Brooke Dillman
Encyclopedia
Brooke Dillman is an American
actress and comedian best known as a series regular maternal roles on the skit comedy Blue Collar TV
.
in 1988 and then headed for Chicago
. While in Chicago, Dillman created several of her favorite characters in the local theater scene, including stints at the Factory Theatre
and the Organic Theatre. She then moved to Los Angeles
in 1998 and was featured in TV commercials prior to being cast as a regular on the variety series The Wayne Brady Show
.
Other roles followed, such as the weather-casting nun, Sister Brenda Trogman, in NBC
's Good Morning, Miami
, a blind date for Michael Scott in the NBC's The Office episode "Chair Model
" from season 4, and a recurring role on HBO's Six Feet Under. Dillman has appeared in the feature films National Lampoon's Barely Legal
, Larceny, Pot of Gold, and Superbad. After the final season of the sketch comedy TV series Blue Collar TV
, in which she was a regular cast member, Dillman reunited with Larry the Cable Guy
in his recent film Larry the Cable Guy: Health Inspector
.
United States
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actress and comedian best known as a series regular maternal roles on the skit comedy Blue Collar TV
Blue Collar TV
Blue Collar TV was a television program that aired on The WB Television Network with lead actors Jeff Foxworthy, Bill Engvall and Larry the Cable Guy. The show's humor dealt principally with contemporary American society, and especially hillbilly, redneck, and Southern stereotypes. The show was...
.
Career
Dillman earned a degree in theater at the University of MissouriUniversity of Missouri
The University of Missouri System is a state university system providing centralized administration for four universities, a health care system, an extension program, five research and technology parks, and a publishing press. More than 64,000 students are currently enrolled at its four campuses...
in 1988 and then headed for Chicago
Chicago
Chicago is the largest city in the US state of Illinois. With nearly 2.7 million residents, it is the most populous city in the Midwestern United States and the third most populous in the US, after New York City and Los Angeles...
. While in Chicago, Dillman created several of her favorite characters in the local theater scene, including stints at the Factory Theatre
Factory Theatre
Factory Theatre is a theatre in Toronto, Ontario, founded as Factory Theatre Lab in 1970 by Ken Gass and Frank Trotz.Factory was the first theatre to announce that it would exclusively produce Canadian plays, but it soon became a widely emulated policy by other theatre companies...
and the Organic Theatre. She then moved to Los Angeles
Los Ángeles
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in 1998 and was featured in TV commercials prior to being cast as a regular on the variety series The Wayne Brady Show
The Wayne Brady Show
The Wayne Brady Show was a variety show hosted by Wayne Brady that originally ran from August 8, 2001 to March 11, 2002 on ABC. Due to low ratings, the show was cancelled by ABC and reformatted into a daytime variety talk show for syndication...
.
Other roles followed, such as the weather-casting nun, Sister Brenda Trogman, in NBC
NBC
The National Broadcasting Company is an American commercial broadcasting television network and former radio network headquartered in the GE Building in New York City's Rockefeller Center with additional major offices near Los Angeles and in Chicago...
's Good Morning, Miami
Good Morning, Miami
Good Morning, Miami is a sitcom which ran from 2002 to 2004 on NBC. Created by David Kohan and Max Mutchnick, the show focused on the personal and professional life of Jake, the executive producer of the lowest-rated morning show in the country, based in Miami.Though unsuccessful and unacclaimed,...
, a blind date for Michael Scott in the NBC's The Office episode "Chair Model
Chair Model
"Chair Model" is the fourteenth episode of the fourth season of the American comedy television series The Office, and the show's sixty-seventh episode overall. Written by B. J. Novak, and directed by Jeffrey Blitz, the episode first aired in the United States on April 17, 2008 on NBC.In the...
" from season 4, and a recurring role on HBO's Six Feet Under. Dillman has appeared in the feature films National Lampoon's Barely Legal
National Lampoon's Barely Legal
__FORCETOC__National Lampoon's Barely Legal is a 2003 comedy film about three male high school students who decide to make money by selling pornographic videos, in the hopes of gaining both women and standing among their peers...
, Larceny, Pot of Gold, and Superbad. After the final season of the sketch comedy TV series Blue Collar TV
Blue Collar TV
Blue Collar TV was a television program that aired on The WB Television Network with lead actors Jeff Foxworthy, Bill Engvall and Larry the Cable Guy. The show's humor dealt principally with contemporary American society, and especially hillbilly, redneck, and Southern stereotypes. The show was...
, in which she was a regular cast member, Dillman reunited with Larry the Cable Guy
Larry the Cable Guy
Daniel Lawrence Whitney , better known by his stage name and character Larry the Cable Guy, is an American comedian, actor, and former radio personality....
in his recent film Larry the Cable Guy: Health Inspector
Larry the Cable Guy: Health Inspector
Larry the Cable Guy: Health Inspector is a 2006 comedy film starring American stand-up comedian Larry the Cable Guy. Larry, a municipal restaurant health inspector, is assigned a new rookie partner after recklessly closing restaurants for code violations, Amy Butlin , by his boss, Bart Tatlock...
.