Brooke Burns on 'Zoey 101'

Jamie Lynn Spears is gradually making the transition from teen series to more matured sitcoms. While viewers are enjoying Spears on her current role as Zoey Brooks on Zoey 101 on Nickelodeon, fans have something to look forward to when the 16-year-old actress graces the upcoming comedy series Miss/Guided.

Miss/Guided, which is set to air in 2008 on ABC, will be featuring Spears apart from her down-to-earth teenager Zoey 101 role. According to Us Magazine, she will be playing an edgy “party girl.” As of the moment, there are no other details disclosed about her upcoming character but a show insider says that Spears is “a real pleasure to work with.”

Created by Gabrielle Allan and Caroline Williams, Miss/Guided follows the life of Becky Freeley (Judy Greer) a guidance counselor at a high school that she attended when she was a teenager. While the show gives viewers an inside look at the lives of both the students and faculty, the show is also about second chances, not only for Becky but for Lisa (Brooke Burns), a former cheerleader and rival of Becky in high school, who is now working as the school's English teacher.

Although this isn't her first time to guest star on a TV program, it's her first time to appear on a series with a primetime slot. Apart from Zoey 101, Spears' credits include All That and the movie Crossroads, which starred her older sister, Britney Spears.

This is deemed to be a pleasant experience for the Zoey star given that her long-time celebrity crush, Ashton Kutcher, is one of the producers of the series. Aside from Miss/Guided, Kutcher is also credited for MTV's Punk'd, The Real Wedding Crashers, and That ‘70s Show.

Fans can catch Jamie Lynn Spears on Zoey 101 every Sunday at 8pm on Nickelodeon.


-Kris De Leon, BuddyTV Staff Columnist
Source: Us Magazine


Brooke Elizabeth Burns (born March 16, 1978 in Dallas, Texas) is an American actress and former fashion model, best known for her role on Baywatch and Baywatch Hawaii. She starred in North Shore, a prime-time soap opera on Fox that consisted of 21 episodes which ran from June 14, 2004 through January 13, 2005. She recently had a supporting role on the defunct WB series Pepper Dennis playing Kathy Dinkle.

Burns also appeared on Ally McBeal, Just Shoot Me!, Out of the Blue, To Tell the Truth, Death to the Supermodels, and Average Joe: Hawaii. She hosted the short-lived American version of the Dog Eat Dog game show for two summer seasons in 2002 and 2003, in which she became famous for her pre-opening introductions in which she would wear a bikini. She also made a cameo in Shallow Hal.

Brooke Burns was once married to Julian McMahon, with whom she has a daughter, Madison, in 2000, and was engaged to Bruce Willis from 2003 until June 2, 2004. In late 2005 through 2006 Brooke was regularly seen in public with playwright and self proclaimed "Corn Battered Chicken King of the North East", Eric Ganter.

In November 2005 Brooke broke a bone in her neck after diving into a pool at her home. A friend, an ex-firefighter, found her, stabilized her neck and called an ambulance.

Burns mentors for Penny Lane, a home for abused children.