancini (6 episodes, 2009)
- San Vincente (2009) TV episode .... Vanessa Mancini
- June (2009) TV episode .... Vanessa Mancini
- Cahuenga (2009) TV episode .... Vanessa Mancini
- Ocean (2009) TV episode .... Vanessa Mancini
- Shoreline (2009) TV episode .... Vanessa Mancini
(1 more)
"Drop Dead Diva" .... Christy Talbot (1 episode, 2009)
- Dead Model Walking (2009) TV episode .... Christy Talbot
"CSI: Miami" .... Bonnie Galinetti / ... (1 episode, 2009)
... aka CSI: Weekends (USA: promotional title)
- Chip/Tuck (2009) TV episode .... Bonnie Galinetti/ Marci Reeger
Dancing Trees (2009) .... Nicole
Mistresses (2009) (TV) .... Shannon
... aka BFF's (USA: alternative title)
... aka Jane, Shannon, Ava and Kate (USA: alternative title)
The Most Wonderful Time of the Year (2008) (TV) .... Jennifer Cullen
Trial by Fire (2008) (TV) .... Kristen
... aka Smoke Jumper (USA: DVD title)
Miss/Guided (2007) (TV)
Time and Again (2007) (TV) .... Anna Malone
The Art of Travel (2007) .... Darlene Loren
Urban Decay (2007) .... Sasha
"Pepper Dennis" .... Kathy Dinkle (12 episodes, 2006)
- Star Anchor Weds Colleague: Film at Eleven (2006) TV Episode ....
Kathy Dinkle
- True Love Is Dead: Film at Eleven (2006) TV Episode .... Kathy
Dinkle
- Pepper Dennis Behind Bars: Film at Eleven (2006) TV Episode ....
Kathy Dinkle
- Dennis, Bulgari, Big Losers at ACoRNS: Film at Eleven (2006) TV
Episode .... Kathy Dinkle
- Charlie Babcock's Homosexual Encounter: Film at Eleven (2006) TV
Episode .... Kathy Dinkle
(7 more)
"Modern Men" .... Angelica (1 episode, 2006)
- Give 'Til You Learn (2006) TV Episode .... Angelica
Murder on Spec (2006) (TV) .... Kate Graham
... aka Trophy Wife (USA)
Death to the Supermodels (2005) (V) .... Eva
Single White Female 2: The Psycho (2005) (V) .... Jan Lambert
"North Shore" .... Nicole Booth (21 episodes, 2004-2005)
- The End (2005) TV Episode .... Nicole Booth
- The Ex-Games (2005) TV Episode .... Nicole Booth
- Shark (2005) TV Episode .... Nicole Booth
- Catwalk (2004) TV Episode .... Nicole Booth
- Sucker Punch (2004) TV Episode .... Nicole Booth
(16 more)
The Salon (2005) .... Tami
"Rock Me Baby" .... Erin 'White Chocolate' Rimsing (1 episode, 2003)
- Girl Power (2003) TV Episode .... Erin 'White Chocolate' Rimsing
"She Spies" .... Nicki Shields (1 episode, 2003)
- The Replacement (2003) TV Episode .... Nicki Shields
"Just Shoot Me!" .... Kelly (1 episode, 2002)
- Halloween? Halloween! (2002) TV Episode .... Kelly
"A Nero Wolfe Mystery" .... Beatrice Epps (2 episodes, 2002)
... aka Nero Wolfe (USA: promotional title)
- Motherhunt: Part 2 (2002) TV Episode .... Beatrice Epps
- Motherhunt: Part 1 (2002) TV Episode .... Beatrice Epps
Shallow Hal (2001) .... Pretty/Ugly Katrina
... aka Schwer verliebt (Germany)
"Men, Women & Dogs" .... Kristle (1 episode)
- Cheese Dog (????) TV Episode .... Kristle
"Baywatch" .... Jessie Owens (66 episodes, 1998-2001)
... aka Baywatch Hawaii (USA: new title)
- Rescue Me (2001) TV Episode .... Jessie Owens
- Makapu'u Lighthouse (2001) TV Episode .... Jessie Owens
- Dead Reckoning (2001) TV Episode .... Jessie Owens
- Trapped (2001) TV Episode .... Jessie Owens
- The Return of Jessie (2001) TV Episode .... Jessie Owens
(61 more)
"Mortal Kombat: Conquest" .... Lori (1 episode, 1999)
- Festival of Death (1999) TV Episode .... Lori
"Ally McBeal" .... The Girl / ... (4 episodes, 1997)
- The Dirty Joke (1997) TV Episode .... Jennifer Higgin
- Drawing the Lines (1997) TV Episode .... The Girl
- The Attitude (1997) TV Episode .... The Girl
- The Promise (1997) TV Episode .... The Girl
"Conan" (1 episode, 1997)
... aka Conan the Adventurer (USA: DVD box title)
- The Three Virgins (1997) TV Episode
"Out of the Blue" (1996) TV Series .... Peg (unknown episodes) |
