I actually had kind of one of those crazy experiences where when I hit, it was black out excruciating pain, and then white out absence of pain, and the subconscience thought that I want to go back.

For her role in the 2001 film Shallow Hal the Farrelly brothers wrote a specific part for Burns after discovering in her audition Brooke Burns was the "prettiest dorky girl" they'd ever met. Early life
Burns was born in Dallas Texas the daughter of Brad and Betsy Burns. At age 16 Burns and her family moved to Europe where Brooke Burns later lived in Paris Milan and Munich.

She began her career on the popular TV series Baywatch and Baywatch Hawaii.