- Gained 25 pounds for her role as "roomy" Catharine Martin in The Silence of the Lambs (1991).
- She adopted a baby girl from Ethiopia named Lucy Dinknesh Lubensky.
- Shared an apartment with Jeff Buckley before the recording of his album "Grace".
- She costarred with her future Grey's Anatomy cast member Ellen Pompeo, on the March 13, 1996 episode of "Law and Order" Savior (6.16).
- Was in labor with her daughter Fanny for 78 hours and refused an epidural.
- With husband Steven Lubensky (35 years old), has a daughter, Fanny (4 years old). (2007).
- Mother is retired PR powerhouse Lois Smith, whose clients have included Robert Redford. Father is publisher Gene Smith.
- Has been in two movies with Anthony Hopkins, The Silence of the Lambs (1991) and Bad Company (2002).
- Was originally cast as Andrea Smithson for the ABC series Dirty Sexy Money (2007) in its pilot episode but was replaced by Sheryl Lee.
- She attended Tappan Zee High School.
- Released a book of her photography titled Sunday Matinee: Photographs by Brooke Smith. Features the New York Hardcore punk scene of the 1980's.
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