Brooklyn Sudano starred as Vanessa Scott in the ABC comedy series My Wife and Kids and later played the leading role in the 2006 drama film Rain.
15 Facts About Brooklyn Sudano
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Brooklyn Sudano directed the documentary film, Love to Love You, Donna Summer, which premiered in 2023.
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Brooklyn Sudano was born in Los Angeles, California, to African American singer Donna Summer and Italian American songwriter Bruce Brooklyn Sudano.
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Brooklyn Sudano was named after her father's hometown of Brooklyn, New York City.
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Brooklyn Sudano has an older half-sister, Mimi Sommer, from her mother's first marriage to Helmut Sommer.
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Brooklyn Sudano spent the early part of her childhood on a 56-acre ranch in Thousand Oaks, California until her family moved to Connecticut when she was 10 years old.
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Brooklyn Sudano attended high school at Christ Presbyterian Academy where she appeared in all the theater productions.
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Sometimes Brooklyn Sudano accompanied her parents while they toured around the world, continuing her studies with tutors.
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In 2003, Brooklyn Sudano replaced Meagan Good as Vanessa Scott on My Wife and Kids.
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Brooklyn Sudano continued as a regular cast member throughout the rest of the series' five-year run.
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In 2006, Sudano made her big screen debut with the leading role in the film adaptation of V C Andrews' novel Rain.
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Brooklyn Sudano appeared in the horror films Somebody Help Me and Alone in the Dark II and well as the MTV romantic drama film, Turn the Beat Around in 2010.
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In 2017, Brooklyn Sudano starred in the first season of NBC's action series, Taken.
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Alongside Roger Ross Williams, Brooklyn Sudano directed the 2023 documentary film, Love to Love You, Donna Summer about her mother, Donna Summer.
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Brooklyn Sudano married her longtime boyfriend, Mike McGlaflin, on October 8,2006.