Brooke Langton

Brooke Langton (born November 27, 1970) is an American actress. She had significant guest roles on the NBC series Friday Night Lights and on Life, in which Langton played a district attorney. She found early success on The Net (1998–99), and she was the female lead in the 2000 comedy film The Replacements.

Brooke Langton
Born (1970-11-27) November 27, 1970
Arizona, U.S.
OccupationActress
Years active1992–present

Early life

Langton was born in Arizona, United States. Her love of improvisational theatre started at Second City in Chicago. Studying with acting Larry Moss and Ivanna Chubbock, Langton pursued independent films. Her first films Swingers, directed by Doug Lyman, and then Reach the Rock, produced by John Hughes (cult movie director of 16 Candles and many other iconic hits) as well as starring with Djimon Hounsou in another indy film Ink.

Langton was a regular cast member in the ABC adventure drama series, Extreme, co-starring opposite Julie Bowen and James Brolin.

In 1996, Langton joined the cast of the Fox prime time series Melrose Place, playing Samantha Reilly Campbell. She starred in the show during its fifth and sixth season, leaving early in the seventh season. After leaving Melrose Place, Langton was cast as lead in the USA Network series, The Net, a television drama based on the 1995 film of the same name. Langton portrayed the character Angela Bennett, who was played by Sandra Bullock in the film. The series was canceled after one season. She later starred alongside Keanu Reeves and Gene Hackman in the 2000 film The Replacements, her biggest feature credit to date.[1][2] Langton also co-starred in the comedy films Playing Mona Lisa (2000), and Kiss the Bride (2002).[3][4]

In 2001, Langton had the leading role in the Fox crime drama series, Fling, [5] During her later career, she starred in a number of smaller films, including Partner(s) (2005) with Jay Harrington and Julie Bowen, and Beautiful Dreamer alongside Colin Egglesfield. In 2007, she starred in the horror film Primeval opposite Dominic Purcell. From 2007 to 2008, she had a recurring role in the NBC drama series, Friday Night Lights. During that same time she co-starred as Charlie Crews' attorney Constance Griffiths in another NBC drama, Life.[6][7] In later years, Langton guest starred on The Closer, Bones, and Supernatural.

In 2015 Langton participated as a contestant on the Swedish show Allt för Sverige (Everything for Sweden), where she competed against other Americans for the prize to get to know her Swedish family and roots.[8] The series was broadcast on SVT.[8] In the second episode it was revealed that Langton was a relative of actor Adolf Jahr.

Filmography

Film
Year Title Role Notes
1994 Terminal Velocity Jump Junkie
1996 Beach House Caitlin
1996 Listen Sarah Ross
1996 Swingers Nikki
1997 Mixed Signals Judy
1997 The Small Hours Doug's sister
1998 Reach the Rock Lise
2000 Playing Mona Lisa Sabrina
2000 The Replacements Annabelle Farrell
2002 Kiss the Bride Nicoletta 'Niki' Sposato
2005 Partner(s) Lucy
2006 The Benchwarmers Kathy Dobson
2006 Beautiful Dreamer Claire
2007 Primeval Aviva Masters
2012 Chilly Christmas Lt. Mel Stone
2014 K-9 Adventures: Legend of the Lost Gold Courtney Lewis
2015 Oliver's Deal Kate
2016 The Debt Kate Campbell
2017 Saving Christmas Elizabeth
2018 Shifting Gears Carol Williamson
2018 Soul Sessions Dr. Katrina Dumont

Television
Year Title Role Notes
1992 Freshman Dorm Nikki Episode: "Sex, Truth and Theatre"
1992 Beverly Hills, 90210 Suds Lipton Episode: "The Back Story"
1992 Baywatch Tanya Episode: "River of No Return"
1992 California Dreams Kimberly Blanchard Episode: "Guess Who's Coming to Brunch"
1994 Moment of Truth: Cult Rescue Kim McGill Television film
1995 Eye of the Stalker Beth Television film
1995 Extreme Sarah Bowen Series regular, 13 episodes
1995 Chicago Hope Sandra Keyes Episode: "Hello Goodbye"
1995 The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones Amy Wharton Episode: "Winds of Change"
1995 The Single Guy Amanda Episodes: "Attraction" and "Midnight"
1995 Party of Five Courtney Episode: "Grand Delusions"
1996 Sliders Daelin Richards Episode: "As Time Goes By"
1996–98 Melrose Place Samantha Reilly Series regular, 68 episodes
1998–99 The Net Angela Bennett Series regular, 22 episodes
2001 Fling Elizabeth Gillcrest Series regular, 7 episodes
2003 The Break Sara Pilot
2005 Weeds Sharon Episode: "Dead in the Nethers"
2006 Monk Terri Episode: "Mr. Monk Goes to the Dentist"
2007–08 Friday Night Lights Jackie Miller Recurring role, 9 episodes
2007–08 Life Constance Griffiths Series regular, 11 episodes
2009 The Closer Detective Ally Moore Episode: "Dead Man's Hand"
2012 The Mentalist Pella Goodwin Episode: "Cherry Picked"
2013 Bones Christine Brennan Episode: "The Shot in the Dark"
2013 Supernatural Hayley Episode: "Remember the Titans"
2013 The Glades Nicky Holloway Episode: "Magic Longworth"
2015 Stolen Dreams Laura Paddington Television film; also known as Are You My Daughter?
2015 Allt för Sverige (in Sweden) herself A reality game show about tracing one's ancestry
2018 The Good Cop Joy Episode: "Why Kill a Busboy?"
2018 The Last Ship Lt. Maddie Rawlings Recurring role, 5 episodes
2019 The Passage Valerie Episode: "That Never Should Have Happened to You"

References
  1. "Keanu Reeves romances new actress Brooke Langton". Manila Standard. October 25, 2000. p. B19. Retrieved June 11, 2015 – via Google News.
  2. "The Replacements". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved June 11, 2015.
  3. "Playing Mona Lisa". Rotten Tomatoes. January 1, 2000. Retrieved June 11, 2015.
  4. "Kiss the Bride". Rotten Tomatoes. February 14, 2002. Retrieved June 11, 2015.
  5. Josef Adalian (May 10, 2001). "Fox's 'Fling' flung". Variety. Retrieved June 11, 2015.
  6. Matt Mitovich (July 23, 2007). "Friday Night Lights' Langton Finds New Life". TVGuide. Retrieved June 11, 2015.
  7. Laura Fries (September 21, 2007). "Life". Variety. Retrieved June 11, 2015.
  8. "Melrose Place-skådisen i "Allt för Sverige"". Aftonbladet. Retrieved November 13, 2015.
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