Brooke D'Orsay
Brooke D'Orsay (born February 17, 1982) is a Canadian actress, best known for voicing the character of Caitlin Cooke on the Teletoon animated series 6teen (2004–2010) and Brooke Mayo in the 2005 movie King's Ransom. For American audiences, she is best known as Paige Collins-Lawson on Royal Pains and as Kate on Two and a Half Men. She played Deb on the Lifetime original series Drop Dead Diva and was in the Nickelodeon original movie The Boy Who Cried Werewolf as Paulina Von Eckberg.
Brooke D'Orsay
- Name
- Brooke D'Orsay
- Born
- 17 February 1982
- Birthplace
- Toronto, Ontario, Canada
- Occupation
- Actress
- Nationality
- Canada
- Education
- Richview Collegiate Institute
VALÉORINE Encyclopedia
VALÉORINE documentary reading
Documentary summary
Brooke D'Orsay (born February 17, 1982) is a Canadian actress, best known for voicing the character of Caitlin Cooke on the Teletoon animated series 6teen (2004–2010) and Brooke Mayo in the 2005 movie King's Ransom. For American audiences, she is best known as Paige Collins-Lawson on Royal Pains and as Kate on Two and a Half Men. She played Deb on the Lifetime original series Drop Dead Diva and was in the Nickelodeon original movie The Boy Who Cried Werewolf as Paulina Von Eckberg.
Admitted source layer · organised and presented by VALÉORINE
Note VALÉORINE
No house-authored Note is published until its assertions and sources pass the VALÉORINE evidence contract. The documentary article remains available in full while that enrichment is being consolidated.
Documentary enrichment in progress · no unsupported statement published
Reference Check
Propose documentary evidence for Brooke D'Orsay. A contribution is never written directly as fact: identity, source, rights and evidence gates still decide.
Sign in to contribute
World of VALÉORINE
Documentary connections
Only confirmed graph relationships appear here. Images are shown only when their identity and reuse rights both pass the documentary gate.
Documentary evidence
Evidence Panel
not yet certified
- Identity
- resolved
- Independent source families
- 0
- Admitted assertions
- 0
- Open conflicts
- 0
Authority files
wikidata · Q459839 · wikipedia · Brooke D'Orsay
In this article
Biography
Biography
Since 2017, D'Orsay has become known for her performances in Hallmark Channel's Countdown to Christmas made-for-TV films. She also acted in a 2012 movie How to Fall in Love as Anni, a broke waitress/event planner who helps a high school friend as a 'dating coach' and falls in love in the process.
Key facts
Key facts
• Name — Brooke D'Orsay • Born — 17 February 1982 • Birthplace — Toronto, Ontario, Canada • Occupation — Actress • Years Active — 2001–present
Early life
Early life
D'Orsay was born on February 17, 1982, in Toronto, Ontario to Alan D'Orsay. She has a brother John and two stepbrothers from her father's subsequent marriage to Darla; Greg and Timothy, the latter of whom died in 2020. The D'Orsay family name is of Huguenot French origin where she is of French ancestry.
Career
Career
Her first major acting role was in 2001, in the movie Why Can't I Be a Movie Star? as Jennifer Kruz. D'Orsay followed with several roles in television: Ellen in Doc, Justine in Soul Food and Felicity Fury in four episodes of Ace Lightning. D'Orsay voiced Caitlin Cooke on the Teletoon animated series 6teen. She appeared on The Big Bang Theory as Christy in the episode "The Dumpling Paradox" and How I Met Your Mother as Margaret in the episode "The Stinsons". D'Orsay was the "Nestea Girl" in a long-running commercial for Nestea's "Nestea Plunge" campaign. She had a main role on Gary Unmarried as Sasha, the head boss of the sports radio network in which the series takes place. D'Orsay played Deb Dobkins, the dead model, in the Lifetime series Drop Dead Diva and was a cast member on the USA Network series Royal Pains as Paige Collins, wife of HankMed CFO Evan R. Lawson. She also starred in the Nickelodeon original movie The Boy Who Cried Werewolf (2010) as Paulina Von Eckberg and played Kate, Walden Schmidt's girlfriend, in a recurring role on Two and a Half Men in 2012–2014.
Television
Television
• Year — Title — Role — Notes • 2002 — 'Doc' — Ellen — Episode: "All in the Family" • Soul Food — Justine — Episode: "Lovers and Other Strangers" • Everybody's Doing It — Caroline — Television film (MTV) • 2003 — My Life as a Movie — Brenda Dellacasa — Television film • Beautiful Girl — Eve Kindley — Television film (ABC) • Wild Card — Heather Robbins — Episode: "Bullet Proof" • 2004 — Then Comes Marriage — Jenna — Television film (The WB) • Braceface — Lanie (voice) — Episode: "Clean Slate" • Ace Lightning — Felicity Fury — Recurring role (4 episodes) • Medical Investigation — Melissa Getemer — Episode: "Team" • 2004–2010 — 6teen — Caitlin Cooke (voice) — Main role (93 episodes) • 2005 — Life on a Stick — Nancy — Episode: "Breaking Away" • Corner Gas — Carol — Episode: "The Littlest Yarbo" • 2006 — Happy Hour — Heather Hanson — Main role (13 episodes) • 2007 — Wildlife — Television film (NBC) • Two and a Half Men — Robin — Episode: "Young People Have Phlegm Too" • The — Christy Vanderbel — Episode: "The Dumpling Paradox" • 2008 — Five Year Plan — Darcie — Television film (NBC) • 2009 — Single White Millionaire — Angela Becker — Television film (CBS) • Psych — April MacArthur — Episode: "Six Feet Under the Sea" • How I Met Your Mother — Margaret — Episode: "The Stinsons" • 2009–2010 — Gary Unmarried — Sasha — Main role (17 episodes) • 2009–2011 — Drop Dead Diva — Deb Dobkins — Recurring role (9 episodes) • 2010 — The — Paulina Von Eckberg — Television film (Nickelodeon) • 2010–2016 — Royal Pains — Paige Collins — Main role (55 episodes) • 2011 — Smothered — Gillian — Television film (ABC) • 2012 — How to Fall in Love — Annie Hayes — Television film (Hallmark) • 2012–2014 — Two and a Half Men — Kate — Recurring role (7 episodes) • 2014 — June in January — June Fraser — Television film (Hallmark) • 2017 — Miss Christmas — Holly Khun — Television film (Hallmark) • 9JKL — Natalie — Episode: "Lovers Getaway" • 2018 — Christmas In Love — Ellie Hartman — Television Movie (Hallmark) • 2019 — Nostalgic Christmas — Anne Garrison — Television Movie (Hallmark) • 2020 — Grace and Frankie — Chelsea — Episode: "The Funky Walnut" • 2020 — Hot for My Name — Esther's Cousin — Television Movie (Happy Madison Productions) • 2020 — data-sort-value="Godwink Christmas: Second Chance, First Love, The" | A Godwink Christmas: Second Chance, First Love — Margie Southworth — Television Movie (Hallmark) • 2021 — Beverly Hills Wedding — Molly Machardy — Television Movie (Hallmark) • 2021 — data-sort-value="Dickens of a Holiday!, The" | A Dickens of a Holiday! — Cassie Pruitt — Television Movie (Hallmark) • 2022 — Wedding of a Lifetime — Darby — Television Movie (Hallmark) • 2022 — data-sort-value="Fabled Holiday, The" | A Fabled Holiday — Talia — Television Movie (Hallmark) • 2023 — data-sort-value="Not So Royal Christmas, The" | A Not So Royal Christmas — Charlotte — Television Movie (Hallmark) • 2024 — Crimes of Fashion: Killer Clutch — Lauren Elliott — Television Movie (Hallmark) • 2024 — Following Yonder Star — Abby Fontaine — Television Movie (Hallmark) • 2024 — Deck the Halls on Cherry Lane — Rebecca — Television Movie (Hallmark) • 2025 — Oy to the World! — Nikki Roberts — Television Movie (Hallmark)
Film
• Year — Title — Role — Notes • 2001 — Why Can't I Be a Movie Star? — Jennifer Kruz • 2002 — Truths of Insanity — Girl — Short film • 19 Months — Sandy • Fortune's Sweet Kiss — Cassandra • 2003 — Home Security — Lisa — Short film • The — Mother #3 • 2004 — The — Veronica Bell — Video • Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle — Clarissa • 2005 — King's Ransom — Brooke Mayo • 2006 — Room 10 — Jessica — Short film • It's a Boy Girl Thing — Breanna Bailey
Primary material
Documents and archives
reference work
- “Brooke D'Orsay”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading
Reputable secondary · Wikipedia
authority record
- Wikidata, structured authority record Q459839: Brooke D'Orsay
Unverified · Wikidata
Citations
References
Each reference names the institution holding it, so a reader may go to the document itself.
reference work
Partially resolvedauthority record
Unverified
The Encyclopedia exists whether or not anything is for sale. Corrections are recorded rather than overwritten, and every version of this record is kept. Published 15 August 2026.
Elsewhere in Film memorabilia
37,408 published records in this field, each with its sources named.
- Brooke AdamsPerson
- Brooke BundyPerson
- Brooke BurkePerson
- Brooke BurnsPerson
- Brooke GoldsteinPerson
- Brooke HoganPerson
- Brooke LangtonPerson
- Brooke Mikey AndersonPerson
Best supported in this field
For owners
Own a work by Brooke D'Orsay?
A specialist will read what you send and tell you what the house can establish, what it cannot, and whether the object is suited to sale. There is no charge and no obligation. The object stays with you throughout; nothing is shipped to us unless it is arranged in writing beforehand.