Paget Brewster (born March 10, 1969 in Concord, Massachusetts) is an American actress. She appeared in the short-lived comedy series Andy Richter Controls The Universe, also as Beth Huffstodt on the showtime comedy-drama Huff, and is also known for playing Special Agent Emily Prentiss on the CBS crime drama Criminal Minds.

Brewster first came to prominent attention in her recurring role as Kathy, Joey's girlfriend (and later Chandler's) in the fourth season of Friends. Brewster also had a short-lived Bay Area talk show. She appeared in Andy Richter Controls The Universe and as Beth Huffstodt in the Showtime series Huff, which aired from 2004-2006.

In film, Brewster played Ms. Indestructible, the female lead in James Gunn's low-budget superhero comedy The Specials (2000), opposite Thomas Haden Church and Rob Lowe. She also played Amy Pierson, a calculus teacher afraid of the water, in the independent film The Big Bad Swim that premiered at the 2006 Tribeca Film Festival.