Brown with Pepe and Gonzo at the Muppets Haunted Mansion premiere
Brown and Big Bird at San Diego Comic-Con
Yvette Nicole Brown (b. 1971) is an actor whose career started in commercials before appearing in several TV shows where she eventually became well known as one of the lead characters in the NBC comedy Community.
Brown moderated the Sesame Street 50th anniversary panel at San Diego Comic-Con 2019. She later moderated a Miss Piggy-themed event at the D23 Expo 2024.
She appears as the Hearse Driver in the 2021 Disney+ special Muppets Haunted Mansion. She later co-hosted the 2024 Sesame Street special, Cookie Monster's Bake Sale: Back to School.
Brown's other credits include Curb Your Enthusiasm, Two and a Half Men, That's So Raven (with Raven-Symoné), That '70s Show, Malcolm in the Middle, The Office, Boston Legal, and Chuck. She has provided voices for Family Guy, BoJack Horseman, DC Super Hero Girls, Spider-Man (2020), and Lego Star Wars: The Freemaker Adventures. Her filmography includes Little Black Book (with Rashida Jones), Michael Bay's The Island (with Sean Bean and Michael Clarke Duncan), Dreamgirls (with Jamie Foxx and Jennifer Hudson), Tropic Thunder (with Jack Black), Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters, Avengers: Endgame, and the 2019 remake of Lady and the Tramp as Aunt Sarah.