Danielle Brooks

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Character bio:

A grounded, somewhat earthy yet affluent Georgetown mom, Danielle Brooks (Anne Dudek) is Annie's reliable older sister. While juggling two young daughters and a husband with a high-powered job, Danielle represents the path not taken for Annie, one that's rooted and safe. At times Danielle represents the life fulfilled and at other times she's the cautionary tale.

Danielle thinks Annie works too hard and that she needs to move on and start dating again. Danielle is unaware her sister is working at the CIA and while she thinks her sister is emotionally unavailable, it's this exact quality what makes Annie an ideal CIA operative.

Actor bio:

Anne Dudek stars as Danielle, a married mother of two and Annie Walker's older sister who knows nothing of Annie's life as a spy on COVERT AFFAIRS.

A graduate of the Northwestern University Theater Program, Dudek worked steadily in theater upon graduation. She starred on Broadway in the comedy Wrong Mountain and received several awards for her performances off-Broadway and at Hartford Stage in productions of The Iphigenia Cycle and The Glass Menagerie.

Dudek transitioned to television with a lead role on the BAFTA-nominated U.K. comedy series, "The Book Group," in which she starred for two years. In addition to recurring roles on "Bones," "Big Day" and "Less Than Perfect," she has guest starred on "Desperate Housewives," "How I Met Your Mother," "Law And Order: Criminal Intent," "ER," "Friends" and "Six Feet Under," in which she played Peter Krause's love interest.

On the feature side, Dudek has starred in such films as Brad Silberling's "10 Items Or Less" with Morgan Freeman and Bobby Cannavale, the ensemble comedy "Park" and The Wayans Brothers' hit comedy "White Chicks."

More recently, she recurred opposite Hugh Laurie on the Emmy-nominated medical drama, "House," in which she played Robert Sean Leonard's love interest. She continues to recur on AMC's award-winning "Mad Men" and HBO's "Big Love."

A native of Newton, Massachusets, Dudek currently resides in Los Angeles with her husband and their son.