Brook Kerr

Brook Kerr (born November 21, 1973) is an American actress who is best known for her portrayal of Whitney Russell Harris on the television soap opera Passions.

Personal life

She is a native of Indianapolis, Indiana. Kerr moved to Los Angeles after graduating high school to pursue a career in acting. She has lived there ever since.

She had her son when she was 16 years old with long-time boyfriend Christopher Warren. Kerr and Warren have been together since their teens, but separated in 2009. Her son Chris Warren, Jr. is also an actor; he has appeared as Zeke in High School Musical, High School Musical 2, and High School Musical 3.

She is featured in Kenny Chesney's video for his new single "Everybody Wants to Go to Heaven". She was also in 3T's music video "Why" feat. Michael Jackson in 1995.

Career

Kerr had played the character of Whitney Russell Harris since the shows debut in 1999 and is considered one of its veteran stars. She exited the role of Whitney on September 6, 2007, the second to last day the show aired on NBC but returned for the show's finale episodes briefly from Mid-July 2008 to early August 2008 in a guest appearance. In 2008, she starred as Tara Thornton in the unaired first pilot of the HBO TV series True Blood, and was subsequently replaced by Rutina Wesley for that role.