Brook Kerr

Brook Kerr (born November 21, 1973) is an American actress who is best known for her portrayal of Whitney Russell Harris on the television soap opera Passions and Dr. Portia Robinson on ABC's General Hospital.

Brook Kerr
Born (1973-11-21) November 21, 1973
Indianapolis, Indiana, U.S.
OccupationActress
Spouse(s)Christopher Warren
(1992-present
separated 2009)
ChildrenChris Warren

Personal life

She is a native of Indianapolis, Indiana. Kerr moved to Los Angeles after graduating high school to pursue a career in acting.

She had her son when she was 16 years old with long-time boyfriend Christopher Warren.[1] Kerr and Warren have been together since their teens, but separated in 2009.[2] Her son Chris Warren Jr. is also an actor; he has appeared as Zeke in High School Musical, High School Musical 2, and High School Musical 3.

She is featured in Kenny Chesney's video for his new single "Everybody Wants to Go to Heaven". She was also in 3T's music video "Why" feat. Michael Jackson in 1995. And she was in the Beenie Man Girls Dem Sugar Music Video Featuring American R&B Singer Mýa.

Career

After a variety of guest starring roles, Kerr's first role in a main cast was on the soap opera Passions where she starred as Whitney Russell Harris from the show's debut in 1999 until 2007. In 2008, she starred as Tara Thornton in the unaired first pilot of the HBO TV series True Blood, and was subsequently replaced by Rutina Wesley for that role. After guest roles in series such as NCIS: Los Angeles and Hawaii Five-O, in 2020 she joined the cast of General Hospital as Dr. Portia Robinson [3] [4]

References
  1. "Brook Kerr". IMDb. Retrieved October 7, 2014.
  2. "Brook Kerr files for Divorce From Chris Warren". tmz.com. Retrieved October 7, 2014.
  3. Rice, Lynette (February 26, 2020). "Exclusive: General Hospital adds Passions vet Brook Kerr". Entertainment Weekly. United States: Meredith Corporation. Archived from the original on February 27, 2020. Retrieved February 27, 2020.
  4. Young, Candace (February 26, 2020). "General Hospital casts Brook Kerr as Portia Robinson". Soaps.com. United States: SheKnows Media. Archived from the original on February 27, 2020. Retrieved March 6, 2020.
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