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Brea Grant
Grant in 2009
Born
Marshall, Texas, U.S.
EducationUniversity of Texas at Austin (BA, MA)
Occupation(s)Actress, author
Years active2007–present

Brea Grant is an American actress, writer, and director. She played the character of Daphne Millbrook in the NBC television series Heroes.[1]

Early life

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Brea Grant was born and raised in Marshall, Texas.[2][3][4][5] She earned bachelor's and master's degrees in American studies from the University of Texas at Austin.[6]

Career

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Acting

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Grant's television acting career has included the roles of Jean Binnel on Friday Night Lights, Daphne Milbrook on Heroes, and Ryan Chambers on Dexter.

She played the supporting lead in the film Something Else, which premiered at Tribeca in 2019.[7]

Writing, directing, and producing

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Grant directed and co-wrote her first feature, an apocalyptic road trip movie called Best Friends Forever, in 2013.[8] The movie premiered at the Slamdance Film Festival.[9] She wrote and starred in the series The Real Housewives of Horror for Nerdist in 2014.[10] She directed the short film Feminist Campfire Stories, which won the Audience Award at the Women in Comedy Film Festival.[11]

Grant was nominated for a Daytime Emmy as a producer of the series EastSiders.[12] She also acted in the show and wrote and directed an episode in Season 4.

Grant wrote and directed her second feature, 12 Hour Shift, in 2019. The dark heist film stars Angela Bettis, Chloe Farnworth, David Arquette, and Mick Foley.[13]

Grant was a runner-up for the Audience Award for Overlook Film Festival's 2024 competition with the short film she directed and co-wrote, MLM. [14]

Other media

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Grant and author Mallory O'Meara began co-hosting the weekly podcast Reading Glasses in June 2017.[15] The show is part of the Maximum Fun network and is focused on books and reading culture.[16]

Grant created the comic book miniseries We Will Bury You with her brother Zane Grant and artist Kyle Strahm.[17] She also wrote the SuicideGirls comic miniseries, based on the pin-up website of the same name.[18]

In 2020, Six Foot Press published Mary, a graphic novel by Grant and artist Yishan Li. The title character is a fictional great-great-great-great-great-granddaughter of writer and Frankenstein creator Mary Shelley.[19][20][21]

Filmography

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Year Film Role Notes
2007 You're So Dead Candy
2008 Friday Night Lights Jean Binnel 3 Episodes
2008 Smooch Randi Spotswood
2008 Multiple Choice Barb
2008 Cold Case Liza West 1 Episode
2008 Corpse Run Liberty
2008 Middle of Nowhere Jean
2008 Raising the Bar Heather Dreeban 1 Episode
2008 Midnight Movie Rachael
2008 Max Payne Junkie Girl uncredited
2008 Battle Planet Rasha
2008 Heroes Daphne Millbrook 16 Episodes
2009 Trance Chloe
2009 Halloween II Michaela "Mya" Rockwell
2009 Valley Peaks Lizabeth Hardchild 2 Episodes
2010 The Weathered Underground Liz Released on DVD
2011 Ice Road Terror Rachel Harris
2011 The Perfect Student Jordan
2011 Dexter Ryan Chambers 4 Episodes
2011 Homecoming Estelle Post-production
2012 BlackBoxTV: Silverwood Jennifer YouTube series episode: Kidnapped
2012 Looper TK Billboard Girl Uncredited
2012 Game Shop Chloe IGN: Start YouTube Series
2012 NCIS: Los Angeles Mia Jameson Patriot Acts
2013 Detour Laurie
2013 Where Are My Dragons Daenerys A Funny or Die Exclusive
2013 Best Friends Forever Harriet Also directed by Grant
2013 Anger Management Ellie 1 Episode
2013 Maron Ivy
2014 Doubles Vera Sci-fi short
2014 Smothered DeeDee
2014 Oliver, Stoned. Megan
2015 Alleluia! The Devil's Carnival Click/The Rosy Bayonettes
2015 Pitch Perfect 2 Barden University Orientation Announcer
2016 Beyond the Gates Margot McKenzie
2017 A Ghost Story Clara
2018 Dead Night Casey Pollack
2018 Bad Apples Ella
2020 After Midnight Abby
2020 The Stylist Olivia
2020 Happily Cashier
2020 12 Hour Shift Director
2020 Lucky May Screenwriter
2021 Madelines Madeline Co-Screenwriter (with Director Jason R Miller)
2022 Torn Hearts Director

References

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  1. ^ Heroes Revealed (May 5, 2008). "Brea Grant to join Heroes as Joy 'the speedster'". Archived from the original on August 22, 2016. Retrieved August 3, 2016.
  2. ^ "Brea Grant on Earwolf". www.earwolf.com.
  3. ^ "Marshall High School 1999 Yearbook Annual Marshall TX ~ Actor Writer Brea Grant". eBay.
  4. ^ "Filmmaker BREA GRANT interview on her days as a punk rock Drummer, 12 Hour Shift & more! MHv2e06". YouTube.
  5. ^ Whittaker, Richard. "Brea Grant, Modern Scream Queen". www.austinchronicle.com.
  6. ^ Stated Magazine. "Interview with Actress/Writer Brea Grant of Heroes" (Interview). Retrieved August 3, 2016.
  7. ^ EW. "TRIBECA 2019: Exclusive First look at Monster Movie Something Else". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved April 19, 2019.
  8. ^ Dread Central. "Brea Grant and Vera Miao Are Best Friends Forever". Retrieved November 14, 2011.
  9. ^ Slamdance. "Spotlight: Best Friends Forever". Archived from the original on September 20, 2015. Retrieved May 21, 2019.
  10. ^ Tubefilter. "Nerdist Debuts 'Real Housewives of Horror'". Retrieved October 14, 2014.
  11. ^ WICF Daily (July 31, 2017). "WICF Film Fest and Rachel Bloom Short Challenge Winners". Retrieved March 22, 2018.
  12. ^ Instinct Magazine. "LGBT Series EastSiders 6 Daytime Emmy Award Nominations!". Retrieved March 22, 2018.
  13. ^ Bloody Disgusting (April 22, 2019). "Angela Bettis and Mick Foley Starring in Brea Grant's 12 Hour Shift". Retrieved April 22, 2019.
  14. ^ "Overlook Film Festival 2024 Award Winners Include Oddity and 'Some Day All This Will Be Yours'". www.moviemaker.com. April 11, 2024. Retrieved July 2, 2024.
  15. ^ "Episode 1: Book Slumps with Sara Benincasa". Maximum Fun. June 8, 2017. Retrieved November 10, 2020.
  16. ^ "Page Advice with Mallory O'Meara and Brea Grant". Apex Magazine. Retrieved November 10, 2020.
  17. ^ Nerd Appropriate. "Brea Grant: The Nerd Appropriate Interview" (Interview). Retrieved August 3, 2016.
  18. ^ SuicideGirls. "SuicideGirls Bring Their Brand of Sexy to the World of Comics". Archived from the original on May 18, 2011. Retrieved May 11, 2011.
  19. ^ "First look at YA graphic novel 'Mary: The Adventures of Mary Shelley's Great-Great-Great-Great-Great-Grandaughter' [sic]". EW.com. Retrieved November 10, 2020.
  20. ^ "Brea Grant's Graphic Novel 'Mary' Tackles a Familial Horror Legacy". iHorror. August 24, 2020. Retrieved November 10, 2020.
  21. ^ "Brea Grant's MARY Graphic Novel Offers Modern Twist on Classic Horror Story". Dread Central. October 3, 2020. Retrieved November 10, 2020.
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