Brooke Williams is a New Zealand

New Zealand

New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga...

 actress, best known for playing Jennsen Rahl in Legend of the Seeker

Legend of the Seeker

Legend of the Seeker is a television series based on The Sword of Truth novels by Terry Goodkind. Distributed in U.S. by Disney-ABC Domestic Television, ABC Studios produced the series, which was its first foray into broadcast syndication, with Sam Raimi, Robert Tapert, Joshua Donen, Ned Nalle and...

and Aurelia in Spartacus: Blood and Sand

Spartacus: Blood and Sand

Spartacus: Blood and Sand is a Starz television series that premiered on January 22, 2010. The series is inspired by the historical figure of Spartacus , a Thracian gladiator who from 73 to 71 BC led a major slave uprising against the Roman Republic. Executive producers Steven S...

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Career

In 2001, she trained at Mme Course, Acting for Screen, the Globe Theatre

Globe Theatre

The Globe Theatre was a theatre in London associated with William Shakespeare. It was built in 1599 by Shakespeare's playing company, the Lord Chamberlain's Men, and was destroyed by fire on 29 June 1613...

in London

London

London is the capital city of :England and the :United Kingdom, the largest metropolitan area in the United Kingdom, and the largest urban zone in the European Union by most measures. Located on the River Thames, London has been a major settlement for two millennia, its history going back to its...

 and the New Zealand Drama School. She started working in theater, playing lead roles in Porcelain Grin and Romeo & Juliet.

Her television career began in 2005, acting in the movie Meet Me in Miami

Meet Me in Miami

Meet Me in Miami is a 2006 New Zealand film directed by Eric Hannah and Iren Koster and starring Carlos Ponce and Tara Leniston. The film received positive reviews despite its limited release.- Plot :...

; then she appeared in television series Spartacus: Blood and Sand

Spartacus: Blood and Sand

Spartacus: Blood and Sand is a Starz television series that premiered on January 22, 2010. The series is inspired by the historical figure of Spartacus , a Thracian gladiator who from 73 to 71 BC led a major slave uprising against the Roman Republic. Executive producers Steven S...

, its prequel Spartacus: Gods of the Arena

Spartacus: Gods of the Arena

Spartacus: Gods of the Arena is a Starz television mini-series and prequel to Spartacus: Blood and Sand, which premiered January 21, 2011. The series follows the character Gannicus , the first gladiator to become Champion of Capua representing Lentulus Batiatus...

and Legend of the Seeker

Legend of the Seeker

Legend of the Seeker is a television series based on The Sword of Truth novels by Terry Goodkind. Distributed in U.S. by Disney-ABC Domestic Television, ABC Studios produced the series, which was its first foray into broadcast syndication, with Sam Raimi, Robert Tapert, Joshua Donen, Ned Nalle and...

. In 2008, Williams acted in a spot for Griffin Solay. Two years later, she won two NZ Herald Best of Theatre Awards.

In 2011, she appeared in the video of the song Myth Reducer by Sleeping Dogs

Sleeping Dogs

Sleeping Dogs may refer to:* Sleeping Dogs , a New Zealand film by Roger Donaldson* Sleeping Dogs , a novel by Sonya Hartnett* "Sleeping Dogs" a song by Merril Bainbridge...

 and she joined Shortland Street

Shortland Street

Shortland Street is a New Zealand prime-time soap opera, first broadcast on Television New Zealand's TV2 on 25 May 1992. It is the country's longest-running drama and soap opera, being broadcast continuously for over 4500 episodes and 19 years, and is one of the most watched television programs in...

, playing Lana.

In 2012, Williams will again portrait Aurelia in Spartacus: Vengeance

Spartacus: Vengeance

Spartacus: Vengeance is a Starz television series and the second season and sequel to Spartacus: Blood and Sand, and is scheduled to premiere on January 27, 2012...

.

Filmography

Film and Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2005	Meet Me in Miami	Waitress
2006	Gardens of Love	Lydia	Short
2007	Kissy Kissy	Erin
2007	My Story	Clare	TV series, unknown episodes
2009	Go Girls Go Girls Go Girls is a New Zealand comedy/drama television series centering around four adult friends, Amy, Britta, Cody and Kevin, who live on the North Shore, Auckland...	Wanda	TV series, 3 episodes
2010	Spartacus: Blood and Sand Spartacus: Blood and Sand Spartacus: Blood and Sand is a Starz television series that premiered on January 22, 2010. The series is inspired by the historical figure of Spartacus , a Thracian gladiator who from 73 to 71 BC led a major slave uprising against the Roman Republic. Executive producers Steven S...	Aurelia	TV series, 5 episodes
2009–2010	Legend of the Seeker Legend of the Seeker Legend of the Seeker is a television series based on The Sword of Truth novels by Terry Goodkind. Distributed in U.S. by Disney-ABC Domestic Television, ABC Studios produced the series, which was its first foray into broadcast syndication, with Sam Raimi, Robert Tapert, Joshua Donen, Ned Nalle and...	Jennsen Rahl	TV series, 3 episodes
2010	This Is Not My Life This Is Not My Life This Is Not My Life is a 2010 New Zealand television mystery thriller which originally aired on Television New Zealand's TV ONE channel on Thursday nights....	Crystal	TV series, 1 episode
2010	Predicament	Margot Bramwell
2010	Outrageous Fortune Outrageous Fortune (TV series) Outrageous Fortune was a New Zealand comedy/drama television series, which was created by James Griffin and Rachel Lang and was produced by South Pacific Pictures...	Elena	TV series, 4 episodes
2011	Ice	Milly
2011	Spartacus: Gods of the Arena Spartacus: Gods of the Arena Spartacus: Gods of the Arena is a Starz television mini-series and prequel to Spartacus: Blood and Sand, which premiered January 21, 2011. The series follows the character Gannicus , the first gladiator to become Champion of Capua representing Lentulus Batiatus...	Aurelia	TV series, 1 episode
2011	The Almighty Johnsons The Almighty Johnsons The Almighty Johnsons is a New Zealand fantasy comedy/drama television series, which was created by James Griffin and Rachel Lang and is produced by South Pacific Pictures. It began airing its first season of ten episodes in New Zealand on February 8, 2011....	Eva	TV series, 3 episodes
2011	Shortland Street Shortland Street Shortland Street is a New Zealand prime-time soap opera, first broadcast on Television New Zealand's TV2 on 25 May 1992. It is the country's longest-running drama and soap opera, being broadcast continuously for over 4500 episodes and 19 years, and is one of the most watched television programs in...	Lana Jacobs	TV series, recurring

Theatre

Year	Title	Role	Theatre
2001	Hansel & Gretel	Various roles	Court Theatre, Christchurch
2002	A Midsummer Night's Dream A Midsummer Night's Dream A Midsummer Night's Dream is a play that was written by William Shakespeare. It is believed to have been written between 1590 and 1596. It portrays the events surrounding the marriage of the Duke of Athens, Theseus, and the Queen of the Amazons, Hippolyta...	Hermia Hermia Hermia is a science park near Tampere University of Technology . Hermia is located in Hervanta, a suburb of Tampere, Finland. Hermia is also acting as a technology centre for its region....	Globe Theatre, London
2002	Puff the Magic Dragon	Little Jackie Parker	Court Theatre, Christchurch
2002	The Gingerhead Man	Ensemble	Court Theatre, Christchurch
2002	Gogo the Boy with Magic Feet	Various roles	Edinburgh Fringe Festival
2002	The Lesson	The Girl	Court Theatre, Christchurch
2002	The Cherry Orchard The Cherry Orchard The Cherry Orchard is Russian playwright Anton Chekhov's last play. It premiered at the Moscow Art Theatre 17 January 1904 in a production directed by Constantin Stanislavski. Chekhov intended this play as a comedy and it does contain some elements of farce; however, Stanislavski insisted on...	Anya	Court Theatre, Christchurch
2003	Sleeping Beauty Sleeping Beauty Sleeping Beauty by Charles Perrault or Little Briar Rose by the Brothers Grimm is a classic fairytale involving a beautiful princess, enchantment, and a handsome prince...	Ensemble	Court Theatre, Christchurch
2003	South Pacific	Chorus/Nurse	Court Theatre, Christchurch
2003	Great Expectations Great Expectations Great Expectations is a novel by Charles Dickens. It was first published in serial form in the publication All the Year Round from 1 December 1860 to August 1861. It has been adapted for stage and screen over 250 times....	Estella	Court Theatre, Christchurch
2005	Mean Jean the Pirate Queen	Ensemble	Court Theatre, Christchurch
2007	Jack & the Beanstalk	Ensemble	Kidstuff Theatre, Wellington
2007	Porcelain Grin	Lead role (Solo show)
2007	The Pillowman The Pillowman The Pillowman is a 2003 play by Irish playwright Martin McDonagh. It received its first public reading in an early version at the Finborough Theatre, London, in 1995...	The Girl	Auckland Theatre Company, Auckland
2007	The Crucible The Crucible The Crucible is a 1952 play by the American playwright Arthur Miller. It is a dramatization of the Salem witch trials that took place in the Province of Massachusetts Bay during 1692 and 1693. Miller wrote the play as an allegory of McCarthyism, when the US government blacklisted accused communists...	Mary Warren Mary Warren Mary Ann Warren was the oldest of the accusers during the 1692 Salem witch trials, in her teens. She was a servant for John and Elizabeth Proctor. Renouncing her claims after being threatened to be hanged, she was later arrested for practicing witchcraft herself, but did not confess...	Auckland Theatre Company, Auckland
2007	I'm Not Rappaport I'm Not Rappaport I'm Not Rappaport is a play by Herb Gardner originally staged by Seattle Repertory Theatre in 1984. Its Broadway debut production, directed by Daniel Sullivan, starring Judd Hirsch, Cleavon Little, Jace Alexander, and Mercedes Ruehl, opened on November 19, 1985 at the Booth Theatre, where it ran...	Laurie	Downstage Theatre, Wellington
2007	Urinetown the Musical Urinetown Urinetown: The Musical is a satirical comedy musical, with music by Mark Hollmann, lyrics by Hollmann and Greg Kotis, and book by Kotis. It satirizes the legal system, capitalism, social irresponsibility, populism, bureaucracy, corporate mismanagement, and municipal politics...	Little Sally	Downstage Theatre, Wellington
2008	The Tempest The Tempest The Tempest is a play by William Shakespeare, believed to have been written in 1610–11, and thought by many critics to be the last play that Shakespeare wrote alone. It is set on a remote island, where Prospero, the exiled Duke of Milan, plots to restore his daughter Miranda to her rightful place,...	Ariel/Trinculo	Hawke Sea Scout Hall, Cox's Bay
2008	The Female of the Species The Female of the Species (play) The Female of the Species is a comic play by Joanna Murray-Smith first performed in 2006. The play is a satire about celebrity feminists, with a plot loosely inspired by a real-life incident in 2000, when author Germaine Greer was held at gunpoint in her own home by a disturbed student.The play...	Molly Rivers	Maidment Theatre, Auckland
2008	Mr Marmalade	Lucy	BATS Theatre, Wellington
2008	Three Sisters Three Sisters (play) Three Sisters is a play by Russian author and playwright Anton Chekhov, perhaps partially inspired by the situation of the three Brontë sisters, but most probably by the three Zimmermann sisters in Perm...		The Birdcage, Auckland
2010	Romeo & Juliet	Juliet	Maidment Theatre, Auckland
2010	Dog Sees God: Confessions of a Teenage Blockhead Dog Sees God: Confessions of a Teenage Blockhead Dog Sees God: Confessions of a Teenage Blockhead is a play written by Bert V. Royal.An "unauthorized parody," the play imagines characters from the popular comic strip Peanuts as teenagers...		Auckland Theatre Company, Auckland

Awards

Year	Award	Category	Work	Result
2008	Chapman Tripp Theatre Awards Chapman Tripp Theatre Awards The Chapman Tripp Theatre Awards are the theatre "Oscars" in New Zealand and honour the best stage talent and productions in the capital Wellington....	Most Promising Female Newcomer of the Year	Mr Marmalade
2010	NZ Herald Best of Theatre Awards	Best performance	Romeo & Juliet
2010	NZ Herald Best of Theatre Awards	Best of Theatre 2010	Romeo & Juliet
2010	The Hackman Theatre Awards	Best Break Up of the Year - shared with Michael Whalley	Romeo & Juliet
2010	The Hackman Theatre Awards	Best Pash of the Year - shared with Michael Whalley	Romeo & Juliet

External links

• Brooke Williams at Aucklandactors.co.nz.