Brooke Burns

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**Brooke Burns**
Born:	March 16, 1978 Dallas, Texas
Occupation:	Actress
Website:	Brooke Burns on IMDB

Brooke Elizabeth Burns (born March 16, 1978 in Dallas, Texas) is an American actress and former fashion model, best known for her role on Baywatch and Baywatch Hawaii. She starred in North Shore, a prime-time soap opera on Fox that consisted of 21 episodes which ran from June 14, 2004 through January 20, 2005. She recently had a supporting role on the defunct WB series Pepper Dennis playing Kathy Dinkle.

Burns also appeared on Ally McBeal, Just Shoot Me, Out of the Blue, To Tell the Truth, and Average Joe: Hawaii. She hosted the short-lived American version of the Dog Eat Dog game show for two summer seasons in 2002 and 2003. She also made a cameo in Shallow Hal.

Brooke Burns was once married to Julian McMahon, with whom she has a daughter, Madison, in 2000, and was engaged to Bruce Willis from 2003 until June 2, 2004, when they broke the engagement due to trouble maintaining a long-distance relationship.^{[citation needed]} She also briefly dated Eric Ganter.^{[citation needed]}

In November 2005 Brooke broke a bone in her neck after diving into a pool at her home. A friend, an ex-firefighter, found her, stabilized her neck and called an ambulance. She has since fully recovered.^{[citation needed]}