Brooke Nevin Biography – 5 Fast Facts You Need To Know About The Actress

Quick Facts

Brooke Nevin is a Canadian actress and a regular television face who started out in the late ’90s as a teen actress but now well recognized in the entertainment industry for her performances on both the big and small screens.

In case the name Brooke Nevin is yet to register in your memory, read on to discover more about the talented actress who enjoys portraying characters that are different from the status quo.

Brief Biography

Brooke Candice Nevin was born on December 22, 1982, in Toronto, Ontario to parents Monique (Nicky) and Robert (Bob) Nevin, a retired professional hockey player who played for 4 teams, including New York Rangers (as a Captain), Toronto Maple Leafs and Los Angeles Kings. She grew up alongside her younger sister Kaleigh, who is also an actress.

The talented actress had always craved for the spotlight from an early age. Her energies were first channelled into dance and music. At the young age of four, she was enrolled in dance classes where she learned tap, jazz and ballet before honing her music skills in playing the flute and piano. Brooke attended the Leaside High School in Toronto. She was an active member of her school’s choir and the East York Youth choir where she participated in school plays, community theatre and talent shows before moving from the local stage to the silver screen. However, her career in Hollywood had a slightly bumpy start.

Career

Brooke Nevin debuted onscreen with minor roles in shows some of which were cancelled due to low ratings and never made it to the TV. However, her first rise to prominence was in 1998 when she joined the cast of Nickelodeon’s live-action teen series Animorphs, playing fashionista gymnast Rachel Berenson. Through hard work, Brooke has gained fame over the years with features in numerous popular TV shows playing different roles like Katherine in Supernatural (2005), Buffy Sanders in Smallville (2005), Tricia Hale in Grey’s Anatomy (2007), Nikki Hudson in The 4400 (2004), Amanda in How I Met Your Mother (2010), Sonja Lester/Sonja in Call Me Fitz (2010) and Julianne in A&E’s Breakout Kings (2011). 

A few of her most popular movies include Running Wild (1998) playing the character Angela Robinson, A Very Cool Christmas (2004) cast as Lindsay Dearborn, I’ll Always Know What You Did Last Summer (2006) cast as Amber Williams and The Comebacks (2007) as Michelle Fields.

The very talented, smart and strong character who appears to be a sci-fi genre fan has no less than 20 screen roles to her resume. In 1999, Brooke’s lead role in the Showtime movie Running Wild earned her a Young Artist Award nomination for best performance by a supporting young actress in a television movie, miniseries, or series.

She once took a short break from acting to enrol in a school, where she spent time studying other aspects of show business such as editing and filmmaking.

5 Fast Facts You Need to Know about Brooke Nevin

• Body Measurements and Size

Brooke Nevin isn’t one of your tallest or shortest actresses. She is 5ft 4 ½ (163.8 cm) tall and weighs 116 lbs (52.6 kg). The attractive actress with an hourglass shape has brown eyes and blonde hair. She has effectively maintained a slim build over the years with body measurements of 34-27-36 and 34B bra size.

• Bilinguist

Brooke also speaks and writes French fluently. While in sixth grade at Leaside High School, she switched from the school’s gifted program and enrolled in the French Immersion program where almost all her classes were taught in French.

• Passion for Arts

In addition to her photographic skills, Brooke is also a visual arts lover and used to enjoy doing a lot of painting and drawing. Given how time-consuming and difficult it became to travel with her art materials, Brooke who’s always had an interest in photography, conveniently ‘switched props’ by putting down a paintbrush and picking up a camera.

She puts her photographic skills to good use as a volunteer for The Heart Gallery Los Angeles for the Children’s Action Network. Her favourite colour(s) are pink and red.

• Charity Works

Brooke is actively involved in charity. Aside from being a volunteer for The Heart Gallery Los Angeles for the Children’s Action Network, she is a supporter of Saving Innocence which works to end the commercial sexual exploitation of children and empowers survivors by providing long-term advocacy and mentorship. She is also a proud contributor to A Sense of Home which changes the lives of foster youths who’ve “aged out” of the foster care system as a community by creating homes for them.

• Dating/Relationship

Brooke Nevin is possibly single now but has been in a relationship with Michael Traynor, a Hollywood actor famous for Homefront.

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