Victor Collins (General Hospital) - Brook Lynn Ashton

Brook Lynn Ashton
General Hospital character
Portrayed by Brooke Radding (1996–2001)
Adrianne León (2004–06, 2010–11)
Duration 1996–2001, 2004–06, 2010–11
First appearance 1996
Last appearance April 11, 2011
Created by Robert Guza, Jr.
Karen Harris
Introduced by Wendy Riche (1996)
Jill Farren Phelps (2004, 2010)
Classification Former, regular
Profile
Aliases Lynn
Occupation Escort (2010)
Metro Court Hotel singer (2010)
Family
Family Quartermaine
Parents Ned Ashton
Lois Cerullo
Grandparents Larry Ashton
Tracy Quartermaine
Carmine Cerullo
Gloria Cerullo
Aunts and uncles Mark Cerullo
Vincent Cerullo
Dillon Quartermaine

Brook Lynn Ashton is a fictional character on the ABC soap opera General Hospital. On the series, she is the daughter of Ned Ashton and Lois Cerullo, and was named after her mother's hometown of Brooklyn.

Originally played by actress Brooke Radding in 1996, the character was last portrayed by actress Adrianne León when her birth date was revised to 1987 starting in 2004. Leon was nominated for two awards for the role in 2005: the Soap Opera Digest "Outstanding Female Newcomer Award", and "Outstanding Younger Actress" in the Daytime Emmy Awards. Leon continued to play the character until 2006. It was announced in 2010 that Leon would return to the show as Brook Lynn that May. She left the series again in 2011.

Brook Lynn is raised by her mother after her parents' divorce, but lives with her father as a teenager. She is a talented song writer and singer and her mother, a band manager and record company executive, often pressures her to pursue a singing career. Brook dates Diego Alcazar for a time, but they later break up. She is also involved in adventures with Georgie Jones, her uncle Dillon Quartermaine, and Sage Alcazar, who competes with her for a recording contract. The obnoxious Sage is murdered by serial killer Mary Bishop after she is locked in the Quartermaine freezer by a fed-up Georgie. Sage is a sitting duck for the killer, who mistakes her for Brook's adopted cousin Emily Quartermaine. After her death, Brook puts a poignant song written by Sage to music and records it. Sage's uncle Lorenzo Alcazar blames Brook and the other teens for her death, but is brought to tears when he hears Brook perform the song. The following year, Brook is a victim of the Port Charles Stalker, who drugs girls and takes pictures of them. The stalker later turns out to be Sage's cousin Diego, who had read her journals and decided to get revenge on Brook and the others on her behalf. Soon after, Brook decided to leave Port Charles and return to New York to pursue her music career.

Brook Lynn was convinced to return to town in 2010 by Carly Jacks, who promised to pay Brook if she came between Dante Falconeri, whom Brook grew up with in Brooklyn, and his girlfriend, Lulu Spencer. Carly hired Brook Lynn to sing at the Metro Court and purchased her an apartment across from Dante's. Brook succeeds in drugging Dante at a bar and attempts to have sex with him in his apartment, but Lulu arrives to stop this and blames Brook entirely. Feeling guilty, Brook later tells Lulu that she had been working for Carly, but Carly lies and claims she was only trying to test Dante to see if he was worthy of Lulu. Lulu believes Carly, and continues to blame Brook. Finding Brook in a state of devastation, the wealthy Nikolas Cassadine invites her into his castle and hires her to be his escort for a formal dinner in France. While he teaches her etiquette, the two begin a flirtation, and then a romance. Brook eventually moves into the Cassadine castle and continues to work as Nikolas' escort at formal events. She is soon at odds with Elizabeth Webber, who previously cheated with Nikolas while engaged to his brother Lucky Spencer and believes along with Nikolas that he is the father of her infant son Aiden (Lucky is the true father). Elizabeth accuses Brook of using Nikolas for his wealth, and Brook in turn claims Elizabeth is using Aiden as an excuse to get back with Nikolas.

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