Brooke Smith is an American actress. She is known for her role on the TV show Greys Anatomy as Dr. Erica Hahn and for her role as Catherine Martin in the 1991 film The Silence of the Lambs. She recently guest starred on Freeforms Stitchers, which aired April 12, 2016
Brooke Smith was born in New York. Her father, Eugene Gene Smith, worked as a publisher. Her mother, publicist Lois Smith , had worked with Robert Redford and other actors and directors. Her high schooling was done at Tappan Zee High School in Orangetown Blauvelt, NY. She attended the American Academy of Dramatic Arts but, by her own admission, was not asked back for the second year of study. She shared an apartment with Jeff Buckley before he recorded Grace.
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