Short Biography

Born on Friday 14th November 1980, several weeks premature, both Brooke and Cate (Brooke`s sister) attended private schools. Brooke`s first appeared on Australian television in "Neighbours", on the 19th November 1996.

In February 1998 Brooke was nominated as for the 1998 "Logie Awards". Brooke was nominated in 2 categories, and was surprised to receive the Best New Talent award at the 1998 Logies. In November 1999 Brooke also won an award at the "People`s Choice Awards" for Favourite Teen Idol.

After Neighbours Brooke performed in theatre productions on "Elegies for Angels, Punks and Raging Queens" and "The Caribbean Tempest". Then she returned to TV in "Water Rats" playing `Sophie Ferguson` for two years.

More Theatre work followed with the "Vagina Monologues" and "The Graduate". After 9/11 theatre sales dropped off and Brooke again retuned to TV in the U.S>. series "BestMaster" (or as she calls it "BeefMaster". By this time Brooke`s acting both on stage and the small screen was receiving rave reviews.

In 2002 Brooke got the lead role in "White Collar Blue", it was axed after 2 very successful seasons, due to poor overseas sales in competition with the large number of U.S. police dramas.

Also in 2002 Brooke was invited to play her first movie role in the quirky Aussie comedy "Radio Samurai", in which she played the whisky swilling, chain smoking DJ `Ethel`, a role about as far away from the `good little girl from next door` she played in Neighbours as you could get.

After WCB Brooke had a 3 year stint of little work "I turned into a real actor and I was out of work". She ended up for a while working as a shop assistant within a friends` dress shop. At this time Brooke had moved to Sydney with her boyfriend Matthew Newton.

In early 2004 Brooke got a film role in "Right Here Right Now" which was written and directed by Matthew, and also a role in the tele-movie "Small Claims: White Wedding".

Brooke`s career and workload went through the roof in 2006.

In 2005 Brooke became a regular presenter on the iconic Aus children`s programme "Play School", then got a part in "Tripping Over".

In the summer of 2006 Brooke was offered a part in "Dangerous", a high speed programme about a Sydney gangs. She was still doing Play School at the time, "I have been smashing parking meters by night and singing nursery rhymes during the day" she said.

The programme, and Brooke received great reviews.

Brooke`s relationship with Matt ended in late 2006.

In May 2007 Brooke started work on "Canal Road" and n April 2008 Brooke began filming in the lead role in a movie, called "Subdivision", "It`s only taken 12 years but it`s finally happened -- my first [feature] film," she says, it`s also her first `villain` role.

Around the same time she was starting work on Canal Road Brooke announced she had "my first real job" , as personal assistant to a computer consultant.

Brooke has also taken on more non-acting roles, including supporting campaigns for industrial reform and the role as one of the ambassadors for the Make Poverty History organisation.

Brooke was in the Taj Mahal Palace hotel on the night of the Mumbai Massacre, she was forced to hide in a confined space amongst strangers while just outside the door she could hear people being killed. When she found herself in a relatively safe place, Brooke didn`t stay there, but returned to the Taj in o

Miscellaneous Information

Distinctive Features

Really cute nose

Beautiful blue eyes

Her beautiful 55kg (121lb) body.

Her beautiful face.

Her long hair.

Measurements

Bust: 36" C  Waist: 24"  Hips: 34" (Dress size: 8) (Shoe size: 9)

Friends and Family

Catherine [Sister] (Nickname: Cate)

Jane Elizabeth Ann [Mother]

Andrew Stachwell [Father]

Pets

Bert Horse [1998]

Zac Dog [1998]

Misty Dog [1998]

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