| Net Worth: | $10 Million |
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| Date of birth: | February 8, 1949 (75 years old) |
| Gender: | Female |
| Profession: | Movie Actress |
| Nationality: | American |
Veteran actress who is known for her roles in acclaimed films like 1978’s Days of Heaven, 1995’s The Baby-Sitters Club and 2008’s The Accidental Husband. She has also had recurring roles on television shows like Monk and BrainDead.
She began acting at age 6 in a theatre owned by her father.
In 2015, she began writing, directing and starring in the web series All Downhill from Here.
Personal Life
She married actor Tony Shalhoub, with whom she has two adopted children. Her sister is actress Lynne Adams.
She co-starred with Holly Hunter in the 2017 comedy Breakable You.
Quotes
“In films, you are a commodity. You are a look, something that the camera really likes, something that has struck an audience in a certain way. It’s not really so much about transforming yourself the way actors do onstage. I think there’s a difference between the skill of acting in movies and onstage.”
— Brooke Adams
“I had wanted to be a movie star and had thought I would be a movie star since I was very little. It was just something I saw in my future. But somehow when it happened, I wasn’t ready for it.”
— Brooke Adams
“My life has gotten so much better since I turned 40.”
— Brooke Adams
“I go through periods where I don’t shop at all, and then I go crazy and buy everything in sight. I never know what to wear, and I’m at my worst before an audition. I pull everything out of the closet, throw it on my bed. I’ll get entirely dressed and then take it all off again until I’m in a kind of frenzy.”
— Brooke Adams
“It’s glamorous when a movie is released, but then you feel disconnected from it. Someone asked if it wouldn’t be more glamorous for me being on Broadway rather than Off Broadway, but I thought, ‘What’s the difference?’ The Orpheum is a smaller house, that’s all. And there are no mikes, so you just talk louder.”
— Brooke Adams