Brea Grant

Brea Grant (born October 16, 1981) is an American film and television actress, writer, director, comics artist, and podcaster. She is best known for playing Daphne Millbrook in the NBC television series Heroes (2006-2009) and Ryan Chambers in Showtime's series Dexter(2011).

Brea Grant was born as Brea Colleen Grant on October 16, 1981, in Marshall, Texas, where she attended Marshall Public High School. Later, she earned a Master of Arts degree in American Studies from the University of Texas in Austin. 

Acting

Grant made her acting debut in 2006, playing Daphne Millbrook in Tim Kring's television series Heroes, alongside Jack Coleman and Hayden Panettiere. She was seen in 17 episodes through March 2009.

In 2007, she portrayed Candy in Norman Thaddeus Vane's horror-comedy film You're So Dead. The following year, she was seen in the role of Jean Binnel in Friday Night Lights, starring Kyle Chandler and Connie Britton.

Her other television credits during that time include Cold Case (2008), Raising the Bar (2008), Valley Peaks(2009), A Good Knight's Quest (2010), CSI: Miami (2011), and Dexter (2011).

Recently, in 2020, Grant starred as Olivia alongside Najarra Townsend and Sarah McGuire in Jill Gevargizian's horror drama The Stylist.

She has also finished filming for BenDavid Grabinski-directed comedy Happily, in which she will be seen alongside Joel McHale and Natalie Zea. The release date for the film is yet to be announced. Her other current projects are Jacob Gentry's sci-fi Night Sky and Hans Rodionoff's horror film Mnemovore.

Direction/production/screenwriting

In 2013, Grant made her directorial debut with an apocalyptic road trip movie name Best Friends Forever, starring Alex Berg and Leslie Chappell. She also co-wrote the screenplay for the film with Vera Miao. The film premiered at Slamdance Film Festival in 2013 and won Miao the "Breakout Performance - Actress, Narrative Feature" award at the 2013 "VC FilmFest - Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival."

In 2014, Grant wrote and starred as "Heather" in the series, The Real Housewives of Horror for Nerdist. 

Grant served as a producer on the TV series Eastsiders (2017-2019). She also played Bri in the series. For her work, she was nominated for a Daytime Emmy in "Outstanding Digital Daytime Drama Series" category in 2018 and 2020.

In 2017, she directed the short comedy film, Feminist Campfire Stories. The film, written by Sydney Steinberg and starring Ashleigh Crystal Hairston and Ego Nwodim, won the Audience Award at the Women in Comedy Film Festival.

Grant wrote and directed her second feature in 2019, a dark heist film entitled, 12 Hour Shift, starring Angela Bettis, Chloe Farnworth, David Arquette, and Mick Foley. The film was shot on location in Arkansas with the production company, HCT Media.

Most recently, in 2020, she wrote for Natasha Kermani-directed horror thriller Lucky, in which she played May alongside Hunter C. Smith and Kristina Klebe.

Comics

Grant has also seen success in the world of comics. She created a comic book miniseries called We Will Bury You with her brother Zane Grant and artist Kyle Strahm. The first issue was published on February 24, 2010, and the fourth and final issue was published in June 2010. The book is a story of two lesbian lovers, Miyah and Fanya, set in a zombie-ridden alternate version of the 1920s. Unlike many zombie stories, We Will Bury You does not focus on the main characters’ struggle to survive when besieged by a horde of zombies. Instead, the story concentrates on the lovers' relationship and their travels as the roles of women in society change.

Grant continued her comic writing with the SuicideGirls comic miniseries, based on the pin-up website of the same name.

Podcast

Grant also co-hosts with Mallory O'Meara a weekly books and literature themed podcast titled Reading Glasses, on the Maximum Fun network.