# Brooke Lyons

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{{short description|American actress (born 1980)}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Brooke Lyons
| image = 
| caption = 
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1980|11|08}}
| birth_place = [Washington, D.C.](/source/Washington%2C_D.C.), U.S.
| alma_mater = [Yale University](/source/Yale_University)
| occupation = Actress
| years_active = 2004–present
| spouse = {{marriage|Max Osswald|2014}}
| children = 2
| parents = [James R. Lyons](/source/James_R._Lyons)<br>Penny A. Sousa-Lyons
| website = {{URL|http://brookelyons.com}}
}}

'''Brooke Ashley Lyons'''<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.pacificweddings.com/lovenotes/a-magical-wedding-in-ojai-valley-california/|title=A Magical Wedding in Ojai Valley, California|publisher=Pacific Weddings|date=September 29, 2015|accessdate=July 22, 2017}}</ref> (born November 8, 1980)<ref>[https://twitter.com/brookelyons/status/134067945725894656 it's my birthday!...] Brooke Lyons' official Twitter account</ref><ref>[https://twitter.com/brookelyons/status/235091257037316096 Tweet from Brooke Lyons' official Twitter account, stating birth year on IMDb is factual]</ref> is an American actress. She is known for her roles as Amy in the 2008 film ''[Welcome Home Roscoe Jenkins](/source/Welcome_Home_Roscoe_Jenkins)'' and as Peach Landis in the [CBS](/source/CBS) sitcom ''[2 Broke Girls](/source/2_Broke_Girls)''.

==Early life and education==
Lyons was born in [Washington, D.C.](/source/Washington%2C_D.C.)<ref name="BA">{{cite web|title=BA #249: Brooke Lyons|url=http://boxangeles.com/2018/10/29/ba-249-brooke-lyons/|website=The Box Angeles podcast|date=October 29, 2018|accessdate=October 31, 2018}}</ref> She is the daughter of [surgeon](/source/surgeon) [James R. Lyons](/source/James_R._Lyons) and dancer Penny A. Lyons (née Sousa). She is of Italian, Irish and Portuguese descent and grew up in [Fairfield](/source/Fairfield%2C_Connecticut) and [New Haven](/source/New_Haven%2C_Connecticut), [Connecticut](/source/Connecticut), and several other towns in the state.<ref name="BA"/><ref name="Connecticut Magazine">{{cite web|url=http://www.connecticutmag.com/Connecticut-Magazine/October-2008/Q-ampA-Brooke-Lyons/ |title=Q&A: Brooke Lyons |last=Grandjean |first=Patricia |publisher=Connecticut Magazine|date=October 2008 |accessdate=February 17, 2012}}</ref> She spent a lot of her youth both dancing and riding horses, giving up the latter to focus on the former.<ref name="BA"/>

As a child she suffered from [scoliosis](/source/scoliosis), which prevented her from a pursuing a career as a ballet dancer.<ref name="BA"/> Before being diagnosed, she studied dance at the [Joffrey Ballet School](/source/Joffrey_Ballet_School), the [New England Ballet School](/source/New_England_Ballet_School) in Connecticut, the [Boston Ballet](/source/Boston_Ballet) and traveled to France.<ref name="Connecticut Magazine"/> She wore a [back brace](/source/back_brace) throughout her time in the ninth grade.<ref name="BA"/><ref name="Yale">{{cite web |url=http://www.yale.edu/opa/arc-ybc/v28.n9/story8.html |title=Student seeks to raise awareness about scoliosis through book |last=Hunter |first=Felcia |publisher=Yale Bulletin and Calendar, Volume 28, Number 9 |date=October 18–25, 1999 |accessdate=February 17, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120219180346/http://www.yale.edu/opa/arc-ybc/v28.n9/story8.html |archive-date=February 19, 2012 |url-status=dead }}</ref> She ultimately had surgery to correct her spine.<ref name="Connecticut Magazine"/>

While she was freshman at [Yale University](/source/Yale_University), she founded the [Connecticut Scoliosis Association](/source/Connecticut_Scoliosis_Association)<ref name="Yale"/> and wrote about her experiences with the disease in the book titled ''Scoliosis: Ascending the Curve''.<ref>[https://books.google.com/books/about/Scoliosis.html?id=unXZAAAAMAAJ Scoliosis: Ascending the Curve - Brooke Lyons, Oheneba Boachie ...], Google Books</ref> The book was published before she began classes at Yale in 1999.<ref name="Connecticut Magazine"/>

While at Yale she majored in [English literature](/source/English_literature) and was a member of the "Arts and Letters" [Manuscript Society](/source/Manuscript_Society_(Yale_University)).<ref name="BA"/><ref name="Connecticut Magazine"/>

==Career==
Lyons then became interested in acting, receiving her first speaking role in the [Neil Simon](/source/Neil_Simon) play ''[Rumors](/source/Rumors_(play))''.<ref name="Campus Circle">{{cite web |last=Fasehum |first=Sola |url=https://www.campuscircle.com/review.cfm?r=13972 |title=Brooke Lyons: A star is born. |publisher=Campus Circle |date=September 13, 2011 |accessdate=February 17, 2012}}</ref> She also worked in the productions ''[The Maids](/source/The_Maids)'' and ''[Heartbreak House](/source/Heartbreak_House)''. She received additional acting training at [The Groundlings](/source/The_Groundlings) in [Los Angeles](/source/Los_Angeles).<ref name="Connecticut Magazine"/>

Beginning in 2004, Lyons appeared in the television series ''[American Dreams](/source/American_Dreams)'', ''[That's So Raven](/source/That's_So_Raven)'', ''[The Starter Wife](/source/The_Starter_Wife_(TV_series))'', and ''[Desperate Housewives](/source/Desperate_Housewives)'', and has had recurring roles in ''[2 Broke Girls](/source/2_Broke_Girls)'', ''[The Affair](/source/The_Affair_(TV_series))'', and ''[Jane by Design](/source/Jane_by_Design)''.<ref name="Campus Circle"/>

In film, her most notable acting role to date was as Amy in the 2008 film ''[Welcome Home Roscoe Jenkins](/source/Welcome_Home_Roscoe_Jenkins)''. She also appeared in the films ''The Trap'' (2005), ''[Protecting the King](/source/Protecting_the_King)'' (2007), and ''[Dark Reel](/source/Dark_Reel)'' (2008).

==Personal life==
In 2014, Lyons married film producer Max Osswald.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2014/04/27/fashion/weddings/brooke-lyons-and-maximillian-osswald.html?_r=0 |title=Brooke Lyons and Maximillian Osswald |newspaper=The New York Times |date=April 27, 2014 |accessdate=August 11, 2015}}</ref> She and Osswald have a son, born in August 2017.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.instagram.com/p/BZASv0gHH-E/|title=Meet Sebastian! He Made His Debut on August 27th|publisher=Instagram.com|author=Lyons, Brooke|date=September 13, 2017|accessdate=November 5, 2017}}</ref>
Lyons co-starred in two films that Osswald produced, the short film ''To Sonnets'' and the television film ''[A Deadly Adoption](/source/A_Deadly_Adoption)''.

==Filmography==

===Film===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
! Year
! Title
! Role
! Notes
|-
| 2005
| ''{{sortname|The|Trap|nolink=1}}''
| Erica
|
|-
|rowspan="2"| 2007
| ''[Protecting the King](/source/Protecting_the_King)''
| Monica
|
|-
| ''X's & O's''
| Hazel
|
|-
|rowspan="3"| 2008
| ''[Welcome Home Roscoe Jenkins](/source/Welcome_Home_Roscoe_Jenkins)''
| Amy
|
|-
| ''{{sortname|The|American Mall}}''
| Dori
| TV movie
|-
| ''[Dark Reel](/source/Dark_Reel)''
| Tanya Kismen
|
|-
|rowspan="3"| 2009
| ''{{sortname|The|Morning After|nolink=1}}''
| Kristen
| Short 
|-
| ''{{sortname|The|Inner Circle|nolink=1}}''
| Sarah Lambert
|
|-
| ''Good: The Green Hotel''
| Concierge (voice)
| Short 
|-
|rowspan="2"| 2010
| ''{{sortname|A|Real Break-Up|nolink=1}}''
| Sarah
| Short 
|-
| ''[Beautiful Boy](/source/Beautiful_Boy_(2010_film))''
| TV reporter voice
|
|-
| 2012
| ''To Sonnets''
| -
| Short 
|-
| 2015
| ''{{sortname|A|Deadly Adoption}}''
| Christine
| TV movie
|-
| 2016
| ''Waitlisted''
| Priscilla
| Short
|-
| 2022
| ''40ish...''
| Gayle
| Short
|-
| 2023
| ''[Some Other Woman](/source/Some_Other_Woman)''
| Chelsea Ranza
|
|-
| 2025
| ''[Bad Men Must Bleed](/source/Bad_Men_Must_Bleed)''
| Sarah Wallace
| 
|}

===Television===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
! Year
! Title
! Role
! Notes
|-
| 2004
| ''[American Dreams](/source/American_Dreams)''
| Erin
| Episode: "A Clear and Present Danger"
|-
| 2006
| ''[That's So Raven](/source/That's_So_Raven)''
| Nikki Logan
| Episode: "Unhappy Medium"
|-
| 2008
| ''{{sortname|The|Starter Wife|dab=TV series}}''
| Edie
| Episode: "Mollywood"
|-
| 2009
| ''[Desperate Housewives](/source/Desperate_Housewives)''
| Candace
| Episode: "Never Judge a Lady by Her Lover"
|-
|rowspan="2"| 2010
| ''[Important Things with Demetri Martin](/source/Important_Things_with_Demetri_Martin)''
| Helen
| Episode: "Strategy"
|-
| ''DateaHuman.com''
| Ruthie
| Main Cast
|-
|rowspan="2"| 2011
| ''[Law & Order: LA](/source/Law_%26_Order%3A_LA)''
| Greta Thomas
| Episode: "Benedict Canyon"
|-
| ''[Love Bites](/source/Love_Bites_(TV_series))''
| Coby
| Episode: "Keep on Truckin'"
|-
| 2011–12
| ''[2 Broke Girls](/source/2_Broke_Girls)''
| Peach Landis
| Recurring Cast: Season 1
|-
|rowspan="3"| 2012
| ''[Jane by Design](/source/Jane_by_Design)''
| Birdie
| Recurring Cast
|-
| ''[Sullivan & Son](/source/Sullivan_%26_Son)''
| Ashley
| Episode: "Pilot: Last, Best, and Final"
|-
| ''[Royal Pains](/source/Royal_Pains)''
| Talia Clarke
| Episode: "Something Fishy This Way Comes"
|-
|rowspan="2"| 2013
| ''{{sortname|The|Crazy Ones}}''
| Nancy
| Episode: "Sixteen-Inch Softball"
|-
| ''[Psych](/source/Psych_(TV_series))''
| Elisa
| Episode: "[Psych: The Musical](/source/Psych%3A_The_Musical)"
|-
|rowspan="6"| 2014
| ''[Two and a Half Men](/source/Two_and_a_Half_Men)''
| Gwen
| Episode: "Baseball. Boobs. Boobs. Baseball."
|-
| ''[Anger Management](/source/Anger_Management_(TV_series))''
| Dr. Everheart
| Episode: "Charlie and Jordan Go to Prison"
|-
| ''[Deadbeat](/source/Deadbeat_(TV_series))''
| Bloody Mary
| Episode: "Raising the Dead"
|-
| ''[Friends with Better Lives](/source/Friends_with_Better_Lives)''
| Linda
| Episode: "Something New"
|-
| ''[Perception](/source/Perception_(U.S._TV_series))''
| Anne
| Episode: "Shiver"
|-
| ''[Mulaney](/source/Mulaney)''
| Cassidy
| Episode: "Motif & the City"
|-
|rowspan="2"| 2015
| ''[One Big Happy](/source/One_Big_Happy_(TV_series))''
| Erica
| Episode: "Out of the Closet"
|-
| ''{{sortname|The|Exes}}''
| Sophie
| Episode: "The 40 Year-Old Her-Gin"
|-
| 2015–17
| ''[iZombie](/source/iZombie_(TV_series))''
| Natalie
| Guest: Season 2, Recurring Cast: Season 3
|-
| 2015–19
| ''[The Affair](/source/The_Affair_(TV_series))''
| Eden Ellery
| Recurring Cast: Season 2 & 5
|-
|rowspan="4"| 2016
| ''[Grandfathered](/source/Grandfathered_(TV_series))''
| Juliet
| Episode: "The Boyfriend Experience"
|-
| ''[The Mindy Project](/source/The_Mindy_Project)''
| Theresa Miller
| Episode: "2 Fast 2 Serious"
|-
| ''[Bones](/source/Bones_(TV_series))''
| Katie Stober
| Episode: "The Head in the Abutment"
|-
| ''Party Girl''
| Jackie
| Episode: "Ex Best Friend"
|-
|rowspan="2"| 2018
| ''[9JKL](/source/9JKL)''
| Kim
| Episode: "Tell All"
|-
| ''[Life Sentence](/source/Life_Sentence_(TV_series))''
| Elizabeth Abbott Rojas
| Main Cast
|-
| 2019
| ''[Magnum P.I.](/source/Magnum_P.I._(2018_TV_series))''
| Abby Miller
| Guest: Season 1, Recurring Cast: Season 2
|-
| 2020
| ''[Lincoln Rhyme: Hunt for the Bone Collector](/source/Lincoln_Rhyme%3A_Hunt_for_the_Bone_Collector)''
| Kate
| Main Cast
|-
| 2021
| ''[Paradise City](/source/Paradise_City_(2021_TV_series))''
| Capricorn
| Main Cast
|-
| 2022
| ''[Reasonable Doubt](/source/Reasonable_Doubt_(TV_series))''
| Sarah Miller
| Recurring Cast: Season 1
|-
| 2023
| ''B.O.''
| Mantovani (voice)
| Episode: "Faca no Ursinho"
|-
| 2024
| ''[The Rookie](/source/The_Rookie)''
| Brenda Vaughn
| Episode: "Secrets and Lies"
|}

===Video games===
{| class="wikitable"
! Year
! Title
! Role
! Notes
|-
| 2016
| ''[World of Final Fantasy](/source/World_of_Final_Fantasy)''
| Princess Sarah
|
|}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* {{Official website}}
* {{IMDb name|1885129}}

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Category:21st-century American actresses
Category:Actors from Fairfield, Connecticut
Category:Actresses from New Haven, Connecticut
Category:Actresses from Washington, D.C.
Category:American film actresses
Category:American television actresses
Category:American people of Portuguese descent
Category:American people of Irish descent
Category:American people of Italian descent
Category:Living people
Category:Yale University alumni
Category:American health activists
Category:American women activists

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