Brook Kerr (born November 21, 1973) is an American actress who is best known for her portrayal of Whitney Russell Harris on the television

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'' and Dr. Portia Robinson on ABC's

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Personal life

She is a native of

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. Kerr moved to

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after graduating high school to pursue a career in acting. She had her son when she was 16 years old with long-time boyfriend Christopher Warren. Kerr and Warren have been together since their teens, but separated in 2009. Her son Chris Warren Jr. is also an actor; he has appeared as Zeke in ''

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'', ''

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'', and ''

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''. She is featured in

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's video for his new single "

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". She was also in 3T's music video "Why" feat.

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in 1995. And she was in the

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Girls Dem Sugar Music Video Featuring American R&B Singer

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Career

After a variety of guest starring roles, Kerr's first role in a main cast was on the soap opera ''Passions'' where she starred as Whitney Russell Harris from the show's debut in 1999 until 2007. In 2008, she starred as

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in the unaired first pilot of the

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TV series ''

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'', and was subsequently replaced by

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for that role. After guest roles in series such as '' NCIS: Los Angeles'' and ''

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'', in 2020 she joined the cast of ''

'' as Dr. Portia Robinson

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