What Andrea Brooks Did Before Becoming A Hallmark Star

"I knew I wanted to perform; I just didn't know how to get there," Andrea Brooks told Paul Greene about her path to becoming a professional actor. When she was 14, her skating club passed around fliers for an open audition for the Disney movie "Ice Princess." The casting crew was looking for girls who could act and skate, and Brooks saw it as her opportunity to break into the entertainment world. After finishing her audition, she was hooked. "I loved it," she explained to Greene. "I loved the camera. I just knew."

The movie people also saw something special, as they moved Brooks through several rounds of auditions. The part eventually went to Hayden Panettiere, but not before Brooks was already on her way to a new career. "By the end of the whole process, I had an agent and I was just kind of in the business," she shared with Simply Entertaining.

Brooks started auditioning in Canada and booked her first official gig doing a commercial for a theme park. She eventually made the leap to Los Angeles and landed a part on an Aaron Spelling pilot that was never picked up. She divided her time between Vancouver and Los Angeles and started earning roles in both locations.