Brooke Kerr (born November 21, 1973) is an American actress who plays the role of Whitney Russell on the television soap opera, Passions. She is a native of Indianapolis, Indiana. Kerr moved to Los Angeles after graduating high school to pursue a career in acting. She has lived there ever since. Her son, Chris Warren, Jr. (to whom Kerr gave birth as a teenager) is also an actor. Kerr is still with Christopher Warren, the father of her son, and they have been together since their teens.