Brooke Adams (actress)


Brooke Adams is an American actress. She is best known for her film roles as Abby in Days of Heaven, Elizabeth Driscoll in Invasion of the Body Snatchers and Sarah Bracknell in The Dead Zone.

Early life

Adams was born in New York City, to Rosalind Adams, an actress, and Robert K. Adams, who was a producer, actor, and former vice president of CBS, as well as an unverified descendant of presidents John Adams and John Quincy Adams. Her sister is actress Lynne Adams. She attended the High School of Performing Arts and the School of American Ballet, and in her youth took dance classes at her aunt's studio in Montague, Michigan.

Career

After playing roles in television and low-budget films such as Shock Waves, Adams appeared in Days of Heaven and the remake of Invasion of the Body Snatchers. She has also starred in the films Cuba, The Dead Zone, Key Exchange, and Gas Food Lodging.
In 2002, she appeared in the romantic comedy Made-Up, which was written by her sister, actress Lynne Adams, and directed by her husband, Tony Shalhoub. Adams also appeared in the films At Last and The Legend of Lucy Keyes, starred on Broadway in The Cherry Orchard, Lend Me a Tenor, Wendy Wasserstein's The Heidi Chronicles, and guest-starred on five different episodes, in four different roles, of the series starring her husband, Monk.
In 2009, she served as an official judge for the 3rd annual Noor Iranian Film Festival in Los Angeles.

Personal life

Adams married actor Tony Shalhoub in 1992. They have two children. The couple purchased a home in Los Angeles in 1993. In 2016, they listed the home for sale.
In May 2020, Shalhoub revealed that he and his wife Brooke had tested positive for COVID-19 the previous month.

Honors

Brooke Adams was nominated for the Saturn Award for Best Actress for her 1979 performance in Invasion of the Body Snatchers.

Filmography

YearTitleRoleNotes
1963East Side/West SideMarky MorganEpisode: "My Child on Monday Morning"
1965O.K. Crackerby!Cynthia Crackerby14 episodes
1974F. Scott Fitzgerald and 'The Last of the BellesKitty PrestonTV movie
1975Who Is the Black Dahlia?Diane FowlerTV movie
1975Song of the SuccubusOlive Deems / Gloria ChambersTV movie
1975Black BartJenniferTV short
1975Murder on Flight 502Vera FranklinTV movie
1976Police WomanAngelaEpisode: "Angela"
1976James DeanBeverlyTV movie
1976The Bob Newhart ShowMitzi MargolisEpisode: "The Boy Next Door"
1976KojakJulie WinstonEpisode: "Dead Again"
1977FamilyLizzieEpisode: "Acts of Love: Part 1"
Episode: "Acts of Love: Part 2"
1977Nero WolfeSarah DacosTV movie broadcast 1979
1978FamilyLizzieEpisode: "Echoes of Love"
1981Great PerformancesEpisode: "Summer"
1984LaceJennifer 'Pagan' TrelawneyTV movie
1984Special PeopleDiane DupuyTV movie
1984American PlayhouseEpisode: "Haunted"
1985Lace IIPagan TraloneTV miniseries
1986American PlayhouseJulia NewellEpisode: "The Innocents Abroad"
1987Paul Reiser Out on a WhimTV movie
1987The Lion of AfricaGrace DanetTV movie
1988MoonlightingTerri Knowles3 episodes
1989BridesmaidsPatriciaTV movie
1991Sometimes They Come BackSally NormanTV movie
1991thirtysomethingBree Ann PrattEpisode: "Melissa in Wonderland"
1993The Last HitAnnaTV movie
1994Picture WindowsEpisode: "Song of Songs"
1994Probable CauseTV movie
1994Touched by an AngelSusanaEpisode: "An Unexpected Snow"
1995FrasierMarilyn Episode: "Kisses Sweeter Than Wine"
1996WingsMaryEpisode: "All About Christmas Eve"
1997GunJoyceEpisode: "Father John"
2002MonkLeigh HarrisonEpisode: "Mr. Monk and the Airplane"
2005MonkMrs. Abigail CarlyleEpisode: "Mr. Monk and the Kid"
2007MonkSheriff Margie ButterfieldEpisode: "Mr. Monk Visits a Farm"
2008MonkLeigh HarrisonEpisode: "Mr. Monk's 100th Case"
2008'MargoEpisode: "PTSD"
2009MonkEdith CaprianiEpisode: "Mr. Monk and the Badge"
2012Hemingway & GellhornMadrid womanTV movie
2016BrainDead''Senator Diane Vaynerchuk