Brooke Smith (actress)

Brooke Smith
Born	(1967-05-22) May 22, 1967 New York, New York, U.S.
Spouse(s)	Steve Lubensky (1999–present)[1]
Children	2

Brooke Smith (born May 22, 1967) is an American actress. She is known for her role on the TV show Grey's Anatomy as Dr. Erica Hahn and for her role as Catherine Martin in the 1991 film The Silence of the Lambs. She recently guest starred on Freeform's Stitchers, which aired April 12, 2016.

Early life

Brooke Smith was born in New York City. Her father, Eugene "Gene" Smith, worked as a publisher. Her mother, publicist Lois Smith (née Lois Eileen Wollenweber), had worked with Robert Redford and other actors and directors.^[2][3]

Career

Smith has appeared in numerous films, including The Moderns (1988), The Silence of the Lambs (1991), The Night We Never Met (1993), Mr. Wonderful (1993), Vanya on 42nd Street (1994), Last Summer in the Hamptons (1995), Trees Lounge (1996), Kansas City (1996), The Broken Giant (1998), Remembering Sex (1998), Random Hearts (1999), Eventual Wife (2000), Series 7: The Contenders (2001), For Earth Below (2002), Bad Company (2002), Melinda and Melinda (2004), Iron Jawed Angels (2004), Shooting Vegetarians (2005), In Her Shoes (2005), The Namesake (2006), and Interstellar (2014).

Television

Smith appeared as a guest star on the sixth season of Crossing Jordan as Dr. Kate Switzer, as one of Claire Fisher's art teachers on Six Feet Under and on Weeds as the ex-wife of Peter Scottson, the late husband of main character Nancy Botwin.

Brooke originated the role of Andrea in the pilot of the ABC drama Dirty Sexy Money, but was replaced by Sheryl Lee after she became a series regular on Grey's Anatomy.^[4]

She has also had roles in Homicide: Life on the Street, Law & Order: Criminal Intent, Law & Order, Criminal Minds and The Hunger.

In 2012, Smith also appeared in an episode of the second season of the FX TV series American Horror Story. In 2015, she appeared in the Showtime series Ray Donovan.

Grey’s Anatomy

Smith returned to her role as Dr. Erica Hahn in Season 4 of Grey's Anatomy, in episode 5 “Haunt You Every Day”, in which it was announced that Dr. Hahn would become the hospital’s head of cardiothoracics, sealing Smith as the series’ newest season regular, but was let go after seven episodes into season 5.^[5][6]

On November 3, 2008, Smith told Entertainment Weekly that her character was being written out of Grey’s Anatomy. Smith stated that she was “really, really shocked”, and suggested that network executives’ discomfort with her character’s lesbian relationship might be the reason for her ousting. However, Shonda Rhimes, the show's creator, said that Smith was dismissed from the series because the writers did not find that the "magic and chemistry" that Smith's character had with Sara Ramirez's character, Callie Torres, would sustain in the long run.^[7]

Politics

Smith spoke at an Open the Debates rally in Denver, Colorado, at the Magness Arena in opposition to the Commission on Presidential Debates exclusion of third party candidates from the nationally televised Presidential debates and in support of Independent Presidential Candidate Ralph Nader on August 27, 2008.^[8]

Personal life

She was a participant in the New York City hardcore punk scene of the late 1980s, as evidenced by her photo gallery submission to the site “Street Boners and TV Carnage”.^[9][10]

Smith married Russian cinematographer Steve Lubensky on January 6, 1999.^[11] They have a daughter together, Fanny Grace Lubensky, born March 12, 2003 in New York City.^[12][13] In May 2008, she and her husband adopted a baby girl from Ethiopia, named Lucy Dinknesh Lubensky.^[14] They currently live in Upper West Side of New York City^[1] and Beachwood Canyon, Los Angeles, California.^[12]

Filmography

References

External links

• Brooke Smith at the Internet Movie Database