Paget Brewster

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Biography

Dark-haired and quick witted, with a winning smile and a mischievous allure, Brewster broke through as a talk show host on the aptly named late-night series "The Paget Show", aired on San Francisco's KPIX. Fielding topics that ranged from serious family disputes to drag queen makeovers, she had a likable, spunky presence and came across well in the genre. The series was courted by syndication companies, the USA Network and Fox, but despite …
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Job Title

Actor

Born

March 10, 1969

Career Milestones

Headed west to San Francisco with Sleeping Pills; the band soon broke up and Brewster decided to pursue acting

Raised in Concord, Massachusets

Starred in the failed Fox pilots "World on a String", "MV24" and "Ghost Cop" and the CBS pilot "The Expert"

Worked on the San Francisco-based public access TV show "Strange America", writing and performing in comedy sketches

1987

Moved to New York City at age 18, attending Parsons School of Design and singing in rock bands including Sleeping Pills (date approximate)

1995

Hosted "The Paget Show", her own local late-night talk show in San Francisco, eyed for syndication and nationwide cable broadcast during the talk show boom

1995

Moved to Los Angeles

1997

Played recurring role of Kathy, a girlfriend of dim actor Joey who falls for his ascerbic roommate Chandler, on NBC's "Friends"

1998

Voiced reporter Audrey Timmonds in a recurring role on the Fox animated adaptation "Godzilla: The Series"

1999

Co-starred as a kindergarten teacher from a privileged background who falls in love with the superintendent of her apartment building in the CBS sitcom "Love & Money"

2000

Had featured role in the ABC fall sitcom "The Trouble with Normal"

2002

Co-starred in midseason replacement sitcom "Andy Richter Controls the Universe"

2004

Cast as Beth Huffstodt in the Showtime original series "Huff"

2004

Cast in the black comedy "Eulogy"

2006

Cast in the teen comedy, "Unaccompanied Minors"

2006

Joined the cast of the CBS crime drama "Criminal Minds"