Paget Brewster is a renowned American actress, whose illustrious career spans over three decades. Initially, she began her journey in the early 1990s, but it was her portrayal of FBI agent Emily Prentiss in the long-running police procedural series "Criminal Minds" that catapulted her to fame. Prentiss was introduced as the replacement to the character of Elle Greenaway, played by Lola Glaudini, who resigned in the second season.
Brewster's remarkable performance as Prentiss earned her a permanent spot in the show from 2006 to 2012, and again since 2016. Her impressive acting skills and versatility have made her a household name, and she has become synonymous with the character of Emily Prentiss.
In addition to her work in live-action television, Brewster is also a talented voice actress, having lent her voice to numerous animated series and films. Some of her most notable voice roles include portraying the reporter Audrey Timmonds in "Godzilla: The Series" from 1998 to 2000, the superheroine Birdgirl/Judy Ken Sebben in "Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law" from 2000 to 2018, and its sequel series "Birdgirl" from 2021 to 2022.
Her other notable voice roles include bounty hunter Rona Vipra in "Duck Dodgers" from 2003 to 2005, Lana Lang in "Batman: The Dark Knight Returns" in 2012, Lois Lane in "Justice League: Gods and Monsters" in 2015, Poison Ivy in "Batman and Harley Quinn" in 2017, and the adventurer Della Duck in "DuckTales" from 2017 to 2021.
Born in 1969 in Concord, Massachusetts, to Galen Brewster and his wife Hathaway Tew, both of whom were school administrators at Middlesex School, a non-sectarian high school located in Concord. Brewster spent most of her early life in Massachusetts before moving to New York City for her college education, where she studied design at the Parsons School of Design.
During her first year at Parsons, she took on some acting roles, which eventually led her to drop out of design school and pursue acting as a full-time career. In the mid-1990s, Brewster moved to San Francisco to take acting classes and later became the host of the late-night talk show "The Paget Show" at KPIX-TV in 1995.
Her first notable acting role in television was portraying the recurring role of Kathy, an actress and love interest to both Joey Tribbiani and Chandler Bing, in the fourth season of the popular sitcom "Friends" from 1997 to 1998. Following this role, Brewster began appearing regularly in various films.
