The cast of “Suddenly Susan” Then And Now: photos of young Brooke Shields, Judd Nelson and others
Suddenly Susan Cast: Then and now
“Suddenly Susan” ran on NBC for four seasons from 1996 to 2000 and was a hit. Hero judd nelson, Barbara Bari, david strickland, Brooke Shields, Kathy GriffinAND Nestor Carbonelli (pictured above, left to right), the series has followed the ups and downs of working with her brother’s ex-boyfriend, plus all the other struggles, some funny and some unfortunate, that come with everyone’s life. days.
Sadly, the cast of “Suddenly Susan” went through a real-life struggle after David, who played Todd Stities, died by suicide in 1999. “There’s rarely a minute in a day that I don’t have [David] in my mind,” Brooke said at the time, according to the “New York Post.”
After the show, the cast had an amazing career in film and television production. (Aside from Barbara Barrie, who was already a big name when she was cast.) Scroll through the HollywoodLife gallery for then-and now photos of the “Suddenly Susan” cast.
Brooke Shields

Brooke Shields played Susan Keane in “Suddenly Susan,” the woman who runs away from her fiancé at the altar, only to have her ex’s brother take her back to the magazine he runs. Brooke, born in 1965, has been in acting for most of her life, and her starring role is considered to be that of Violet in 1978’s ‘Pretty Baby’, in which she played a child prostitute. “Suddenly Susan” was the actress’s first lead role in a sitcom.
Since then, she has continued to work in Hollywood. Some of her biggest projects in the 2000s include ‘Lipstick Jungle’ and 2001’s ‘What Makes a Family’. She is married to director chris henchy and has two children.
Kathy Griffin

Kathy Griffin who played Vicki Groener in ‘Suddenly Susan’ went on to star in various TV shows and movies after the show. However, she is now best known as an Emmy and Grammy Award-winning comedian who has starred in 20 comedy specials on Bravo, HBO, and Comedy Central. She was also the star of the Bravo reality series, ‘Kathy Griffin: My Life on the D-List’ which aired from 2005 to 2010.
However, it was canceled in 2017 due to a photo she shared that showed her holding a former player’s Halloween mask. President Donald J. Trumphead covered in fake ketchup like it was cut off. “They didn’t cancel me. They wrote me off,” he told the “New York Times” of the ordeal. However, he slowly and surely returned to comedy.
Kathy married her second husband, Randy Bickin 2020 and survived a lung cancer diagnosis in 2021.
shepherd sherry

shepherd sherry she played Miranda Charles in the hit series from 1997 to 2000 and had a fruitful television career. Some of her notable projects since ‘Suddeny Susan’ include ‘Less Than Perfect’ (2002-2006), ’30 Rock’ (2007-2012) and ‘Less Than Perfect’ (2019-2020).
In 2005, Sherri began her career as a talk show host when she landed a spot on talk show ˜The View’, as a female panelist. The Emmy-winning host was her on the show from seasons 11 to 17. She launched her own her own talk show, ‘SHERRI’, in the fall of 2022.
judd nelson

Judd Nelson played the character Jack Richmond in ‘Suddenly Susan’. Before that, he was one of the biggest names in acting after rising to fame in films like ‘St. Elmo’s Fire’, 1985’s ‘The Breakfast Club’, 1986’s ‘The Transformers: The Movie’ and 1991’s ‘New Jack City’.
In 2019, she starred in the comedy ‘Love Letters’ alongside the ‘Twin Peaks’ star. Sheryl Lee. Previously she starred in ‘Love Letters’ in 1991 together Valeria Bertinelli.
Judd continues to act to this day but prefers to stay away from the spotlight.
Nestor Carbonelli

Néstor Carbonell played Luis Rivera in “Suddenly Susan”. He has been active since 1989 and hasn’t stopped since. His most recent and notable work includes playing Richard Alpert in the hit series ‘Lost’, the mayor in ‘The Dark Knight’ and its 2012 sequel, Sheriff Alex Romero in ‘Bates Motel’ and Yanko Flores on “The Morning Show”. He has been married to Shannon Kenny since 2001 and they have two children.
Barbara Bari

Barbara Barrie played Helen ‘Nana’ Keane in ‘Suddenly Susan’. The Academy Award-winning actress has been acting professionally since the 1950s and has over 100 credits in her IMDb. page. She definitely slowed down her career following the hit NBC series, but she didn’t retire. Here, she appears at the opening night of Broadway’s “Company” in December 2021.
rober est

rober est He joined the cast of ‘Suddenly Susan’ in 1999 and played ‘Oliver Browne’. His biggest project after ‘Suddenly Susan’ was playing Harry Wilson in ‘90210’ between 2008 and 2010.
Andre Bendewald

Andre Bendewald she played Maddy Piper between 1997 and 2000. Her acting career after ‘Suddenly Susan’ mostly consisted of one-episode episodes in popular TV shows like ‘Two and a Half Men’ and ‘Last Man Standing’. She notably appeared in nine episodes of ‘The Morning Show’ alongside Nestor.
Andrea was married to Mitch Rouse since 2001 and has two children.
Eric idle

‘Suddenly Susan’ saw Eric idle he played Ian Maxtone-Graham between 1999 and 2002. Eric began acting professionally in the 1960s and his two notable plays include ‘Do Not Adjust Your Set’ (1967-1969) and ‘Monty Python’s Flying Circus’ ( 1969-1974). Lui mostly acted as a voice actor in the 2000s and his latest IMDb credit is for a 2020 video for Save the Children.
graham curry

graham curry he played Nate Knaborski on ‘Suddenly Susan’ from 1999 to 2000. Currie has continued acting in television since the end of the hit NBC series. His longest running role since ‘Suddenly Susan’ came in ‘Murder in the First’ which saw him on screen for 32 episodes between 2014 and 2016. He most recently starred in ‘Emergence’ (pictured right), ‘The Rookie’, ‘The Marvelous Mrs Maisel’ and much more.
david strickland

As mentioned above, David Strickland starred in ‘Suddenly Season’ for the first three seasons before his death. He began his acting career in 1994. He was 29 when he died.
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