Brooke Elliot is one of three offspring of city manager father, Robert, and mother, Kathleen Elliott. Her father was a city manager.
As a child, the Drop Dead Diva had quite a life, moving to Blaine, Minnesota, from her birthplace Fridley, Minnesota. Her family later moved to Missouri, Oklahoma, and Illinois. They finally settled in Riverview, Michigan.
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In 1993, Elliot received her high school diploma from Gabriel Richard Catholic High School. While there, she took part in various high school productions of classics: Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat and Richard III.
Pursuing her passion for acting, she enrolled in Western Michigan University’s Bachelor of Fine Arts program in Musical Theatre performance and graduated in 1998.