Brooke Trantor was born and raised in the small town of Quincy, IL (Heard of it? Liar.) She moved to Los Angeles after receiving her BFA in Acting from Illinois Wesleyan University, and studying Shakespeare at The British American Drama Academy across the pond. While Brooke found her love for Shakespeare in London, her true passion lies in the improv and comedy world. She has studied and performed at Second City, UCB, Groundlings, and iO West.
Some of her recent acting credits include NBC's The Enemy Within, TNT's Cocaine Cowboys Pilot, a lead in the comedy feature film Misfits, and being in absolute awe acting alongside Shirley MacLaine in The Last Word.
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Brooke began her filmmaking journey a decade ago, and has found such joy and comradery in the collaborative world of independent film. Night Four (Co-Written & starring Elizabeth Gwynne Wilson, Directed by Chris Dougherty) toured the world on the festival circuit, including screening at the esteemed Outfest at the DGA in Los Angeles. Yours are Mine also went around the globe on the festival circuit and procured several awards including Best Director, Best Actress, and the Powerful Voice Award at Blackbird Film Festival 2019. Her comedy series Botanical Baes was featured in The LA Times & depicts the comedic lunacy of millennial plant addiction through the characters Stacey and Canyon (Co-Created by Erin McDonnell).
Her film, Oh, Baby! (Co-Written by Kate Morgan Chadwick) premiered at the Academy Award qualifying festivals Florida Film Festival & Cleveland International Film Festival, iNDIE Film Festival (Winner, Best Comedy), Blackbird Film Festival 2020 (Winner, Audience Choice), Best Short Film: Audience Award 2021 at the esteemed Dances With Films LA & Best Director at Broad Humor Film Festival (2023). The film went on to screen at Not Your Daddy Films and The Great Film Club in 2024. Brooke was Director/Producer on Ashes, Ashes, We All Fall Down, which premiered at the Academy Award qualifying Cleveland International Film Festival 2024.
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Brooke is drawn to scripts that tend to live in the dramedy world. Her work focuses on finding the comedy in life’s seemingly dark moments: nothing is funnier than depression, folks. (Mom, this is a joke.) She is currently in development on a single-camera comedy Wild Woman, a series spin-off of Oh, Baby!, a comedy-horror feature, and in post-production on several short films.
She also enjoys volunteering and supporting organizations such as SAG-AFTRA Foundation's LA Bookpals, Young Storytellers, Watts Community Core, and Made in Her Image. Brooke is allergic to most foods you love, so mourn for her the next time you eat cookie dough ice cream and peanut butter.