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Yvette Brown

  • Birthplace: Cleveland, Ohio, USA
  • Birthday: August 12, 1971

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 array of national TV spots for such major brands as Pine-sol, CitiBank, Hallmark, DiGior…more

Credits

Actor

Career Milestones

  • 2009

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

  • 2009

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

  • 2008

    Had a small role as Matthew McConaughey's assistant in "Tropic Thunder"

  • 2008

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

  • 2006

    Had a small role as Curtis' Secretary in the film "Dreamgirls"