Brooke as an artist is all about immersing people into the story with
her commendable acting skills and connecting with them deeply through
every performance.
Today, entering and then creating a solid standing for oneself in any
industry is no cakewalk for anyone. Though people say that chasing
dreams do help people attain them, actor-producer, author, artist, and
philanthropist Brooke Lewis Bellas thinks differently. She says nothing
beats pure hard work, relentless drive, and a strong hunger to do one’s
best. This helps people attain their definition of success. This may
sound easier than what it is in reality, but it is what takes people to
their highest realms of success, she believes. Especially when it comes
to the entertainment field, things may get tougher and more demanding,
but thriving in the same through passion and love for one’s work
combined with perseverance, can make people unstoppable. She had done
the same, and hence even after all these years of working in the
industry, credited for numerous successful projects, Brooke Lewis Bellas
still works with the same zeal and passion and makes sure to never miss
a chance to win the hearts of the audiences with her performances.
There is definitely no one thing that can help define this beauty and
creative soul, whose extensive list of projects in the TV and film world
speaks volumes of the caliber of an actor and producer she is.
Originally from Philadelphia, she moved to New York City and then to
Hollywood in search of projects that could help her earn her unique
name. In 2002, she even dived into entrepreneurship, becoming a producer
and launching Philly Chick Pictures. While in New York City, she debuted
in the Actors’ Equity Off-Broadway hit comedy “Tony n’ Tina’s Wedding,”
playing the role of Donna Marsala. Since then, she kept getting great
offers, and she kept exploring different characters to become the
prominent name and award-winning personality she is today.
Whether it is portraying Dr. Grace Sario in the horror mystery “Kinky
Killers” on SHOWTIME, becoming known as the “Scream Queen”, winning the
B-Movie Award for Scream Queen of The Year for her work in “Slime City Massacre”, or working in the mystery thriller “iMurders”, opposite Gabrielle Anwar,
Billy Dee Williams, and Frank Grillo, and the mobster movie “Sinatra
Club,” opposite Jason Gedrick and Danny Nucci, the horror, thriller
“Kinky Killers,” opposite Charles Durning and Michael Pare, and playing
a comedic mobster Vampire “alter ego” character in the passion project
“Ms. Vampy,” Brooke Lewis Bellas has proved her phenomenal talent. She
served as a guest at the prestigious SAG-AFTRA Foundation Independent
Features Screening Series with “The Mourning” in 2015 and went on to be
honoured with multiple awards for her work in the industry. In 2019, she
got inducted into The Carney Board for the honorable Carney Awards
Character Actor Hall Of Fame created in honor of character actor icon
Art Carney and the following year was honored in the best-selling
historical commemorative coffee table book ‘1000 Women In Horror,
1895-2018′ and at the NOVA Fest with the Best Supporting Actress in a TV
Series Award for her work opposite star Casper Van Dien in “Stripped.”
She has worked alongside some of the A-listers of the industry like Andy
Richter, Tony Todd, Michael Madsen, Billy Dee Williams, Mark Ruffalo,
Charles Durning, Jason Gedrick, Dominique Swain, and so many others.
Besides showing her dominance in the industry as a one-of-a-kind
actor-producer, Brooke Lewis Bellas has thrilled people with her passion
for writing. As an author, she wrote a young adult book ‘Ms. Vampy’s
Teen Tawk: There’s A Lotta Power In Ya Choices’, which became the #1 New
Release in both Social Situations and Self-esteem on Amazon and was the
winner of the Paris Book Festival Awards 2017 Young Adult Book and New
York Book Festival Awards 2017 Young Adult Book. She had even launched
her “Ms. Vampy” TV/talk show/web series, in which she created, starred,
and produced. In 2016, her book ‘Coaching From A Professed Hot Mess’ was
published and hit #1 New Release in both Etiquette and Guides & Advice
on Amazon and went ahead, winning several awards.
Brooke Lewis Bellas (@brookelewisla) is a member of the Producers Guild
of America (PGA), The National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences-
New York Chapter (NY NATAS) and San Francisco/Northern California
Chapter (SF/NorCal NATAS) and Emmy Awards Judge, Online Film &
Television Association, Women In Film, and Film Independent.