Brooke Totman

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Brooke Totman
Born	Roseburg, Oregon, U.S.
Occupation	Actor, comedian, writer
Years active	1999–present

Brooke Totman is an American actor. Totman is most notable for her time as cast member on the sketch comedy series MADtv.

Life and career[]

Brooke Totman was born in Roseburg, Oregon and graduated from Grants Pass High. During her senior year, she received a college scholarship from the America's Junior Miss Program after she won the title of Oregon's Junior Miss. Totman attended the University of Oregon where she received a degree in Theatre Arts. She spent her last semester abroad, studying theatre criticism in London. After college, Totman moved to Los Angeles where she spent four years training at the improv and sketch comedy theatre, the Groundlings, eventually becoming a member of their Sunday company.

During its fifth season, Totman joined the cast of MADtv as a featured player. Brooke was noted for her celebrity impressions of Ann-Margret and Jennifer Love Hewitt, and also premiered original characters that she developed during her time at the Groundlings. After her tenure on MADtv, Totman made several guest appearances on television shows in Los Angeles, appearing in The King of Queens, Less Than Perfect and Judging Amy. She also starred in R3, directed by Betty Thomas, a feature that was unfortunately, never released.

In 2004, Brooke left Los Angeles to return to her home state of Oregon. After appearing in several television programs, films, plays and sketch comedy shows in Portland, Totman began teaching - eventually opening her own acting studio. In 2017, Brooke created the sketch comedy company, NIGHT BUS – a character-driven ensemble inspired by the weird and wonderful. Brooke writes and acts in the company and also serves as its producer and director. Brooke has continued to work in television while living in Portland, guest-starring on The CW's , Portlandia, Documentary Now! and starring in the critically acclaimed series, on Amazon.

Television appearances[]

References[]

External links[]

• Brooke Totman at IMDb
• http://thebenefitsofgusbandry.com

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