---
name: "J. Nicole Brooks"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/j-nicole-brooks"
fi1m_id: "j-nicole-brooks"
imdb_id: "nm1548324"
tmdb_id: 2062172
roles: []
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-10-02T22:26:37.710637+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
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# J. Nicole Brooks

## Identity

J. Nicole Brooks

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/j-nicole-brooks
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** j-nicole-brooks
- **IMDb ID:** nm1548324
- **TMDB ID:** 2062172
- **Same entity:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1548324/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/2062172

Actor. Born in Chicago.

## Details

- **Also known as:** DeAnna N.J. Brooks
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1548324/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/2062172

## Biography

J. Nicole Brooks, also credited as DeAnna N.J. Brooks, is an American actor, playwright and director. She trained at Northern Illinois University, studying the Meisner Technique, and is an ensemble member of the Lookingglass Theatre Company in Chicago since 2007, where she has also served as Creative Producer and Mellon Foundation Playwright in Residence.

Her screen credits include the role of Clerk in *The Weather Man* (2005), Buel Cannon in *Fargo* (2014), DC Gloria Hill in *Chicago Fire* (2012–), Sgt. Clemmons in *The Chi* (2018–) and Dr. Collins in *Candyman* (2021). As a playwright her works include *Black Diamond: The Years the Locusts Have Eaten* and the award-winning *Her Honor Jane Byrne*.

*Sources: imdb.com, lookingglasstheatre.org.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *The Weather Man* (2005), Fi1m 65, as Clerk — [page](https://film.one/film/the-weather-man.md)

## Complete filmography (9)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Candyman* (2021), as Dr. Collins
- *The Chi* (2018), series, as Sgt. Clemmons
- *Watch the Sky* (2017), as Jane
- *Fargo* (2014), series, as Buel Cannon — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/tv/fargo-2014.md)
- *Chicago Fire* (2012), series, as DC Gloria Hill
- *Infinity* (2011), as Duty Nurse
- *The Weather Man* (2005), as Clerk — Fi1m 65, [page](https://film.one/film/the-weather-man.md)
- *Barbershop 2: Back in Business* (2004), as Pauline
- *Eve* (2003), series, as Carol

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