Paget Brewster


Paget Brewster Biography

Paget Valerie Brewster (born March 10, 1969) is an American actress. Her best known roles are Kathy on NBC's Friends (first as Joey's girlfriend and later Chandler's), Supervisory Special Agent Emily Prentiss on CBS's Criminal Minds, and Elise and Mr. Mumbles on The Hub's Dan Vs.

Career

Brewster had a short-lived Bay Area talk show in the mid 1990s called The Paget Show. She first came to prominent attention in her recurring role as "Kathy" in the fourth season of NBC's Friends. She appeared in Andy Richter Controls the Universe and Huff. On film she played Ms. Indestructible, the female lead in James Gunn's low-budget superhero comedy The Specials (2000). She played Amy Pierson, a calculus teacher afraid of the water, in the independent film The Big Bad Swim, which premiered at the 2006 Tribeca Film Festival.

In 2005, she began voice work as Judy Sebben/Birdgirl, a recurring character on the animated series Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law.

Brewster had a long run with the show Criminal Minds, playing multi-lingual Supervisory Special Agent Emily Prentiss. However, during the show's sixth season she and A. J. Cook were released from their contracts by CBS in a cost-cutting move. In the end, owing to complaints from the fans, both she and Cook were rehired and kept for the following season. On February 15, 2012, Brewster announced via Deadline that she was leaving Criminal Minds at the end of the season to pursue a possible career in comedy television. On April 23, 2012, Brewster completed filming her final episode of Criminal Minds.

Brewster's first role after Criminal Minds was portraying a bureau chief ADA in the Public Integrity Unit of the District Attorney's office on NBC's long-running legal drama Law & Order: Special Victims Unit. Her character was tasked with handling the case against Special Victims Unit commanding officer Captain Donald Cragen (Dann Florek), who had fallen under suspicion of murder after waking up beside a dead woman in the 13th season finale.

Brewster is a regular on The Thrilling Adventure Hour, a staged production in the style of old-time radio that is held monthly at the Coronet Theatre. She plays the recurring character of Sadie Doyle, the alcoholic socialite who can communicate with the supernatural alongside her husband, Frank (Paul F. Tompkins), in the "Beyond Belief" segments. In early April 2013 Brewster appeared in Modern Family as Trish in Episode 20 - Flip Flop playing an art expert who is dating Gloria's ex-husband, Javier. On August 13, 2013, Brewster appeared in episode 105 of the Drunk History television series on Comedy Central.

Personal life

Brewster was born on March 10, 1969 in Concord, Massachusetts. Her mother, Hathaway Brewster (née Tew), worked as a government official, and her father, Galen Brewster, worked as a school administrator. She has a younger brother, Ivan.

Brewster grew up in Massachusetts and moved to New York City to attend Parsons School of Design. During her first year, she made her acting debut and eventually dropped out of design school to pursue her acting career. In the mid '90s, Brewster moved to San Francisco and enrolled in acting classes. She currently resides in Los Angeles.

On the March 30, 2006, episode of Late Night with Conan O'Brien, Brewster revealed that she had recently received a handwritten note indicating Hugh Hefner would like her to pose for Playboy. She seriously considered the offer, but even though she said that she admired Playboy more than magazines such as Maxim and FHM and her parents gave her their blessing, she eventually turned it down for career reasons. She has, however, photographed spreads of other models for SuicideGirls. Brewster was previously known as a retro pin-up model in the Los Angeles area as well as a retro photographer. She has volunteered as an actress with the Young Storytellers Program.

Brewster is currently in a relationship with musician Steve Damstra of the band Folded Light, a close friend of her former Criminal Minds co-star Matthew Gray Gubler. On March 17, 2013, she announced via Twitter that the couple were engaged to be married by posting a photograph of the jade engagement ring upon her finger.

Filmography

Film
Year Title Role Notes
1998 Let's Talk About Sex Michelle
1998 Max Q Rena Winter
2000 ' Jenny Spy
2000 Star Patrol Rachel Striker
2000 One True Love Tina
2000 ' Ms. Indestructible
2000 Desperate But Not Serious Frances
2001 Last Dance
2001 Agent 15 Agent 15
2001 Hollywood Palms Phoebe
2001 Skippy Julie Fontaine
2002 Now You Know Lea
2003 '
2003 Brainwarp Lipstikk Video short
2004 Eulogy Aunt Lily
2005 Man of the House Binky Beauregard
2005 My Big Fat Independent Movie Julianne
2005 Amber Frey: Witness for the Prosecution Carol Carter
2006 Cyxork 7 Bethany Feral
2006 ' Amy Pierson Main Role
2006 Kidney Thieves Melinda
2006 Unaccompanied Minors Valerie Davenport
2006 ' Allyson Harlan
2007 Sublime Andrea / PVS Host Video
2008 Lost Behind Bars Lauren Wilde
2012 Batman: The Dark Knight Returns Lana Lang Voice Only
Television
Year Title Role Notes
1997"1998 Friends Kathy Guest Role in Season 4 (six episodes)
1998 Ghost Cop Anette Episode: "Pilot"
1998 Godzilla: The Series Audrey Timmonds (voice) Season 1 Episode 1
1999 The Expert Dr. Jo Hardy Episode: "Pilot"
1999"2000 Love & Money Allison Conklin Main Cast Season 1 (13 episodes)
2000"2001 The Trouble With Normal Claire Garletti Main Role Season 1 (13 episodes)
2001 DAG Patti Donovan Season 1 Episode 10"
2001 Raising Dad Gracie Season 1 Episode 2
2002 George Lopez Ginger Season 2 Episode 7
2002"2004 Andy Richter Controls the Universe Jessica Green Main Cast Seasons 1"2 (19 episodes)
2003 Time Belt Col. Jocelyn Anchor Season 1 Episode 5
2004 Rock Me, Baby Debbie Season 1 Episode 12
2004"2006 Huff Beth Huffstodt Main Cast Seasons 1"2 (25 episodes)
2005 Two and a Half Men Jamie Eckleberry Season 2 Episode 12
2005 Duck Dodgers Rona Vipra (voice) Season 3 Episodes 9+13
2005"2007 Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law Birdgirl (voice) Recurring Role Seasons 1"4 (19 episodes)
2005"2011 American Dad! Various (voice) Recurring Role in Seasons 1"7 (13 episodes)
2005"2006 Stacked Charlotte Episode: "Pilot"
Season 2 Episodes 13"14
2006 Drawn Together Child Services (voice) Season 2 Episode 9
2006"2012 Criminal Minds Emily Prentiss Main Role in Seasons 2"7 (126 episodes)
2007, 2012 Law & Order: Special Victims Unit Sheila Tierney
ADA Paula Foster
Season 8 Episode 10
Season 14 Episodes 1"2
2009 King of the Hill Myrna (voice) Season 13 Episode 8
2011"2012 Dan Vs. Elise and Mr. Mumbles (voice) Main Cast Seasons 1"2 (27 episodes)
2012 Talking Dead Herself Season 1 Episode 9
2013 Modern Family Trish Guest Star"?Season 4, Episode 20
2013 The Venture Bros. Amber (Voice) Guest Star"?Season 5, Episode 5
2013 Drunk History Herself Season 1, Episode 6 - Detroit



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