Brooke Elizabeth Burns is an American actress, fitness model, and television personality best known for her role as Jessie Owens in the famous drama series Baywatch. She is well known for her role in the commercially successful film Shallow Hal, which was released in 2001. From 1995 to 1996, she starred as Peg, a supporting character in the Spanish-American teen sitcom Out of the Blue.

Burns is also recognized for presenting the GSN game program The Chase and the NBC game show Dog Eat Dog, both of which earned her Daytime Emmy and Teen Choice Award nominations.
Conan the Adventurer, Mortal Kombat: Conquest, North Shore, The Most Wonderful Time of the Year, Motor City Masters, and Where Hope Grows are among her other notable works.

From 1999 until 2002, she was married to Julian McMahon, an Australian actor and model. Madison Elizabeth McMahon, the couple’s daughter, was born in June 2000. Gavin O’Connor, an American director, has been her husband since 2013. Declan Welles, the couple’s daughter, was born in January 2017. They live in the Los Angeles area.

Brooke Burns’ Salary, Net Worth, and Height

Brooke Burns current net worth is estimated to be at $3 million. Her career as a fashion model, actor, and TV personality has garnered her a respectable sum of money. Where Hope Grows, Titanic II, Dancing Trees, Smoke Jumper aka Trial by Fire, Urban Decay, Death to the Supermodels, Gourmet Detective, Community, Motor City Masters, The Chase, Borderline Murder, Melrose, Hole in the Wall, Pepper Dennis, and North Shore are among the films and television shows in which she has appeared. Burns gets roughly $50,000 as a fashion model. She was the proud owner of a $54,000 BMW 5 Series 530d M Sports.

Burns starred in the film Shallow Hall, which garnered mixed reviews from reviewers in 2001. The film grossed $70.7 million in the United States, for a total of $141.1 million worldwide, despite having a production budget of under $40 million. Brooke Burns is 5 feet and 8.5 inches tall (174 cm). She has tens of thousands of Twitter followers.

Accidents and Volunteering

Burns was engaged in a tragic auto accident on November 10, 2005, in which she shattered her neck. Her mishap, she claimed, might have been fatal.

“I fractured my neck; it was a typical chin-to-chest break.” She add More.

“If I had been alone, I would have most likely died.”

Burns has recovered completely, but she still has a titanium fusion in her neck that includes a plate, rod, and ten screws. She became affiliated with the Think First National Injury Prevention Foundation and the North American Spine Society as a result of her car accident. The groups aided in bringing spinal injuries to the attention of the public.

Burns also supports the Life Rolls On Foundation, which assists persons with spinal cord injuries in resuming an active lifestyle. While filming Baywatch, she also taught inner-city children to swim and worked as a lifeguard.

Brooke Burns’ Childhood and Education

Brooke Burns is the daughter of Brad and Betsy Burns and was born on March 16, 1978, in Dallas, Texas, United States. She and her two sisters were raised in her hometown of Texas. She is White American by ethnicity and American by country.

Burns spent her adolescent years pursuing a career as a ballet dancer, which she did for over 12 years. After damaging a ligament in her knee during a skiing accident at the age of 15, she transitioned into modeling. She and her family then relocated to Europe to pursue a full-time modeling career.

Brooke Burns’ Professional Career as a TV Host

Brooke Burns rose to prominence after appearing on television in the late 1990s. She began her professional television career in 1995-96 as Peg in the teen sitcom Out of the Blue. Burns played Jessie Owens in the American action drama series Baywatch from 1998 to 2001. She appeared in the series alongside David Hasselhoff, Pamela Anderson, and Alexandra Paul, among others. From June 2002 to June 2003, Burns hosted NBC’s game program Dog Eat Dog. She was also nominated for a Teen Choice Award for her outstanding performance on the show. In 2006, she portrayed Kathy Dinkle in the WB television series Pepper Dennis.

Nicole Booth in North Shore, Jennifer Cullen in The Most Wonderful Time of the Year, and Abby Morgan in Borderline Murder are among Burn’s other memorable television roles. She got Emmy nomination in 2016 for the best game show host on the GSN game show The Chase along with British television personality Mark Labbett. Her recent work includes Motor City Masters, Community, Mom, and Christmas Connection among others.

Some of her other hits are:

Film Career

Burns made her film debut in 2001 playing the role of Ugly Katrina in romantic comedy film Shallow Hal. The movie gained mixed reviews from critics. She then went on to portray Jan Lambert in Single White Female 2: The Psycho. She also appeared in the Urban Decay, Titanic II, and Where Hope Grows.

Brooke Burns’ Personal Life

The versatile American actress Brooke Burns has been married twice. At present, she is married to her film director husband of four years, Gavin O’Connor. The couple first met in late 2012 and started dating after a few months.

They tied the knot on June 22, 2013, in a private ceremony. In October 2016, Burns made a public announcement regarding her pregnancy and welcomed their child, a daughter Declan Welles, on January 22, 2017. She currently lives in Los Angeles along with her family.

The former Baywatch star Burns was married to Australian actor and model Julian McMahon, in 1999. McMahon is the son of the former Prime Minister of Australia Sir William McMahon. Along with her ex-husband McMahon, Burns has a daughter named Madison Elizabeth McMahon who was born in June 2000. The couple eventually divorced in 2001. She was reportedly engaged to Bruce Wills for a year from 2003-04.

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