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Brooke Burns Biography
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Brooke Burns is best known for her roles in the television series Baywatch and Baywatch Hawaii, where she played the role of sexy lifeguard Jessie. When Brooke Burns was 22, she left the shows, and she had also found out she was pregnant to her then boyfriend Julian McMahon, who was also an actor for the television show Charmed. Brooke Burns also starred as a hot fictional character in Ally McBeal. By then, Hollywood films had finally taken notice of her acting. In 2001, she landed a small role in the first of her films, the Hollywood movie Shallow Hal.
Brooke Burns has also appeared in other television shows Out of the Blue, Pepper Dennis, North Shore, Death to the Supermodels, Just Shoot Me!, Average Joe Hawaii, and To Tell the Truth. Brooke Burns showed her sexy yet adventurous side when she starred in a celebrity edition of Fear Factor, where she did stunts including leaping on the top of a double-decker bus. NBC producers noticed Brooke Burns talent in adventurous scenes, and asked her to host Dog Eat Dog, a reality show and game. The shows ratings soared since she took over, and she was nominated a Teen Choice Award in 2003 for Choice TV Reality/Variety Host.
Brooke Burns has also starred in the films The Salon in 2005, and Single White Female 2: The Psycho, in the same year. She is a familiar face in television more than in movies. Brooke Burns proves she is more than just another hot Hollywood celebrity and model, she has a big heart as well. In her spare time, she is known to mentor for a home for abused children called Penny Lane. Brooke Burns is divorced from Julian McMahon, but has also dated Bruce Willis briefly in 2003, and Eric Ganter. She has been named number 31 on Maxims Hot 100 of 2005 list.