Brooke Williams
Brooke Williams is a New Zealand actress, best known for her role as Jennsen Rahl in Legend of the Seeker, Aurelia in and Eva in The Almighty Johnsons.
Early life and education
Williams was born in Christchurch, where she spent her childhood. At a very young age, she decided to become an actress and started performing in amateur theatre and attending acting courses.She moved to London, where, starting in 2001, she trained at Mme Course, Acting for Screen and the Globe Theatre, joining its theatre company. In 2002 she participated in the Edinburgh Festival Fringe acting in Gogo the Boy with Magic Feet, for which she won a Total Theatre Award. After returning to New Zealand, she worked at the Court Theatre in Christchurch; she moved North in 2004 to graduate in Performing and Screen Arts at the New Zealand Drama School: she gained the degree in 2006.
Career
In 2007 she moved to Auckland, where she joined the Auckland Theatre Company, playing the lead role in Romeo & Juliet.Her television career began in 2005, acting in the movie Meet Me in Miami; then appearing in the television series ', its prequel ' and Legend of the Seeker. In 2008, Williams acted in a spot for Griffin Solay. Two years later, she won two NZ Herald Best of Theatre Awards.
In 2011, she appeared in the video of the song Myth Reducer by Sleeping Dogs and joined Shortland Street, playing Lana. In 2012, Williams portraited Aurelia in again.
She resigned from Shortland Street in early 2013.
Filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 2009 | Go Girls | Wanda | 3 episodes |
| 2009–2010 | Legend of the Seeker | Jennsen Rahl | Episodes: "Bloodline", "Fever" and "Unbroken" |
| 2010 | This Is Not My Life | Crystal | Episode #1.3 |
| 2010 | Outrageous Fortune | Elena | 4 episodes |
| 2011 | Ice | Milly | Television miniseries |
| 2010–2012 | ', ' | Aurelia | Recurring role, 6 episodes |
| 2011 | ' | Aurelia | Episode: "Past Transgressions" |
| 2011–2012 | ' | Eva | Recurring role, 8 episodes |
| 2011–2013 | Shortland Street | Lana Jacobs | Recurring role, 204 episodes |
| 2014 | Anzac Girls | Sister Edith 'Poppy' Popplewell | 2 episodes |
| 2015 | True Crime: Venus and Mars | Caroline Blake | Television film |
| 2016-2017 | The Shannara Chronicles | Catania | Recurring role |
| 2016–2018 | 12 Monkeys | Hannah | Recurring role |
| 2019 | Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. | Snowflake | Recurring role |