Trivia

Miss Arizona 1980 in the 1981 Miss America pageant.

Served on the board of directors of the Montana Shakespeare Company in Helena, Montana.

Both in Everwood (2002) and Desperate Housewives (2004), she plays a family mother whose death in the pilot of the series sets the events of the show in motion. She reappears throughout the shows in flashback scenes and dream sequences.

Played two separate characters in Starship Troopers (1997) and Starship Troopers 2: Hero of the Federation (2004).

Graduated Magna Cum Laude from Arizona State University with Bachelor of Music in Musical Theatre.

1978: Graduated from Sandy High School in Sandy, OR.

Married for the 2nd time her longtime boyfriend John Farzad Strong following a 4-month-long engagement. (May 2015)

Brenda taught yoga in Los Angeles, California.

Replaced Sheryl Lee who was originally cast as Mary Alice Young for the ABC series Desperate Housewives (2004) in its pilot episode.

Also worked with Felicity Huffman on the short lived Sports Night (1998) program created by Aaron Sorkin of The West Wing (1999).

She played Cliff Barnes' "one night stand" in the Dallas (1978) 1987 episode Cat and Mouse (1987) and played Bobby Ewing's third wife Ann in Dallas (2012) from 2012 to 2014.

Shares a birthday with Desperate Housewives (2004) co-star Marcia Cross and Sarah Jessica Parker.

She and her future Desperate Housewives (2004) co-star Marcia Cross both starred in Everwood (2002). Strong guest-starred in a few episodes while Cross was a steady cast-member from 2003-2004. They never were in the same episodes. They also both guest-starred in different episodes of Ally McBeal (1997). They separately guest starred in back-to-back episodes of Seinfeld (1989) during season nine. Cross appeared dating Jerry as life-saving dermatologist Dr. Sara Sitarides, and Strong in her recurring role as Sue Ellen "The Bra-less Wonder" Mischke.

Played a psychiatrist in Get a Job (1998), Terror Tract (2000) and in the CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (2000) episode, Overload (2001). All three times, her patient was a troubled young boy.

Has been on five shows on The WB - 7th Heaven (1996), Gilmore Girls (2000), Dawson's Creek (1998), and Everwood (2002), The Help (2004).

Has a son named Zakery Henri (aka Zak Henri, b.1994) with her now ex-1st husband Tom Henri.

Was among the guests at Marcia Cross' wedding to Tom Mahoney.

Her uncle was painter Ray Strong.

She and future Desperate Housewives (2004) co-star Felicity Huffman both starred in Sports Night (1998). Strong guest-starred in several episodes while Huffman was a regular cast-member for both seasons. In the series, Strong was sleeping with both Huffman's fiancé (Ted McGinley) and Huffman's co-worker (Peter Krause).

Brenda appeared in an episode of Star Trek: The Next Generation (1987). She also starred in Starship Troopers (1997) (When The Bough Breaks (1988)(#1.16) to be exact) which used the term "warp drive" for the technology to travel faster than light.