Yvette Nicole Brown

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Biography

Her cherubic, wide-eyed visage made her a regular in American households via a flurry of national television commercials in the 2000s, but few knew her name until Yvette Nicole Brown joined the mismatched ensemble of NBC's hit sitcom "Community" (2009- ). An Ohio native, Brown flirted early with a musical career, before she found herself peculiarly attractive to commercial casting agents. Beginning in 2003, Brown began racking up an impressive …
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Job Title

Actor

Born

August 12, 1971

Career Milestones

2009

Cast as series regular Shirley Bennett on the NBC series "Community"

2009

Appeared in "The Ugly Truth," starring Katherine Heigl and Gerard Butler

2008

Made a cameo as Matthew McConaughey's assistant in "Tropic Thunder"

2008

Reprised role of Helen Ophelia Dubois for the holiday movie "Merry Christmas, Drake & Josh" (Nickelodeon)

2006

Landed a minor role as Curtis' Secretary in the film adaptation of the musical "Dreamgirls"

2005

Appeared in Michael Bay's futuristic thriller "The Island"

2004

Landed a recurring role on Nickelodeon's "Drake & Josh," as movie theater manager Helen Ophelia Dubois

2004

Cast as a series regular on ABC's short-lived "The Big House"

2004

Made film debut in the romantic comedy "Little Black Book"

2003

First television role, appeared on two episodes of UPN's "Girlfriends"