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 13, 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, Death to the Supermodels, 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]}

[edit] Trivia

Mentors for PennyLane, a home for children abused.

Has a love of motocross.

She loves to be outside as well to hike, swim, scuba dive, and horseback ride.

Determined to stay friends with ex-fiancee Bruce Willis because she still loves his daughters.

Brooke's favorite movie is The Princess Bride.

[edit] Quotes

"I'm a Southern girl. I like it when they open the door and pull out a chair. I'm really in to a man's man.".

I was a virgin until I was 18, and then my first --- if I told you who my first was you would really have a heart attack.".

"I love sharks. The tuna fishermen go and fin the sharks and dump them back into the ocean, it's basically mutilation.".

"I love being a single mom, but it's definitely different when you're dating."

"I was part of the first celebrity Fear Factor and I saw some of what there would be if a show such as Dog Eat Dog became Fear Factor meets Weakest Link.".