Paget Brewster Biography

Paget Valerie Brewster (born March 10, 1969) is an American actress. Her best known roles are Kathy on NBC's Friends (first as Joey's girlfriend and later Chandler's), Supervisory Special Agent Emily Prentiss on CBS's Criminal Minds, and Elise and Mr. Mumbles on The Hub's Dan Vs.

Career

Brewster had a short-lived Bay Area talk show in the mid 1990s called The Paget Show. She first came to prominent attention in her recurring role as "Kathy" in the fourth season of NBC's Friends. She appeared in Andy Richter Controls the Universe and Huff. On film she played Ms. Indestructible, the female lead in James Gunn's low-budget superhero comedy The Specials (2000). She played Amy Pierson, a calculus teacher afraid of the water, in the independent film The Big Bad Swim, which premiered at the 2006 Tribeca Film Festival.

In 2005, she began voice work as Judy Sebben/Birdgirl, a recurring character on the animated series Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law.

Brewster had a long run with the show Criminal Minds, playing multi-lingual Supervisory Special Agent Emily Prentiss. However, during the show's sixth season she and A. J. Cook were released from their contracts by CBS in a cost-cutting move. In the end, owing to complaints from the fans, both she and Cook were rehired and kept for the following season. On February 15, 2012, Brewster announced via Deadline that she was leaving Criminal Minds at the end of the season to pursue a possible career in comedy television. On April 23, 2012, Brewster completed filming her final episode of Criminal Minds.

Brewster's first role after Criminal Minds was portraying a bureau chief ADA in the Public Integrity Unit of the District Attorney's office on NBC's long-running legal drama Law & Order: Special Victims Unit. Her character was tasked with handling the case against Special Victims Unit commanding officer Captain Donald Cragen (Dann Florek), who had fallen under suspicion of murder after waking up beside a dead woman in the 13th season finale.

Brewster is a regular on The Thrilling Adventure Hour, a staged production in the style of old-time radio that is held monthly at the Coronet Theatre. She plays the recurring character of Sadie Doyle, the alcoholic socialite who can communicate with the supernatural alongside her husband, Frank (Paul F. Tompkins), in the "Beyond Belief" segments. In early April 2013 Brewster appeared in Modern Family as Trish in Episode 20 - Flip Flop playing an art expert who is dating Gloria's ex-husband, Javier. On August 13, 2013, Brewster appeared in episode 105 of the Drunk History television series on Comedy Central.

Personal life

Brewster was born on March 10, 1969 in Concord, Massachusetts. Her mother, Hathaway Brewster (née Tew), worked as a government official, and her father, Galen Brewster, worked as a school administrator. She has a younger brother, Ivan.

Brewster grew up in Massachusetts and moved to New York City to attend Parsons School of Design. During her first year, she made her acting debut and eventually dropped out of design school to pursue her acting career. In the mid '90s, Brewster moved to San Francisco and enrolled in acting classes. She currently resides in Los Angeles.

On the March 30, 2006, episode of Late Night with Conan O'Brien, Brewster revealed that she had recently received a handwritten note indicating Hugh Hefner would like her to pose for Playboy. She seriously considered the offer, but even though she said that she admired Playboy more than magazines such as Maxim and FHM and her parents gave her their blessing, she eventually turned it down for career reasons. She has, however, photographed spreads of other models for SuicideGirls. Brewster was previously known as a retro pin-up model in the Los Angeles area as well as a retro photographer. She has volunteered as an actress with the Young Storytellers Program.

Brewster is currently in a relationship with musician Steve Damstra of the band Folded Light, a close friend of her former Criminal Minds co-star Matthew Gray Gubler. On March 17, 2013, she announced via Twitter that the couple were engaged to be married by posting a photograph of the jade engagement ring upon her finger.

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1998	Let's Talk About Sex	Michelle
1998	Max Q	Rena Winter
2000	'	Jenny Spy
2000	Star Patrol	Rachel Striker
2000	One True Love	Tina
2000	'	Ms. Indestructible
2000	Desperate But Not Serious	Frances
2001	Last Dance
2001	Agent 15	Agent 15
2001	Hollywood Palms	Phoebe
2001	Skippy	Julie Fontaine
2002	Now You Know	Lea
2003	'
2003	Brainwarp	Lipstikk	Video short
2004	Eulogy	Aunt Lily
2005	Man of the House	Binky Beauregard
2005	My Big Fat Independent Movie	Julianne
2005	Amber Frey: Witness for the Prosecution	Carol Carter
2006	Cyxork 7	Bethany Feral
2006	'	Amy Pierson	Main Role
2006	Kidney Thieves	Melinda
2006	Unaccompanied Minors	Valerie Davenport
2006	'	Allyson Harlan
2007	Sublime	Andrea / PVS Host	Video
2008	Lost Behind Bars	Lauren Wilde
2012	Batman: The Dark Knight Returns	Lana Lang	Voice Only

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1997"1998	Friends	Kathy	Guest Role in Season 4 (six episodes)
1998	Ghost Cop	Anette	Episode: "Pilot"
1998	Godzilla: The Series	Audrey Timmonds (voice)	Season 1 Episode 1
1999	The Expert	Dr. Jo Hardy	Episode: "Pilot"
1999"2000	Love & Money	Allison Conklin	Main Cast Season 1 (13 episodes)
2000"2001	The Trouble With Normal	Claire Garletti	Main Role Season 1 (13 episodes)
2001	DAG	Patti Donovan	Season 1 Episode 10"
2001	Raising Dad	Gracie	Season 1 Episode 2
2002	George Lopez	Ginger	Season 2 Episode 7
2002"2004	Andy Richter Controls the Universe	Jessica Green	Main Cast Seasons 1"2 (19 episodes)
2003	Time Belt	Col. Jocelyn Anchor	Season 1 Episode 5
2004	Rock Me, Baby	Debbie	Season 1 Episode 12
2004"2006	Huff	Beth Huffstodt	Main Cast Seasons 1"2 (25 episodes)
2005	Two and a Half Men	Jamie Eckleberry	Season 2 Episode 12
2005	Duck Dodgers	Rona Vipra (voice)	Season 3 Episodes 9+13
2005"2007	Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law	Birdgirl (voice)	Recurring Role Seasons 1"4 (19 episodes)
2005"2011	American Dad!	Various (voice)	Recurring Role in Seasons 1"7 (13 episodes)
2005"2006	Stacked	Charlotte	Episode: "Pilot" Season 2 Episodes 13"14
2006	Drawn Together	Child Services (voice)	Season 2 Episode 9
2006"2012	Criminal Minds	Emily Prentiss	Main Role in Seasons 2"7 (126 episodes)
2007, 2012	Law & Order: Special Victims Unit	Sheila Tierney ADA Paula Foster	Season 8 Episode 10 Season 14 Episodes 1"2
2009	King of the Hill	Myrna (voice)	Season 13 Episode 8
2011"2012	Dan Vs.	Elise and Mr. Mumbles (voice)	Main Cast Seasons 1"2 (27 episodes)
2012	Talking Dead	Herself	Season 1 Episode 9
2013	Modern Family	Trish	Guest Star"?Season 4, Episode 20
2013	The Venture Bros.	Amber (Voice)	Guest Star"?Season 5, Episode 5
2013	Drunk History	Herself	Season 1, Episode 6 - Detroit