Brooke Smith

actress, author of “Sunday Matinee”

Brooke Smith on KCRW

Actress Brooke Smith (“Grey’s Anatomy”) was a rebellious teenager in the 1980s, hanging out with punk rock kids and photographing the scene in New York.

‘Sunday Matinee’: Brooke Smith turns lens to NY 1980s punk rock scene

Actress Brooke Smith (“Grey’s Anatomy”) was a rebellious teenager in the 1980s, hanging out with punk rock kids and photographing the scene in New York.

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