Yvette Nicole Brown
Yvette Nicole Brown
Community, Josh & Drake
Yvette Nicole Brown landed her first television role, a two-episode gig playing Toni Childs' sister, Sherri, on Girlfriends, by chance. Casting director Robi Reed called her in to audition from a post card submission. Yvette had no credits and no agent. That stroke of serendipity at the beginning of her career, taught Yvette that you never know how God is going to move in your life and career. Booking a series regular role two months later, on the first pilot she auditioned for proved the point. That show, ABC's The Big House, only lasted a few episodes; but that experience proved to be a blessing as well. Through it, Yvette learned the transient nature of the business and to always "travel light".
Yvette has since appeared on shows as varied as Entourage, Curb Your Enthusiasm, The Office, That's So Raven, Half & Half, Sleeper Cell, House, Two and a Half Men, That 70's Show and Boston Legal where she got to perform "Big, Blonde & Beautiful" from Hairspray. It was a bit of a homecoming because she is no stranger to singing. Yvette was managed by Michael Bivins (of New Edition and BBD) and signed to Motown Records when she was just a teen.
Younger viewers may know Yvette from her recurring role on Nickelodeon's Drake & Josh where she played movie theatre manager, Helen Ophelia Dubois. It was supposed to be a one-time role but it turned into four years of employment and introduced Yvette and her silliness to the best group of fans in the world - kids! The cast of Drake & Josh reunited in 2008 for the holiday movie, Merry Christmas: Drake & Josh, a film that broke Nickelodeon viewership records when it was seen by over 8 million viewers the night it debuted. It has since gone on to become an annual holiday favorite.
She has also had a successful career in commercials and has appeared in 40 national spots. In addition, she has a burgeoning film career. She made her film debut in the romantic comedy Little Black Book working alongside Brittany Murphy and Oscar winners Holly Hunter and Kathy Bates. Her next film, Michael Bay's futuristic thriller, The Island, put her on the set with Ewan McGregor and Scarlett Johansson. Supporting roles in other films including Dreamgirls, The Kid and I, Tropic Thunder, and Meet Dave soon followed.
In 2009 and 2010, Yvette was seen on the big screen again in Hotel for Dogs starring Emma Robert and Don Cheadle, the romantic comedy The Ugly Truth starring Katherine Heigl and Gerard Butler, the indie hit (500) Days of Summer with Zooey Deschanel and Joseph Gordon-Levitt; as well as the action thriller Repo Men where she played against type and shared the screen with Jude Law and Oscar winner Forest Whitaker.
Currently, you can watch Yvette every week on the single-camera comedy Community which airs Thursdays on NBC. She can also be heard as the voice of "Cookie" on the new animated series Pound Puppies which airs weekly on the HUB Network (formerly Discovery Kids).
A proud native of East Cleveland, Ohio, Yvette now resides in Los Angeles, California.
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