Brooke Elliott (born November , ) is an American actress and singer.
She has appeared in musical theatre, including the US tours of Beauty
and the Beast and Wicked, and the Broadway productions of Taboo and
The Pirate Queen. She is best known for her role as Jane Bingum on the
Lifetime series Drop Dead Diva.Elliott was born in Fridley, Minnesota,
to Robert, a city manager, and Kathleen Elliott, on November , .
Elliott has one sister, Jamie Alexander, and one brother, Adam
Elliott. Her parents have said that she began to sing when she was
three years old, and footage exists of her at that age singing You
Light Up My Life. Her family moved on several occasions, first to
Blaine, Minnesota, and then out of state to Missouri, Oklahoma, and
Illinois. The family settled in Riverview, Michigan, when Elliott was
a junior in high school. She graduated from Gabriel Richard Catholic
High School in ; she appeared in high school productions while there,
including in Richard III and Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor
Dreamcoat. Elliott went on to Western Michigan University, and
graduated with a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Musical Theatre Performance
in .Elliott worked as a temp and a waitress, including working at a
s-themed restaurant where she had to dance on the tables every
hour.For ten weeks in , she was a member of Chicago-based stage combat
theatre company Babes With Blades. As part of that role, she performed
a scene from Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves, The Miracle Worker and
Heathers. She left for her first professional theatre role as the
Sugar Bowl in the US touring version of Beauty and the Beast. She also
appeared as part of the cast in the North American tour of Wicked
alongside Adam Lambert, whom she later supported when he appeared on
American Idol.
She has appeared in musical theatre, including the US tours of Beauty
and the Beast and Wicked, and the Broadway productions of Taboo and
The Pirate Queen. She is best known for her role as Jane Bingum on the
Lifetime series Drop Dead Diva.Elliott was born in Fridley, Minnesota,
to Robert, a city manager, and Kathleen Elliott, on November , .
Elliott has one sister, Jamie Alexander, and one brother, Adam
Elliott. Her parents have said that she began to sing when she was
three years old, and footage exists of her at that age singing You
Light Up My Life. Her family moved on several occasions, first to
Blaine, Minnesota, and then out of state to Missouri, Oklahoma, and
Illinois. The family settled in Riverview, Michigan, when Elliott was
a junior in high school. She graduated from Gabriel Richard Catholic
High School in ; she appeared in high school productions while there,
including in Richard III and Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor
Dreamcoat. Elliott went on to Western Michigan University, and
graduated with a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Musical Theatre Performance
in .Elliott worked as a temp and a waitress, including working at a
s-themed restaurant where she had to dance on the tables every
hour.For ten weeks in , she was a member of Chicago-based stage combat
theatre company Babes With Blades. As part of that role, she performed
a scene from Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves, The Miracle Worker and
Heathers. She left for her first professional theatre role as the
Sugar Bowl in the US touring version of Beauty and the Beast. She also
appeared as part of the cast in the North American tour of Wicked
alongside Adam Lambert, whom she later supported when he appeared on
American Idol.
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