'Drop Dead Diva' Fans Can Get Their Brooke Elliott Fix in 'Sweet Magnolias'

May 20 2020, Updated 3:09 p.m. ET

There's one show now we have been having a look ahead to since this entire lockdown started, and that is the reason Netflix's Sweet Magnolias, in keeping with the popular guide series by Sherryl Woods.

Sweet Magnolias follows lifelong highest pals Maddie (JoAnna Garcia Swisher), Helen (Heather Headley), and Dana Sue (Brooke Elliott) who're reconnecting following Maddie's contemporary divorce and hoping to start out a new bankruptcy of their lives in combination.

In undeniable terms, "Sweet Magnolias is the new Desperate Housewives," as one fast fan was fast to write down on Twitter. So, who is Dana Sue on this analogy? Keep reading for everything you wish to have to find out about Brooke Elliott on Sweet Magnolias, and be told where else you'll see the actress.

Who is Brooke Elliott on 'Sweet Magnolias'?

Remember Drop Dead Diva? Yes, the same superstar of the Lifetime sequence is now bringing restaurateur Dana Sue Sullivan to life in Sweet Magnolias.

On DDD, the 45-year-old actress performed Jane Bingum, a lawyer who dies and comes back to lifestyles as a fashion. Now, fairly than style, Brooke is giving existence to a strong-willed Southern belle who likes to cook dinner, and has her own eating place called Sullivan's.

The actress, who's additionally an especially talented singer and has performed in the U.S. excursions of Beauty and the Beast and Wicked, as well as the Broadway productions of Taboo and The Pirate Queen, began an Instagram account on the occasion of marketing her new Netflix series.

Brooke Elliott is just getting began on Instagram — give her a practice!

"Ohhh Dana Sue's devilishly handsome estranged husband in Sweet Magnolias, what ever will we do with you?" she captioned a photo along co-star Brandon Quinn. "It's a bit complicated," she writes, adding that she loved running the actor who plays Ronnie Sullivan.

Brooke is just getting started on the platform, so we urge you to give her a follow for those who change into a fan of the display. 

She's posted some great behind-the-scenes snaps or even a glimpse at her first desk learn final July. "We have given our hearts to this show and the sweet town of Serenity and we hope you love it as much as we do," she captioned a picture of Sweet Magnolias' cast, creators, producers, and workforce.

And if you want to catch Brooke in different roles, there's no better time to time table a rewatch of Mel Gibson's What Women Want, which by the way was once this actress's first movie function. She's also appeared in Law & Order: Trial by Jury, and has received a number of perfect actress and rising big name awards for her lead position in Drop Dead Diva.

Earlier this 12 months, Brooke even participated in Heartstrings, the Netflix anthology series about eight anecdotes inspired by means of eight Dolly Parton songs. "I'm so honored to have been a part of this!" the actress tweeted ahead of Heartstrings' November 2019 premiere. 

As fanatics of the sequence, we're overjoyed to peer Brooke Elliott make a go back to the Netflix family and look ahead to seeing her take at the function of his newly divorced restaurateur in the fascinating the city of Serenity.

Sweet Magnolias is now streaming on Netflix.

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