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Brooke D'Orsay (born February 17, 1982) is a Canadian actress, best known for voicing the character of Caitlin Cooke on the Teletoon animated series ''
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'' (2004–2010) and Brooke Mayo in the 2005 movie '' King's Ransom''. For American audiences, she is best known as Paige Collins-Lawson on ''
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'' and as Kate on ''
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''. She played Deb on the Lifetime original series ''
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'' and was in the Nickelodeon original movie '' The Boy Who Cried Werewolf'' as Paulina Von Eckberg. Since 2017, D'Orsay has become known for her performances in Hallmark Channel's Countdown to Christmas made-for-TV films. She also acted in a 2012 movie ''How to Fall in Love'' as Anni, a broke waitress/event planner who helps a high school friend as a 'dating coach' and falls in love in the process.


Early life

Brooke D'Orsay was born on February 17, 1982, in
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,
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. The D'Orsay family name is of Huguenot French origin. Brooke is of French ancestry.


Career

Her first major acting role was in 2001, in the movie ''Why Can't I Be a Movie Star?'' as Jennifer Kruz. D'Orsay followed with several roles in television: Ellen in ''
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'', Justine in ''
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'' and Felicity Fury in four episodes of ''
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''. D'Orsay voiced Caitlin Cooke on the
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animated series ''
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''. She appeared on ''
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'' as Christy in the episode "The Dumpling Paradox" and ''
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'' as Margaret in the episode " The Stinsons". D'Orsay was the "Nestea Girl" in a long-running commercial for
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's "Nestea Plunge" campaign. She had a main role on ''
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'' as Sasha, the head boss of the sports radio network in which the series takes place. D'Orsay played Deb Dobkins, the dead model, in the Lifetime series ''
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'' and was a cast member on the
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series ''
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'' as Paige Collins, wife of HankMed CFO Evan R. Lawson. She also starred in the
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original movie '' The Boy Who Cried Werewolf'' (2010) as Paulina Von Eckberg and played Kate, Walden Schmidt's girlfriend, in a recurring role on ''
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'' in 2012–2014.


Filmography


Film


Television


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* {{DEFAULTSORT:D'Orsay, Brooke 1982 births Actresses from Toronto Canadian film actresses Canadian television actresses Canadian voice actresses Living people 21st-century Canadian actresses Canadian expatriate actresses in the United States Canadian people of French descent