Born in Brantford, Ontario,[3] Brooks trained in figure skating, dancing and musical theatre from an early age.
[5] Having appeared in a variety of film and television productions, Brooks' major break came in 2015 when she was cast in the role of Nurse Faith Carter in the second season of Hallmark series When Calls the Heart.
Her character received a mixed audience reception,[4] due mainly to the threat she posed to the series central love story between Mountie Jack Thornton (Daniel Lissing) and teacher Elizabeth Thatcher (Erin Krakow).
[7] Brooks played the lead role of Mandy Hamilton in the Hallmark original television film Destination Wedding, opposite Rafael Simon, which was broadcast in June 2017 as part of the channel's June Weddings series.
[5] On November 30, 2019, Brooks gave birth to her first child with husband Riley Graydon, a girl.