Yvette Nicole Brown

Yvette Nicole Brown Biography

Yvette Nicole Brown (born August 12, 1971) is an American actress and comedian. Brown has appeared in various commercials, television shows, and films throughout her career. Currently, she appears as Shirley Bennett on the NBC comedy series Community.

Life and career

Brown was born in East Cleveland, Ohio. She is a member of Alpha Kappa Alpha sorority. She became a member as an undergrad at The University of Akron (Delta Pi chapter). Brown took two acting classes, one at the University of Akron, where she graduated, and the other in Hollywood.

She appeared as "Yvette" in the music video "1-4-All-4-1" by the East Coast Family a Michael Bivins project, for Biv10 Records. Brown said of the experience, "It was a great run, but I guess music was just never meant to be for me."

Brown first appeared on commercials before entering television shows and films a few years later. She has since played roles on television shows such as The War At Home, Malcolm in the Middle, That's So Raven, and the U.S. version of The Office. She also had a recurring role as movie theater manager Helen Dubois in the Nickelodeon TV show Drake & Josh. Brown reprised the role in the season 2 episode of Victorious entitled "Helen Back Again." She also provides the voice of "Cookie" on The Hub's Pound Puppies.

Since 2009, Brown has starred on the NBC comedy Community as Shirley Bennett. Brown is very active with fans of the show on Twitter and in person at live events.

She has appeared in television commercials for Hamburger Helper, Big Lots, Pine-Sol, Comcast, Aquapod, Shout, Fiber One, Yoplait Yogurt, DiGiorno Pizza, Dairy Queen, and Time Warner. She has appeared on episodes of The Thrilling Adventure Hour as "The Troubleshooter" in the Sparks Nevada, Marshall On Mars series.

In 2012, Brown appeared as a celebrity contestant on GSN's version of The Pyramid with fellow Community cast member Danny Pudi.

Filmography

Film
Year	Film	Role	Notes
2000	His Woman, His Wife
2003	180 Miles Away	Other Woman
2004	Little Black Book	Production Assistant
2005	The Kid & I	Bunny
2005	The Island	Nurse
2006	Dreamgirls	Curtis' Secretary
2008	The Neighbor	Nurse
	Meet Dave	Old Navy Saleswoman
	Tropic Thunder	Vivica (Peck's Assistant)
	Merry Christmas, Drake & Josh	Helen Dubois
2009	(500) Days of Summer	New Secretary
	Hotel for Dogs	Ms. Camwell
	The Ugly Truth	Dori
2010	Repo Men	Rhodesia
2013	Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters	Gray Sister
Television
Year	Title	Role	Notes
2002	For the People	Server	1 episode
2002	Do Over	Woman	1 episode
2003	Girlfriends	Sherri Childs	2 episodes
2004	Curb Your Enthusiasm	Stewardess	1 episode
	The Big House	Eartha Cleveland	6 episodes
	Two and a Half Men	Mandy	1 episode
	7th Heaven	Leah Morris	1 episode
	Drake & Josh	Helen Dubois	15 episodes, 2004"2007
2005	Fat Actress	Woman in Restaurant	1 episode
	That's So Raven	Monica	1 episode
	That '70s Show	Sgt. Davis	1 episode
	The War at Home	Airport Security Guard	1 episode
	Hot Properties	Oprah-Head	1 episode
2006	Sleeper Cell	Woman	1 episode
	Malcolm in the Middle	Female Security Agent #2	1 episode
	House	Nurse	1 episode
2007	The Loop	Isabelle Miller	1 episode
	Entourage	Woman answering a phone	1 episode
	The Office	Paris the Staples Employee	1 episode
	American Body Shop	Insurance Agent	1 episode
	Boston Legal	Doris Thumper	2 episodes
2008	Kath & Kim	City Hall Employee	"Competition"
2009	Rules of Engagement	Mrs. Alberts	1 episode
2009	True Jackson, VP	Coral Barns	1 episode
2009"present	Community	Shirley Bennett	Main role; Gracie Allen Awards (2011: Outstanding Supporting Actress - Comedy Series)
2010	House	Assistant	1 episode
2010"present	Pound Puppies	Cookie (voice)	Main role
2011	Family Guy	Sassy Black Nurse (voice)	1 episode
	Victorious	Helen Dubois	1 episode
	Chuck	Buy More Employee	1 episode
2012	The Soul Man	Robin	2 episodes
2012	Match Game	Panelist	Montreal-based, English-language version. 2 episodes to date.
2013	Talking Dead	Panelist	2 episodes to date.
2013	Mattie	Pauline Lewis	1 episodes to date.
2013	Hollywood Game Night	Herself	Episode: "Don't Kill My Buzz-er"

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