Brooke Harman
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Brooke Harman is an American
-born Australia
n actress. Born in Orange County
, California
and moving to Brisbane
, Queensland
as a young child, her first television role was at age 11 on the children's television series
The Wayne Manifesto
. She has since guest starred on a number of television programs including Home and Away
, All Saints
, White Collar Blue
, Beastmaster
, Flipper
, The Sleepover Club
, and appeared in the 2003 film Ned Kelly
. Brooke played the feature role of Silvy Lewis in the Paramount motion picture Till Human Voices Wake Us with Guy Pearce and Helena Bonham Carter. Brooke also starred in the children's television program Pirate Islands
, and became a permanent castmember of The Secret Life of Us
in the year before the show's cancellation. She played the role of Kate Monk on the short-lived Australian drama headLand
.
Her surname is sometimes credited as Harmon (or more rarely, Harmen).
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
-born Australia
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
n actress. Born in Orange County
Orange County, California
Orange County is a county in the U.S. state of California. Its county seat is Santa Ana. As of the 2010 census, its population was 3,010,232, up from 2,846,293 at the 2000 census, making it the third most populous county in California, behind Los Angeles County and San Diego County...
, California
California
California is a state located on the West Coast of the United States. It is by far the most populous U.S. state, and the third-largest by land area...
and moving to Brisbane
Brisbane
Brisbane is the capital and most populous city in the Australian state of Queensland and the third most populous city in Australia. Brisbane's metropolitan area has a population of over 2 million, and the South East Queensland urban conurbation, centred around Brisbane, encompasses a population of...
, Queensland
Queensland
Queensland is a state of Australia, occupying the north-eastern section of the mainland continent. It is bordered by the Northern Territory, South Australia and New South Wales to the west, south-west and south respectively. To the east, Queensland is bordered by the Coral Sea and Pacific Ocean...
as a young child, her first television role was at age 11 on the children's television series
Children's television series
Children's television series, are commercial television programs designed for, and marketed to children, normally scheduled for broadcast during the morning and afternoon when children are awake. They can sometimes run in the early evening, for the children that go to school...
The Wayne Manifesto
The Wayne Manifesto
The Wayne Manifesto is an Australian children's television series that aired on the ABC in 1996. Based on the children's books by David McRobbie, it is centred around the life 12-year-old Wayne Wilson, showing the world both as the way he would like it and the way it really is...
. She has since guest starred on a number of television programs including Home and Away
Home and Away
Home and Away is an Australian soap opera that has been produced in Sydney since July 1987 and is airing on the Seven Network since 17 January 1988. It is the second-longest-running drama and most popular soap opera on Australian television...
, All Saints
All Saints (TV series)
All Saints is an Australian medical drama which first screened on the Seven Network. The series debuted on 24 February 1998 and concluded its run on 27 October 2009...
, White Collar Blue
White Collar Blue
White Collar Blue was an Australian television series made by Knapman Wyld Television for Network Ten from 2002 to 2003.Starring Peter O'Brien as Joe Hill and Freya Stafford as Harriet Walker, the series dealt with a division of the police force working in the city of Sydney and the personal and...
, Beastmaster
BeastMaster (TV series)
BeastMaster is a Canadian television series that aired from 1999 to 2002. It was loosely based on a 1982 MGM movie The Beastmaster. The series aired for three complete seasons...
, Flipper
Flipper (1995 TV series)
Flipper, is an American revival television series of the original 1964 Flipper television series. The first two seasons aired in first-run syndication; seasons 3 and 4 aired on the PAX network....
, The Sleepover Club
The Sleepover Club
The Sleepover Club is a series children's books by authors Rose Impey, Fiona Cummings, Narinder Dhami, Sue Mongredien, Jana Hunter and Angie Bates and a children's television programme based on the series. While the books are set in Cuddington, Leicester, England, the television show is set in the...
, and appeared in the 2003 film Ned Kelly
Ned Kelly (2003 film)
Ned Kelly is an Australian drama film directed by Gregor Jordan. The film portrays the life of Ned Kelly — a legendary bushranger in northeast Victoria. Ned Kelly, his brother Dan, and two other men — Steve Hart and Joe Byrne — formed a gang of Irish Australians in response to Irish and...
. Brooke played the feature role of Silvy Lewis in the Paramount motion picture Till Human Voices Wake Us with Guy Pearce and Helena Bonham Carter. Brooke also starred in the children's television program Pirate Islands
Pirate Islands
Pirate Islands is an Australian children's television program screened on Network Ten in 2003. The show was rebroadcast on 4kids TV in 2003, which was called the FoxBox at the time. It has also screened on Nickelodeon UK in early 2008. A sequel called Pirate Islands: The Lost Treasure of Fiji...
, and became a permanent castmember of The Secret Life of Us
The Secret Life of Us
The Secret Life of Us was a television drama series set in the beachside suburb of St Kilda, Melbourne, Australia. The series was produced by Southern Star Entertainment and screened in Australia from 2001 to 2005 on Network Ten and on Channel 4 in the UK...
in the year before the show's cancellation. She played the role of Kate Monk on the short-lived Australian drama headLand
HeadLand
headLand is an Australian drama television series produced by the Seven Network which ran from 15 November 2005 to 21 January 2006. The Seven Network filmed 52 episodes in the first series. Production on the second series had begun before any episodes were aired.Set in a university, headLand...
.
Her surname is sometimes credited as Harmon (or more rarely, Harmen).
Film and television credits
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1996 | Rosie | TV series | |
| 1997 | Roar Roar (TV series) Roar is an American television show that originally aired on the Fox network in the summer of 1997. In the year AD 400, a young Irish man, Conor , sets out to rid his land of the invading Romans, but in order to accomplish this, he must unite the Celtic clans.-Premise:Roar chronicles the... |
Amalia | Episode: "Tash" |
| 1998 | Misery Guts Misery Guts Misery Guts was an Australian children's television series on the Nine Network Australia that first screened in 1998. The series is based on the book by Morris Gleitzman.-Synopsis:... |
Tracy | TV series |
| 1999 | BeastMaster BeastMaster (TV series) BeastMaster is a Canadian television series that aired from 1999 to 2002. It was loosely based on a 1982 MGM movie The Beastmaster. The series aired for three complete seasons... |
Princess Jessica | Episode: "The Last Unicorns" |
| 1999 | Home and Away Home and Away Home and Away is an Australian soap opera that has been produced in Sydney since July 1987 and is airing on the Seven Network since 17 January 1988. It is the second-longest-running drama and most popular soap opera on Australian television... |
Hope | TV series |
| 2000 | Flipper Flipper (1995 TV series) Flipper, is an American revival television series of the original 1964 Flipper television series. The first two seasons aired in first-run syndication; seasons 3 and 4 aired on the PAX network.... |
Emma | Episode: "Prodigal Father" |
| 2000 | Max Knight: Ultra Spy | Lindsay | TV movie |
| 2000 | Stepsister from Planet Weird | Jill | TV movie |
| 2001 | Finding Hope | Bonnie | TV movie |
| 2001 | All Saints All Saints (TV series) All Saints is an Australian medical drama which first screened on the Seven Network. The series debuted on 24 February 1998 and concluded its run on 27 October 2009... |
Tamara Morgan | Episode: "Close to Home" |
| 2002 | McLeod's Daughters McLeod's Daughters McLeod's Daughters is a Logie award-winning Australian drama series that aired on the Nine Network from 2001 to 2009. It tells the story of two sisters, Claire and Tess McLeod, who are reunited after they inherit the family farm... |
Skye Harding | Episode: "Blame It on the Moonlight" |
| 2002 | Till Human Voices Wake Us | Silvy Lewis | |
| 2003 | Tempted | Jamie | TV movie |
| 2003 | Ned Kelly Ned Kelly (2003 film) Ned Kelly is an Australian drama film directed by Gregor Jordan. The film portrays the life of Ned Kelly — a legendary bushranger in northeast Victoria. Ned Kelly, his brother Dan, and two other men — Steve Hart and Joe Byrne — formed a gang of Irish Australians in response to Irish and... |
Maggie | |
| 2003 | Pirate Islands Pirate Islands Pirate Islands is an Australian children's television program screened on Network Ten in 2003. The show was rebroadcast on 4kids TV in 2003, which was called the FoxBox at the time. It has also screened on Nickelodeon UK in early 2008. A sequel called Pirate Islands: The Lost Treasure of Fiji... |
Kate Redding | 26 episodes |
| 2003 | White Collar Blue White Collar Blue White Collar Blue was an Australian television series made by Knapman Wyld Television for Network Ten from 2002 to 2003.Starring Peter O'Brien as Joe Hill and Freya Stafford as Harriet Walker, the series dealt with a division of the police force working in the city of Sydney and the personal and... |
Joy Garret | Episode: "2.10" |
| 2003 | Sam | Episode: "Blind Date" | |
| 2004– 2005 |
Bree Sanzaro | 20 episodes | |
| 2005– 2006 |
headLand HeadLand headLand is an Australian drama television series produced by the Seven Network which ran from 15 November 2005 to 21 January 2006. The Seven Network filmed 52 episodes in the first series. Production on the second series had begun before any episodes were aired.Set in a university, headLand... |
Kate Monk | 60 episodes |
| 2007 | Spy Shop | Jessica Jenkins | Episodes: "Nanny Cam", "Night Vision" and "Self Defence" |
| 2009 | Crush Crush (2009 film) Crush is a 2009 Australian thriller film directed by Jeffrey Gerritsen and John V. Soto. It stars Christopher Egan as Julian, an American martial arts champ house sitting a luxury home in Perth. Julian's life unravels when he cheats on his girlfriend, Clare with Anna . It was released in Australia... |
Clare | |
| 2009 | Sea Patrol Sea Patrol (TV series) Sea Patrol is an Australian television drama, set on board HMAS Hammersley, a fictional patrol boat of the Royal Australian Navy . The series focuses on the ship and the lives of its crew members.... |
Jessica | Episode: "Half Life" |
| 2010 | Spartacus: Blood and Sand Spartacus: Blood and Sand Spartacus: Blood and Sand is a Starz television series that premiered on January 22, 2010. The series is inspired by the historical figure of Spartacus , a Thracian gladiator who from 73 to 71 BC led a major slave uprising against the Roman Republic. Executive producers Steven S... |
Licinia | Episodes: "Mark of Brotherhood" and "Whore" |
| 2010 | Cockroach | Sera |