Brooke Adams (born February 8, 1949) is an American actress, best known for her film roles in Days of Heaven (1978), Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1978) and The Dead Zone (1983).
Adams was born on February 8, 1949, in New York City, to Rosalind (née Gould), an actress, and Robert K. Adams, who was a producer, actor, and former vice president of CBS, as well as an unverified descendant of presidents John Adams and John Quincy Adams. Her sister is actress Lynne Adams. She attended the High School of Performing Arts and the School of American Ballet, and in her youth took dance classes at her aunt's studio in Montague, Michigan.
After playing roles in television and low-budget films such as Shock Waves, Adams appeared in Car Wash (1976), Days of Heaven (1978) and the remake of Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1978), for which she was nominated for the Saturn Award for Best Actress. She has also starred in the films Cuba (1979), The Dead Zone (1983), Key Exchange (1985) and Gas Food Lodging (1992), the latter earning her a nomination for the Independent Spirit Award for Best Supporting Female. In 1990, she was an actress in the play The Heidi Chronicles.
In 2002, she appeared in the romantic comedy Made-Up, which was written by her sister Lynne Adams and directed by her husband Tony Shalhoub. In 2005 Adams appeared in the films At Last and The Legend of Lucy Keyes. The same year, she starred on Broadway in The Cherry Orchard. She guest-starred in Monk, the series starring her husband, appearing in five different episodes, playing four different roles, and appearing once more in its TV movie Mr. Monk's Last Case: A Monk Movie. She also guest starred with him in an episode of Wings several years before. In 2010, she returned to Broadway in Lend Me a Tenor. In 2015, she starred in web series with her sister named "All Downhill From Here". In recent years, Adams has been performing on the stage, such as in the play "Madwomen of the West" from 2023-2024. 2025, she had a role in the off-Broadway play, "Pen Pals".
Adams has been married to actor Tony Shalhoub since 1992. They have two daughters, both of whom were adopted.
They own a property on Martha's Vineyard.
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