Brookin' it Up

     Today I spoke with one of my favorite actresses, Brooke Lewis, through direct messages on Twitter.  She told me that I was welcome to write an article on her if I ever wanted to.  Unfortunately, I'm no longer in middle school, where I was in charge of the school newspaper's entertainment column.  Even more unfortunate, my high school doesn't have a school newspaper.  I still was eager to write an article on the Scream Queen herself, but I was unsure of how to go about it.  Luckily, she suggested this website to me, so my first blog post will be about her.

     The beautiful Brooke hails from Philadelphia, PA, but currently resides in Los Angeles, California.  Her first appearance on television was in 1986 as a dancer on Dance Party USA, but she made a name in acting during the late 1990s.  She starred as a high maintenance bridesmaid in the longest running off-Broadway play in history, Tony 'n' Tina's Wedding.  However, she had no idea she would become famous for her acting, as she had dreams of becoming a singer.  In 1996, she released the freestyle hit, "Get Me Off Your Mind".  She signed a record deal with Tazmania/Metropolitan Records just shortly before her play took off.  She parted ways with her bridesmaid character in 1998 and moved on to bigger things. In 1999, she gained big screen exposure in movies such as Fare Well Miss Fortune and The Rules (For Men).

     In 2002, Lewis created Philly Chick Pictures, which would expand her career from acting into several other tasks, such as producing, writing, and directing.  Since then, she has had roles in movies such as Pride and Loyalty, film shorts such as Code Blue (the first movie co-produced by Lewis), and television series like Quintuplets.  A few years after showing her production skills in Code Blue, she became an associate producer for the movie Tinsel Town, which she played a secondary character in.  The same year, 2005, she was a supervising producer for the TV movie, Mama & Son, though she did not act in this one.  In 2006, Lewis took a year off from the production aspect, but continued to act.  In 2007, she returned to producing and emerged as the co-executive producer and a main character of Polycarp, also released under the title of Kinky Killers.  By 2008, she executive-produced and starred in The Drum Beats Twice.  One year later, she took on several tasks at once and created her own series, Ms. Vampy.  In addition to playing the title character, she fully produced, wrote, and directed each episode.

     She's no sparkly Twilight vampire (sorry, Team Edward), but she sure knows how to make horror worthwhile.  When watching one of her horror flicks, it may be hard to tell if the chills on your body are from being afraid or from witnessing her talent.  For more information about Brooke Lewis, please check out her website, http://www.brookelewis.com or follow her on Twitter, @BrookeLewisLA.