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• Massachusetts-born actress Paget Brewster rose to national attention playing Beth Huffstodt in the Showtime television series Huff. Brewster is on contract until 2012 to play the criminal profiler Emily Prentiss in the CBS drama Criminal Minds.

  Brewster also keeps a foot in modeling and retro-erotica, both as a subject of pinup photos, and as a photographer in her own right.Entertainment Weekly: Paget Brewster’s Criminal past (November 17, 2006) In 2006, she was asked by Hugh Hefner to pose in Playboy.

• Fast Facts

  1. Birth name: Paget Brewster
  2. Birth date: March 10, 1969
  3. Birthplace: Concord, Massachusetts
  4. Debut TV role: Kathy on Friends
  5. Hugh Hefner has asked her to pose for Playboy
  6. Band: Sleeping Pills
  7. Volunteer for Young Storytellers Program

• Photography/Modeling

  Brewster's presence in the world of retro and alternative erotica has included taking photos and writing about sex for such venues as SuicideGirls.com and Femme Fatales pinup magazine. Of her photographic work, she says, "When you're a woman shooting a woman, and she feels happy and sexy and cute, there's something about it that's joyful."Entertainment Weekly: Paget Brewster’s Criminal past (November 17, 2006)

• Notable Roles

  • Amy Pierson in "The Big Bad Swim" (2006)
  • Jessica Green in Andy Richter Controls the Universe (2002-2004)
  • Beth Huffstodt in Huff (2004-2006)
  • Emily Prentiss in Criminal Minds (2006-2008)

• Quotes

  • "I'm like this wiry freak they pulled out of a bar two months ago and said, 'Let's throw it on the wall and see if it sticks." -Paget Brewster

  • "I wrote about... a porn store that sold a blow-up doll of a grandmother. Eww. But then part of me supports that... At least someone can be attracted to an older woman in Hollywood!"Entertainment Weekly: Paget Brewster’s Criminal past -Paget Brewster(November 17, 2006)

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