| Paget Brewster | ||
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| Characters Sheila Tierney DuMont Paula Foster | ||
| Date of birth 10 March 1969 | ||
| Place of birth Concord, Massachusetts, U.S. | ||
| IMDb profile |
Paget Valerie Brewster (born March 10, 1969 in Concord, Massachusetts) is an American Actress. Her best known roles are Kathy on NBC's Friends (first as Joey's girlfriend and later Chandler's) and Supervisory Special Agent Emily Prentiss on CBS's Criminal Minds (with A.J. Cook, Damon Gupton, Mandy Patinkin, and Adam Rodriguez). She reprised her role in the revival of the series, Criminal Minds: Evolution (with Zach Gilford), which premiered on November 24, 2022 on Paramount+.
Brewster was born on March 10, 1969 in Concord, Massachusetts. Her mother, Hathaway Brewster, worked as a government official, and her father, Galen Brewster, worked as a school administrator. She has a younger brother, Ivan.
Brewster grew up in Massachusetts and moved to New York City to attend Parsons School of Design. During her first year, she made her acting debut and eventually dropped out of design school to pursue her acting career. In the mid '90s, Brewster moved to San Francisco and enrolled in acting classes. She currently resides in Los Angeles.
In Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, Brewster guest-starred on the episode "Scheherazade" as Sheila Tierney DuMont, and in the episodes "Lost Reputation" and "Above Suspicion" as Public Integrity Unit Bureau Chief Paula Foster.
Her other roles include voicing Elise and Mr. Mumbles on Dan Vs., Frankie Dart on the final season of Community (with Gillian Jacobs and Keith David), the voice of Birdgirl in Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law and Birdgirl, Sara Kingsley on the Fox sitcom Grandfathered (with John Stamos), and voicing Donald Duck's twin sister Della in the 2017 series of DuckTales, marking the first animated appearance of the character.
On March 17, 2013, Brewster became engaged to Steve Damstra. She made the announcement via Twitter by posting a photograph of the jade engagement ring on her finger. Damstra is in the bands Folded Light and Whirlwind Heat. Brewster and Damstra were married on November 28, 2014, in Los Angeles, California, in a ceremony officiated by Criminal Minds co-star Matthew Gray Gubler, their best friend. They reside in Los Angeles.