Brooke Smith

Personal context

Summary

Brooke Smith is an American actor and photographer known for The Silence of the Lambs, Grey’s Anatomy, and roles across television dramas. Her photography book Sunday Matinee collects images from New York’s 1980s hardcore punk scene. In 2008, she spoke at a rally supporting Ralph Nader’s effort to include third-party candidates in presidential debates, saying she was disillusioned with the two major-party candidates. No public statements on identity politics or DEI advocacy are on record.