Brea Grant is an American actress, writer, and director. She played the character of Daphne Millbrook in the NBC television series Heroes.
Early life Brea Grant was born and raised in Marshall, Texas. She earned bachelor's and master's degrees in American studies from the University of Texas at Austin.
Career
Acting 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.
Writing, directing, and producing Grant directed and co-wrote her first feature, an apocalyptic road trip movie called Best Friends Forever, in 2013. The movie premiered at the Slamdance Film Festival. She wrote and starred in the series The Real Housewives of Horror for Nerdist in 2014. She directed the short film Feminist Campfire Stories, which won the Audience Award at the Women in Comedy Film Festival.
Grant was nominated for a Daytime Emmy as a producer of the series EastSiders. 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.
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.
Other media Grant and author Mallory O'Meara began co-hosting the weekly podcast Reading Glasses in June 2017. The show is part of the Maximum Fun network and is focused on books and reading culture.
Grant created the comic book miniseries We Will Bury You with her brother Zane Grant and artist Kyle Strahm. She also wrote the SuicideGirls comic miniseries, based on the pin-up website of the same name.
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.
Filmography 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 2013Detour 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 Ivy2014DoublesVeraSci-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 Pollack2018 Bad Apples Ella 2020 After Midnight AbbyThe Stylist Olivia Happily Cashier 12 Hour Shift Director LuckyMay Ryer Screenwriter 2021 Madelines Madeline Co-Screenwriter (with Director Jason R Miller) 2022 Torn Hearts Director
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