Brooker was born in
Croydon, Surrey, and is the daughter of Victor Brooker and Ethel Bassett; she has an older sister, Janis. In 1983, Brooker appeared in the television series ''
Agatha Christie's Partners in Crime'', appearing in the sixth episode "The Ambassador's Boots". In 1984, she appeared in a play called
Canterbury Tales, which was adapted from
Geoffrey Chaucer's book of the
same name by Phil Woods, and director
Michael Bogdanov. In 1992, she joined the cast of
As Time Goes By, which starred
Judi Dench and
Geoffrey Palmer. Brooker played Judith Hanson, the twice-divorced daughter who runs a secretarial agency with her mother, Jean Pargetter, played by Dench. In 1995, Brooker appeared in the
BBC1 miniseries
Ghosts, appearing in the second episode "Blood and Water" as Angela McClean, a woman unnaturally close to her brother. In early 2010, Brooker and actress
Jenny Funnell, who played Sandy in
As Time Goes By, were both flown into
New York City, New York to appear in
WNET's and other PBS stations'
pledge drives. Brooker married actor Anthony Milner in 1985, and has two children. Milner died in July 2015. ==References==