Brooke Dillman is an American actress and comedian best known as a series regular on the sketch comedy show ''

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''.

Early life and education

Dillman earned a Bachelor of Arts degree at the

University of Missouri The University of Missouri (Mizzou or MU) is a public university, public Land-grant university, land-grant research university in Columbia, Missouri, United States. It is Missouri's largest university and the flagship of the four-campus Univers ...

in 1988.

Career

While in Chicago, Dillman created several of her favorite characters in the local theater scene, including stints at the

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and the Organic Theatre. She then moved to

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in 1998 and was featured in TV commercials prior to being cast as a regular on the variety series ''

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''. Other roles followed, such as the weather-casting nun, Sister Brenda Trogman, in

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's ''

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'', a blind date for Michael Scott in the NBC's ''

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'' episode " Chair Model" from season 4, and a recurring role on HBO's '' Six Feet Under''. Dillman has appeared in the feature films ''

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'', ''Larceny'', ''Pot of Gold'', and ''

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''. After the final season of the sketch comedy TV series ''

'', in which she was a regular cast member, Dillman reunited with ''Blue Collar'' comedian

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in his film '' Larry the Cable Guy: Health Inspector''. She also appeared on the YouTube comedy-mystery

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' in Episode 7 "A bear and Honey" on 23 Aug 2012 as 'Honey Garrett'. She also has a recurring role in the Disney XD show ''

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'' as Joan Malone, the security guard at the strip mall, and played Tink Babbitt on ABC’s The Middle from 2009 to 2018. Dillman also played a role in ''

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'' as Karen, Amy Duncan's boss and enemy. She also starred for three seasons on the TBS comedy '' Wrecked'' as Karen Cushman.

Filmography

Film

Television

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Dillman, Brooke Living people American women comedians American film actresses American television actresses University of Missouri alumni 20th-century American actresses 21st-century American actresses 20th-century American comedians 21st-century American comedians Year of birth missing (living people)