bio
“Brooke
seems really nice and Midwestern but has a sneaky dark twist that takes
the audience off guard. She has a unique perspective
and accomplishes deadpan comedy with an upbeat delivery that is helping
her rise to the top of the NY comedy scene.” — Arden Myrin
of Chelsea Lately and madTV
These off-beat qualities have made Brooke Van Poppelen a stand out in NYC as evidenced by contending for the “Emerging Comic” and “Best Female Stand-Up” ECNY Award two years in a row where only 5 comics are chosen from hundreds of nominees.
On the boob tube Brooke has played herself in Season 6 of a three-episode story arc on TLC’s American Chopper as Mikey Teutul’s comedy coach.
Brooke has also appeared on the TV Guide Network’s 25 Most Hilarious Holiday Moments special and various vh1 specials in their series The Greatest where she recounts some of Hollywood's most shocking break-ups and truly awful one-hit wonders from the 90s. Brooke can also be seen playing the role of Vicky McBrayer in the upcoming Comedy Traffic School pilot episode.
In the writing world Brooke battens down the hatches at the truTV network as a copywriter and comedic blogger. She also writes the occasional heart wrenching essay or frustrated femme column for AOL’s Lemondrop.com and recently teamed up with Andy Cohen of Bravo’s Real Housewives in a video spoof to honor Conde Nast’s Sales Person of the Year for both Glamour and Details magazine.
On air, Brooke has contributed some sex-themed hilarity to Cosmo Radio’s Get In Bed hosted by Sara Benincasa and also possesses the ability to clean up her language to ponder life and local issues on Chicago Public Radio’s Vocalo.org.
“BVP” as the kids call her, honed her skills in Chicago at IO and Second City where she studied improv and sketch. She made her national comedy club debut in 2005 at Zanies Chicago where she’s worked consistently as an emcee and then feature act with such noted comedians as Jeffrey Ross, Jake Johannsen and Rob Riggle.
Aside from all of this, she really loves living in Brooklyn where she performs and canoodles with some of the best and brightest upcoming musicians and artists while throwing back a few brewskies. Special points of interest for Brooke include Led Zeppelin and Vietnamese sandwiches.