Eryn Brooke was born in Waxahachie, Texas where she was, well, pretty
much a tom boy. She spent most of her young years jumping from tree to
tree (maybe that was swinging) or taking a dare she probably shouldn't
have taken. She wanted to do anything and everything from dance to
being the only girl to bring a wild snake to show in tell in first
grade.
In the elementary school plays and dance recitals whether she was cast
in the lead or not, she always seemed to find her way to the front. At
about the age of fifteen, she realized being a girl wasn't so bad and
possibly had its advantages. At this point and after being a
competitive gymnast for over twelve years, with plenty of medals, she
decided that gymnastics could not rule her life and she wanted more
-more of everything.
During her freshman year in high school she played every sport possible
and tried just about everything. That year, her life took a major turn.
Her older brother, Drew, who was also her best friend as well as
companion in acting and modeling, was killed in a car wreck. Her world
was turned upside down. The acting and modeling in which she had
secretly been adventuring with her brother came to a halt. No more
plays, no more classes, no more writing. After spending a lot of time
alone in her room with a guitar, a pen and paper, she realized the rest
of the world was moving on with or without her. So once again, the
adventures began, with her brother Drew never far from her side in
spirit.
She graduated high school sixth in her class, was Homecoming Queen,
Cheerleader, Miss Waxahachie High School and expected to go far in
college, but again something was missing in the life she left behind
with her brother and was constantly eating away at her. That was when
the tables turned, she choose not to go and cheer lead or go off to a
big university, but follow her secret passion of acting. School was
always easy for her and acting was a never ending challenge that could
take her anywhere whether in her mind or in reality. Her imagination
was not so far fetched in the world of acting. She knew it was where
she belonged. And all of her hobbies had a place there, whether it was
gymnastics, martial arts, jumping (swinging) from trees; somehow it all
could be used in this new exciting world. In trying to figure out where
to start she met Ken Farmer, a thirty-year veteran actor, who was blunt
with her about the business of acting, her skills and the need for
passion and he began to feed and guide that passion and lead her into
the world she was destined. He became her teacher, mentor and coach.
When he felt she was ready, he convinced The Campbell Agency to sign
her. She does industrials and commercials still, but she found her
interest skewed a bit in the direction of film - so the world of
Independent Films took over!
On the side she continued school; school during the day, filming at
night. She graduated from the University of North Texas with
specialties in Communication, Sociology, and, of course, Radio,
Television and Film. She works for the AJ Foyt Racing Team as a spokes
model, traveling all over, as well as doing print and commercials for a
new malt liquor called Margarita Ice coming out soon. She is currently
working in pre-production on a couple of projects and in the middle of
shooting a feature called 'Matchstick Game', working both as the lead
and behind the scenes. She has now been in over 10 films, including
Alan Chan's 12 Hot Women (2003), "Lycanthrope" and "TP-1" (won first at the
Hollywood Underground Film Festival) as lead or co-star and continues
to pursue her dreams and passions as an actress and every aspect of
film making. Currently, she is set to co-star and be an associate
producer this summer in a four million dollar independent film entitled
"Bad Moon Rising" by Handshake Films, Inc. And the saga
continues.
