BIOGRAPHY

Brooke Burfitt is best known for her roles in Lifetime movies; Murder At Highland Manor, My Husband’s Other Face, Labor, Lies and Murder, Christmas at the Castle, Maternal Secrets, Secret Lives of Sister Wives and Shattered Vows.  Brooke leads Great American’s Family Christmas Lovers Anonymous, Amazon Prime’s Finding Love In Saint Lucia,  Super Channel’s A Toast To Love and Candy Cane’s A Jar Full Of Christmas.

Brooke spent her early years in Sydney, Australia, before starting primary school at l’écoles publiques de Magagnosc in the south of France. Her family moved to England when she was 7, and they settled in Virginia Water, Surrey until Brooke finished higher education at The Lady Eleanor Holles School. Her mother is Louise Burfitt-Dons, born in Kuwait, and is a crime thriller writer and the founder of charity Act Against Bullying. Her father, Donald Burfitt-Dons, born in Taranaky, New Zealand, was an airline captain for Qantas for thirty-eight years. She has one sister, Arabella Burfitt-Dons, who also works in the film industry.

Brooke graduated from University College of London, majoring in Economics and Business with East European Studies. Whilst studying, in the summer of 2009, she entered “Hollyoaks Desperately Seeking”, the nationwide search for the new character India in Hollyoaks. Brooke was selected for the final three to go on T4 Saturday, where a live audience watched when Beth Kingston was awarded the role. Post university, Brooke received her debut feature film role in Mark Noyce’s film “On The Ropes” where she played the role of Sarah, alongside Joe Egan, former sparring partner of Mike Tyson. Other British film roles followed as Noreen next to John Thomson (Cold Feet, Fast Show) in comic book comedy “Pulp”, Sally Sneed in Martin Gooch’s feature “Death” and supporting lead role of Kate in Netflix UK film “Plan Z”.

In her first Lifetime movie role, Brooke played the villain in “Maternal Secrets”, starring Kate Mansi (Days of our Lives) and Kelly McGillis (Top Gun). “Christmas at the Castle” would air later the same year on Lifetime. Burfitt stars alongside Dan Jeannotte, Geraldine Somerville, Caprice and Nicholas Farrell in this festive feel-good romance TV movie. It’s also been broadcast around the world, including UK’s Christmas24, Greece’s Kosmote, New Zealand’s Sky Go, France’s M6 and RTL in Benelux. As a big Christmas fanatic, Brooke has loved her roles in a number of seasonal movies with “A Jar Full Of Christmas”, “Mocha & Mistletoe” and “Most Wonderful Time”. Her most recent role is in upcoming festive film “Christmas in Wales”.

Brooke is married to attorney Rhys Williams and mother to daughter Dempsie Lee and fur baby Bailey.