Yvette Nicole Brown

Yvette Nicole Brown

Known for
Acting
Born
August 12, 1971 (age 55)
Birthplace
East Cleveland, Ohio, USA

Biography

Yvette Nicole Brown (born August 12, 1971) is an American actress and comedian perhaps best known for her role as Shirley Bennett on NBC's sitcom Community (2009-2015). She's also known for her roles as Angela Martin on Bounce's sitcom Act Your Age, Rosaleen in Disenchanted (2022), The Driver in Muppets Haunted Mansion, Sherilyn Thomas on the Disney+ series Big Shot, Aunt Sarah in the live movie version of Lady and the Tramp, Dani on the CBS sitcom reboot of The Odd Couple, Gray Sister #2 in Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters, Rhodesia in Repo Men, Dori in The Ugly Truth, Ms. Camwell in Hotel for Dogs, and Helen on Nickelodeon's Drake and Josh and its' subsequent TV movie Merry Christmas Drake and Josh. She has also had a recurring role on CBS's sitcom Mom and appeared in Avengers: Endgame, (500) Days of Summer, Tropic Thunder, Dreamgirls, and Little Black Book. She has voiced numerous characters including Mayor Gilmore in Pupstruction, KRS in My Dad the Bounty Hunter, Captain Tully in The Chicken Squad, Amanda Waller in DC Super Hero Girls series and subsequent animated shorts, Luna in Elena of Avalor series and movie, and Cookie in Hub Network's reboot of Pound Puppies.

Known For

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Filmography

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Untitled Community Movie poster

Untitled Community Movie

Movie · as Shirley Bennett

2026
K-Pops! poster

K-Pops!

Movie · as Brenda

2026
Hexed poster

Hexed

Movie · as (voice)

2026
Among Us poster

Among Us

TV · as Orange (voice) · 10 eps

2026
Sofia the First: Royal Magic poster

Sofia the First: Royal Magic

TV · as Lady Saddlespur (voice) · 3 eps

2026
Hollywood Arts poster

Hollywood Arts

TV · as Principal Helen Dubois · 3 eps

2026
Battle of the Streaming Stars poster

Battle of the Streaming Stars

TV · as Herself - Referee · 1 ep

2025
Code 3 poster

Code 3

Movie · as Shanice

2025
Cookie Monster's Bake Sale: Block Party poster

Cookie Monster's Bake Sale: Block Party

Movie · as Self

2025
Zootopia 2 poster

Zootopia 2

Movie · as EMT Otter / The Bearoness (voice)

2025
He Wasn't Man Enough poster

He Wasn't Man Enough

Movie · as Candy

2025
The Family Business: New Orleans poster

The Family Business: New Orleans

TV · as Monique · 8 eps

2025
Hollywood Squares poster

Hollywood Squares

TV · as Self · 2 eps

2025
Suits LA poster

Suits LA

TV · as Yvette Nicole Brown · 1 ep

2025
Adults poster

Adults

TV · as Mrs. Evans (voice) · 1 ep

2025
Celebrity Weakest Link poster

Celebrity Weakest Link

TV · as Self - Contestant · 1 ep

2024
Inside Out 2 poster

Inside Out 2

Movie · as Coach Roberts (voice)

2024
Vigilantes INC. - America's New Vote Suppression Hitmen poster

Vigilantes INC. - America's New Vote Suppression Hitmen

Movie · as Narrator

2024
Cookie Monster's Bake Sale: Back to School poster

Cookie Monster's Bake Sale: Back to School

Movie · as Self

2024
Good Times poster

Good Times

TV · as Beverly (voice) · 10 eps

2024
Matlock poster

Matlock

TV · as Nadine · 1 ep

2023
Splinter poster

Splinter

Movie · as Chef

2023
Frog and Toad poster

Frog and Toad

TV · as Rabbit (voice) · 5 eps

2023
Pupstruction poster

Pupstruction

TV · as Mayor Gilmore (voice) · 49 eps

2023
My Dad the Bounty Hunter poster

My Dad the Bounty Hunter

TV · as KRS (voice) · 19 eps

2023
Strange Planet poster

Strange Planet

TV · as Lifegiver (voice) · 1 ep

2023
Krapopolis poster

Krapopolis

TV · as Herophile (voice) · 2 eps

2023
Shape Island poster

Shape Island

TV · as Narrator (voice) · 18 eps

2023
Act Your Age poster

Act Your Age

TV · as Angela Martin · 16 eps

2023
Frasier poster

Frasier

TV · as Monica · 1 ep

2023
Marvel's Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur poster

Marvel's Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur

TV · as President Brown (voice) · 1 ep

2022
2022 American Rescue Dog Show poster

2022 American Rescue Dog Show

Movie · as Self - Judge

2022
Naked Mole Rat Gets Dressed: The Underground Rock Experience poster

Naked Mole Rat Gets Dressed: The Underground Rock Experience

Movie · as Grande (voice)

2022
Disney's Summer Magic Quest poster

Disney's Summer Magic Quest

Movie · as Self - Host

2022
DC League of Super-Pets poster

DC League of Super-Pets

Movie · as Patty (voice)

2022
LEGO Star Wars Summer Vacation poster

LEGO Star Wars Summer Vacation

Movie · as Colvett Valeria (voice)

2022
Disenchanted poster

Disenchanted

Movie · as Rosaleen

2022
Alice's Wonderland Bakery poster

Alice's Wonderland Bakery

TV · as Mama Rabbit (voice) · 2 eps

2022
The Jennifer Hudson Show poster

The Jennifer Hudson Show

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2022
Password poster

Password

TV · as Self - Celebrity Guest · 1 ep

2022
Celebrity Jeopardy! poster

Celebrity Jeopardy!

TV · as Self - Contestant · 1 ep

2022
Slumberkins poster

Slumberkins

TV · as Yak's Mother (voice) · 8 eps

2021
Muppets Haunted Mansion poster

Muppets Haunted Mansion

Movie · as The Driver

2021
Disney's Holiday Magic Quest poster

Disney's Holiday Magic Quest

Movie · as Self - Host

2021
Beebo Saves Christmas poster

Beebo Saves Christmas

Movie · as Turbo (voice)

2021
Broken Diamonds poster

Broken Diamonds

Movie · as Cookie

2021
Celebrity Wheel of Fortune poster

Celebrity Wheel of Fortune

TV · as Self - Contestant · 1 ep

2021
The Chicken Squad poster

The Chicken Squad

TV · as Captain Tully (voice) · 58 eps

2021
The Ghost and Molly McGee poster

The Ghost and Molly McGee

TV · as Dianne (voice) · 1 ep

2021
Dogs in Space poster

Dogs in Space

TV · as Clawdia (voice) · 1 ep

2021
Home Economics poster

Home Economics

TV · as Donna · 1 ep

2021
Big Shot poster

Big Shot

TV · as Sherilyn Thomas · 20 eps

2021
The Upshaws poster

The Upshaws

TV · as Joyce · 3 eps

2020
Community Table Read poster

Community Table Read

Movie · as Shirley Bennett

2020
The Happy Days of Garry Marshall poster

The Happy Days of Garry Marshall

Movie · as Self

2020
Don't Let the Pigeon Do Storytime poster

Don't Let the Pigeon Do Storytime

Movie · as Self

2020
Central Park poster

Central Park

TV · as Gina Tracker (voice), Bar Patron #2 · 1 ep

2020
I Can See Your Voice poster

I Can See Your Voice

TV · 4 eps

2020
The Big Fib poster

The Big Fib

TV · as Self - Host · 30 eps

2020
Crossing Swords poster

Crossing Swords

TV · as Sgt. Meghan (voice) · 4 eps

2019
Lady and the Tramp poster

Lady and the Tramp

Movie · as Aunt Sarah

2019
Always a Bridesmaid poster

Always a Bridesmaid

Movie · as Pastor Althea Brody

2019
Avengers: Endgame poster

Avengers: Endgame

Movie · as S.H.I.E.L.D. Agent

2019
Modern/Love in 7 Short Films poster

Modern/Love in 7 Short Films

Movie · as Allison

2019
The Tamron Hall Show poster

The Tamron Hall Show

TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep

2019
T.O.T.S. poster

T.O.T.S.

TV · as Cora Beakman · 1 ep

2019
A Black Lady Sketch Show poster

A Black Lady Sketch Show

TV · as Judge Anita Harper · 3 eps

2019
What Just Happened??! with Fred Savage poster

What Just Happened??! with Fred Savage

TV · 1 ep

2019
The Masked Singer poster

The Masked Singer

TV · as Self - Panelist · 1 ep

2019
Weird City poster

Weird City

TV · as Glail · 1 ep

2018
LEGO DC Super Hero Girls: Super-Villain High poster

LEGO DC Super Hero Girls: Super-Villain High

Movie · as Amanda Waller

2018
DC Super Hero Girls: Legends of Atlantis poster

DC Super Hero Girls: Legends of Atlantis

Movie · as Principal Waller (voice)

2018
The Last Days of TJ Staggs

The Last Days of TJ Staggs

Movie · as Executive

2018
LEGO Marvel Super Heroes: Black Panther - Trouble in Wakanda poster

LEGO Marvel Super Heroes: Black Panther - Trouble in Wakanda

Movie · as Okoye (voice)

2018
LEGO Star Wars: All-Stars poster

LEGO Star Wars: All-Stars

TV · as Lt. Valeria (voice) · 1 ep

2018
Unapologetic with Aisha Tyler poster

Unapologetic with Aisha Tyler

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2018
LEGO Marvel Super Heroes - Black Panther: Trouble in Wakanda poster

LEGO Marvel Super Heroes - Black Panther: Trouble in Wakanda

TV · as Okoye (voice) · 5 eps

2017
LEGO DC Super Hero Girls: Galactic Wonder poster

LEGO DC Super Hero Girls: Galactic Wonder

Movie · as Amanda Waller

2017
Smartass poster

Smartass

Movie · as Officer Neesy

2017
LEGO DC Super Hero Girls: Brain Drain poster

LEGO DC Super Hero Girls: Brain Drain

Movie · as Amanda Waller (voice)

2017
DC Super Hero Girls: Intergalactic Games poster

DC Super Hero Girls: Intergalactic Games

Movie · as Principal Waller (voice)

2017
Elena of Avalor: Realm of the Jaquins poster

Elena of Avalor: Realm of the Jaquins

Movie · as Luna (voice)

2017
Will & Grace poster

Will & Grace

TV · as Ru · 1 ep

2017
The Mayor poster

The Mayor

TV · as Dina Rose · 9 eps

2017
Cosplay Melee poster

Cosplay Melee

TV · as Self - Host · 6 eps

2017
The Gong Show poster

The Gong Show

TV · as Self - Judge · 1 ep

2017
Marvel's Spider-Man poster

Marvel's Spider-Man

TV · as Head Administrator (voice) · 1 ep

2017
Dear White People poster

Dear White People

TV · as Evelyn Conners · 1 ep

2017
Steve poster

Steve

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2016
DC Super Hero Girls: Hero of the Year poster

DC Super Hero Girls: Hero of the Year

Movie · as Amanda Waller (voice)

2016
DC Super Hero Girls: Super Hero High poster

DC Super Hero Girls: Super Hero High

Movie · as Amanda Waller (voice)

2016
Elena and the Secret of Avalor poster

Elena and the Secret of Avalor

Movie · as Luna (voice)

2016
Elena of Avalor poster

Elena of Avalor

TV · as Luna (voice) · 81 eps

2016
Join or Die with Craig Ferguson poster

Join or Die with Craig Ferguson

TV · 1 ep

2016
The $100,000 Pyramid poster

The $100,000 Pyramid

TV · as Self · 4 eps

2016
LEGO Star Wars: The Freemaker Adventures poster

LEGO Star Wars: The Freemaker Adventures

TV · as Lt. Valeria (voice), Lt. Valeria / Pilots (voice) · 6 eps

2016
To Tell the Truth poster

To Tell the Truth

TV · as Self - Panelist · 2 eps

2016
Match Game poster

Match Game

TV · as Self - Panelist · 2 eps

2016
Bunnicula poster

Bunnicula

TV · as Ms. Varney (voice) · 1 ep

2015
Cuddle Party poster

Cuddle Party

Movie · as Allison

2015
Dr. Ken poster

Dr. Ken

TV · as Amy · 1 ep

2015
New Looney Tunes poster

New Looney Tunes

TV · as Rhoda Roundhouse (voice), Police Officer (voice) · 6 eps

2015
Star vs. the Forces of Evil poster

Star vs. the Forces of Evil

TV · as Brigid (voice) · 1 ep

2015
The Odd Couple poster

The Odd Couple

TV · as Dani · 38 eps

2015
DC Super Hero Girls poster

DC Super Hero Girls

TV · as Amanda Waller (voice) · 112 eps

2015
Celebrity Family Feud poster

Celebrity Family Feud

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2015
Be Cool, Scooby-Doo! poster

Be Cool, Scooby-Doo!

TV · as Judge (voice) · 1 ep

2014
Harmontown poster

Harmontown

Movie · as Self

2014
Advanced Television Production - 5 Days, 2 Scripts, No Sleep

Advanced Television Production - 5 Days, 2 Scripts, No Sleep

Movie · as Self

2014
Benched poster

Benched

TV · as Donna · 1 ep

2014
BoJack Horseman poster

BoJack Horseman

TV · as Pedestrian / Beyoncé (voice) · 1 ep

2014
Penn Zero: Part-Time Hero poster

Penn Zero: Part-Time Hero

TV · as Boat Maria (voice) · 3 eps

2014
Celebrity Name Game poster

Celebrity Name Game

TV · as Self · 4 eps

2013
Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters poster

Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters

Movie · as Gray Sister #2

2013
Whose Line Is It Anyway? poster

Whose Line Is It Anyway?

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2013
Mom poster

Mom

TV · as Nora · 7 eps

2013
Deal With It poster

Deal With It

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2013
Hollywood Game Night poster

Hollywood Game Night

TV · as Self · 2 eps

2012
Six Seasons and A Movie: A Community Art Show poster

Six Seasons and A Movie: A Community Art Show

Movie · as Self

2012
RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars poster

RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars

TV · as Self - Guest Judge · 1 ep

2012
Doc McStuffins poster

Doc McStuffins

TV · as Tracy Triceratops (voice) · 1 ep

2012
Match Game poster

Match Game

TV · 1 ep

2012
The Soul Man poster

The Soul Man

TV · as Robyn · 4 eps

2011
Talking Dead poster

Talking Dead

TV · as Self · 4 eps

2011
Once Upon a Time poster

Once Upon a Time

TV · as Ursula · 1 ep

2011
Last Man Standing poster

Last Man Standing

TV · as Movie-Goer · 1 ep

2010
Repo Men poster

Repo Men

Movie · as Rhodesia

2010
Pound Puppies poster

Pound Puppies

TV · as Cookie (voice) · 65 eps

2010
Victorious poster

Victorious

TV · as Helen Dubois · 1 ep

2010
Regular Show poster

Regular Show

TV · as The Seer (voice) · 1 ep

2010
The Walking Dead poster

The Walking Dead

TV · as Outpost 22 (voice) · 1 ep

2010
Rizzoli & Isles poster

Rizzoli & Isles

TV · as U.S. Postal Inspector CJ Prescott · 1 ep

2010
Hot in Cleveland poster

Hot in Cleveland

TV · as Lily · 1 ep

2010
Shake It Up poster

Shake It Up

TV · as Madame Tiffany · 1 ep

2009
The Ugly Truth poster

The Ugly Truth

Movie · as Dori Coleman

2009
Hotel for Dogs poster

Hotel for Dogs

Movie · as Ms. Camwell

2009
(500) Days of Summer poster

(500) Days of Summer

Movie · as New Secretary

2009
Community poster

Community

TV · as Shirley Bennett · 99 eps

2009
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen poster

Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen

TV · as Self - Guest · 4 eps

2008
Merry Christmas, Drake & Josh poster

Merry Christmas, Drake & Josh

Movie · as Helen

2008
Meet Dave poster

Meet Dave

Movie · as Old Navy Saleswoman

2008
Tropic Thunder poster

Tropic Thunder

Movie · as Peck's Assistant - Peck's Office

2008
True Jackson, VP poster

True Jackson, VP

TV · as Coral Barns · 1 ep

2008
Kath & Kim poster

Kath & Kim

TV · as Clerk · 1 ep

2007
The Neighbor poster

The Neighbor

Movie · as Receptionist

2007
Rules of Engagement poster

Rules of Engagement

TV · as Mrs. Alberts · 1 ep

2007
American Body Shop poster

American Body Shop

TV · 1 ep

2007
Chuck poster

Chuck

TV · as Buy More Employee · 1 ep

2007
iCarly poster

iCarly

TV · as Art Student · 1 ep

2006
Dreamgirls poster

Dreamgirls

Movie · as Curtis' Secretary

2006
The Loop poster

The Loop

TV · as Agent Isabelle · 1 ep

2006
Pepper Dennis poster

Pepper Dennis

TV · as Angela Howell · 1 ep

2006
Psych poster

Psych

TV · as Hazel Lazarus · 1 ep

2006
'Til Death poster

'Til Death

TV · as Roxie · 1 ep

2005
The Island poster

The Island

Movie · as Harvest Nurse

2005
The Kid & I poster

The Kid & I

Movie · as Bunny

2005
The War at Home poster

The War at Home

TV · as Airport Security · 1 ep

2005
The Office poster

The Office

TV · as Paris · 1 ep

2005
Fat Actress poster

Fat Actress

TV · as Woman at Restaurant · 1 ep

2005
Hot Properties poster

Hot Properties

TV · 1 ep

2005
American Dad! poster

American Dad!

TV · as Scientist (voice), Hair Salon Customer (voice), Announcer (voice) · 1 ep

2005
Criminal Minds poster

Criminal Minds

TV · as Sheila, Sheila Watkins · 1 ep

2004
Little Black Book poster

Little Black Book

Movie · as Production Assistant

2004
House poster

House

TV · as Ellen Stambler · 1 ep

2004
Drake & Josh poster

Drake & Josh

TV · as Helen · 15 eps

2004
The Big House poster

The Big House

TV · 6 eps

2004
Boston Legal poster

Boston Legal

TV · as Doris Thumper · 2 eps

2004
Entourage poster

Entourage

TV · as Daily Variety Agent · 1 ep

2003
Two and a Half Men poster

Two and a Half Men

TV · as Mandy · 1 ep

2003
That's So Raven poster

That's So Raven

TV · as Monica · 1 ep

2002
Half & Half poster

Half & Half

TV · as Ceci · 2 eps

2002
Do Over poster

Do Over

TV · 1 ep

2002
For the People

For the People

TV · as Server · 1 ep

2000
Girlfriends poster

Girlfriends

TV · as Sherri Childs · 3 eps

2000
Malcolm in the Middle poster

Malcolm in the Middle

TV · as Female Security Agent · 1 ep

2000
Curb Your Enthusiasm poster

Curb Your Enthusiasm

TV · as Stewardess · 1 ep

1999
Family Guy poster

Family Guy

TV · as Black Sassy Nurse (voice), Black Woman (voice) · 1 ep

1998
That '70s Show poster

That '70s Show

TV · as Sergeant Davis · 1 ep

1997
The View poster

The View

TV · as Self - Guest, Self - Guest Co-Host · 1 ep

1996
7th Heaven poster

7th Heaven

TV · as Leah Morris · 1 ep

1996
The Daily Show poster

The Daily Show

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1975
Saturday Night Live poster

Saturday Night Live

TV · as Self - Cameo (uncredited) · 1 ep