Actress Brooke Smith, 58, gets to experience fame in the best way possible. The actress—best known for her roles as Dr. Erica Hahn on Grey’s Anatomy and as Catherine Martin in The Silence of the Lambs—was recently spotted not being spotted at the Charlotte Douglas International Airport in North Carolina. Smith went unrecognized as she navigated the airport ahead of the Mad Monster Expo.
Also known for her roles in Six Feet Under and Bates Motel, Smith was a special guest at Mad Monster Expo, a sci-fi and fantasy-themed convention that brings the genre’s top celebrities together for panels, meet-and-greets, and autograph sessions.
Despite her guest status, Smith effortlessly passed through the Charlotte airport without being recognized by Silence of the Lambs fans still moved by her haunting performance.
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‘Mad Monster Expo’: Guests, Panels, and Speakers
Brooke Smith joined a robust list of the sci-fi, horror, and fantasy world’s biggest celebrities at the Charlotte-based fan event.
Other celebrity guests at this year’s event, held August 22–25, included Scream star David Arquette, The Exorcist star Linda Blair, The Blob and Entourage actor Kevin Dillon, The Lost Boys star Corey Feldman, and The Incredible Hulk star Lou Ferrigno.
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Unforgettable Performance in ‘The Silence of the Lambs’
Smith has built a long and respected résumé that includes some of Hollywood’s best television shows, but her performance as the abducted daughter of a U.S. senator in Jonathan Demme’s 1991 film The Silence of the Lambs has cemented her status as an icon in film history.
For her role as the terrified girl in the well, Smith had to gain weight—but she has long held affection for the film, which starred Anthony Hopkins and Jodie Foster.
While giving a tour of the Pennsylvania home that served as the set for Buffalo Bill’s chilling lair, Smith told CBS, “It’s a great movie,” she said. “It totally holds up. It’s almost perfect, I have to say. I’ve seen it recently and I get why it holds up. I think if you make something great, it should hold up.”
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Brooke Smith: Life After ‘The Silence of the Lambs’
In addition to her extensive career in film and TV, Smith and her husband, Russian cinematographer Steve Lubensky, are parents to two daughters: Fanny Lubensky (22) and Lucy Dinknesh Lubensky, whom they adopted from Ethiopia in 2008.
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