Brooke Lyons

Brooke Ashley Lyons (born November 8, 1980) is an American actress. She is known for her roles as Amy in the 2008 film Welcome Home Roscoe Jenkins and as Peach Landis in the CBS sitcom 2 Broke Girls.

Early life and education Lyons was born in Washington, D.C. She is the daughter of surgeon James R. Lyons and dancer Penny A. Lyons (née Sousa). She is of Italian, Irish and Portuguese descent and grew up in Fairfield and New Haven, Connecticut, and several other towns in the state. She spent a lot of her youth both dancing and riding horses, giving up the latter to focus on the former. She ultimately had surgery to correct her spine. The book was published before she began classes at Yale in 1999. She also worked in the productions The Maids and Heartbreak House. She received additional acting training at The Groundlings in Los Angeles. She and Osswald have a son, born in August 2017. Lyons co-starred in two films that Osswald produced, the short film To Sonnets and the television film A Deadly Adoption.

Filmography

Film Year Title Role Notes 2005 Erica 2007 Protecting the King Monica X's & O's Hazel 2008 Welcome Home Roscoe Jenkins Amy Dori TV movie Dark Reel Tanya Kismen 2009 Kristen Short Sarah Lambert Good: The Green Hotel Concierge (voice) Short 2010 Sarah Short Beautiful Boy TV reporter voice 2012 To Sonnets - Short 2015 Christine TV movie 2016 Waitlisted Priscilla Short 2022 40ish... Gayle Short 2023 Some Other Woman Chelsea Ranza 2025 Bad Men Must Bleed Sarah Wallace

Television Year Title Role Notes 2004 American Dreams Erin Episode: "A Clear and Present Danger" 2006 That's So Raven Nikki Logan Episode: "Unhappy Medium" 2008 Edie Episode: "Mollywood" 2009 Desperate Housewives Candace Episode: "Never Judge a Lady by Her Lover" 2010 Important Things with Demetri Martin Helen Episode: "Strategy" DateaHuman.com Ruthie Main Cast 2011 Law & Order: LA Greta Thomas Episode: "Benedict Canyon" Love Bites Coby Episode: "Keep on Truckin'" 2011–12 2 Broke Girls Peach Landis Recurring Cast: Season 1 2012 Jane by Design Birdie Recurring Cast Sullivan & Son Ashley Episode: "Pilot: Last, Best, and Final" Royal Pains Talia Clarke Episode: "Something Fishy This Way Comes" 2013 Nancy Episode: "Sixteen-Inch Softball" Psych Elisa Episode: "Psych: The Musical" 2014 Two and a Half Men Gwen Episode: "Baseball. Boobs. Boobs. Baseball." Anger Management Dr. Everheart Episode: "Charlie and Jordan Go to Prison" Deadbeat Bloody Mary Episode: "Raising the Dead" Friends with Better Lives Linda Episode: "Something New" Perception Anne Episode: "Shiver" Mulaney Cassidy Episode: "Motif & the City" 2015 One Big Happy Erica Episode: "Out of the Closet" Sophie Episode: "The 40 Year-Old Her-Gin" 2015–17 iZombie Natalie Guest: Season 2, Recurring Cast: Season 3 2015–19 The Affair Eden Ellery Recurring Cast: Season 2 & 5 2016 Grandfathered Juliet Episode: "The Boyfriend Experience" The Mindy Project Theresa Miller Episode: "2 Fast 2 Serious" Bones Katie Stober Episode: "The Head in the Abutment" Party Girl Jackie Episode: "Ex Best Friend" 2018 9JKL Kim Episode: "Tell All" Life Sentence Elizabeth Abbott Rojas Main Cast 2019 Magnum P.I. Abby Miller Guest: Season 1, Recurring Cast: Season 2 2020 Lincoln Rhyme: Hunt for the Bone Collector Kate Main Cast 2021 Paradise City Capricorn Main Cast 2022 Reasonable Doubt Sarah Miller Recurring Cast: Season 1 2023 B.O. Mantovani (voice) Episode: "Faca no Ursinho" 2024 The Rookie Brenda Vaughn Episode: "Secrets and Lies"

Video games Year Title Role Notes 2016 World of Final Fantasy Princess Sarah