Brandi Brown: Where is Roseanne Barr’s daughter she gave up for adoption now?

Who is Brandi Brown?

Brandi Brown is the first daughter of actress, comedian, writer, and producer Roseanne Barr. Brandi Brown’s mother began her career in stand-up comedy before finding her feet in her Sitcom show “Roseanne”.  In the late 1980s and early 1990s, she gained fame through her role in Roseanne and other performances which won her an Emmy and a Golden Globe Award for Best Actress.

Brandi Brown: Bio Summary

How old was Roseanne Barr when she had her first child, Brandi?

The actress’s journey through motherhood began in 1971 when she was 18 years old. At the time, Roseanne Barr gave birth to her first child and daughter Brandi Brown. Barr placed her first child up for adoption after nine days in Denver and Brandi was adopted by another family. Though Roseanne Barr made the decision to not raise her first daughter Brandi Brown, The Golden Globe-winning actress said she “always knew” they “would get back” together.

“I gave my baby up to the Jewish Family and Children’s Service in Denver,” she shared with PEOPLE. “They said they had a couple that had waited seven years for a Jewish baby. But the day they came to take my baby away, I whispered to [Brandi], ‘You remember this, I’ll see you when you’re 18.‘” Roseanne Barr has not given any information about who the father of Brandi Brown is.

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After actress Roseanne Barr placed her daughter Brandi up for adoption, she fell in love with Bill Pentland, and the two wed in 1974. The two had three children  Jessica Lyn Pentland, Jake Pentland, and Jennifer Pentland. Barr had another child Buck Thomas in her other marriage after her divorce from Bill Pentland. As of 2023, Brandi is 52 years old.

How did Roseanne Barr and her daughter reconnect?

Two years before Bill and Barr’s marriage ended in 1990, the actress and comedian reconnected with her first child, Brandi, in 1988 after giving her up for adoption. Recalling the story of how Roseanne Barr and her daughter Brandi Brown reunited during an interview with People a year after in 1989, the Emmy Winning actress said she initially wrote a note for Brandi and planned to give it to her in 1992.

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Giving an account of how they reconnected Barr said- “I had left information allowing her to find me when she turned 21. I had even told my own kids about the adoption a year earlier because I knew she was 17 and might try to find me” The stand-up comedian went on to reveal everything took a different turn when a tabloid found out about how she put her daughter Brandi up for adoption- “I panicked and hired a private detective to track her down rather than have her read about me being her mom,”

Barr went on to tell PEOPLE that once the private investigator tracked her daughter Brandi down, they met at a Los Angeles hotel and the actress describe that moment as one of the best feelings. “I turned around and felt this powerful magnet. We looked at each other. Brandi jumped out of her seat. And we started running toward each other. We embraced and wouldn’t let go of each other, hugging and crying.

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The mother-daughter duo met again in a very emotional scene-“We just held on to each other, looking into each other’s eyes and crying as I told Brandi how much I had missed her for so long, I’m so glad I found her. So glad she came home.”

What does Brandi Brown do?

Brandi Brown followed in the footsteps of her famous mother. She is an actress. According to Brandi Brown’s IMDb profile, she has one acting credit in a 1997 episode of the TV series 3rd Rock from the Sun, but she’s also worked behind the camera. Aside from earning credit as a field producer for The Dr. Oz Show and Katie, she’s worked as a production assistant on dozens of episodes of Roseanne, The Jackie Thomas Show, and Dark Faith.