Lily Brooks O’Briant Opens Up About Her Battle with Endometriosis
The 16-year-old film, TV, and Broadway actress will have surgery this summer
I wrote the following story with Lily Brooks O’Briant for drseckin.com and endofound.com on June 22, 2023. I am reprinting it here with their permission. If you or anyone you know is suffering from symptoms of endometriosis, visit drseckin.com or endofound.com for more information about the disease and ways to receive help.
When Lily Brooks O’Briant was filming her Apple TV+ dramatic series Life by Ella last year, she curled into a ball on the floor between takes to alleviate her pain.
“As soon as they would call ‘rolling,’ I’d stand up and do the scene,” said Lily Brooks, who played Ella, a middle school student with cancer. “When they’d call ‘cut,’ I’d lay down right there and wait for the next scene to begin.”
Lily Brooks, 16, is an actress, singer, and songwriter who was born in Memphis and lives in Los Angeles. She made her feature film debut at eight years old in Shark Lake with Dolph Lundgren, toured the country a year later as Matilda Wormwood in the Broadway musical Matilda, and now stars as Lucy Romalotti in the daytime soap The Young and the Restless.
