More at IMDbPro »Eileen Grubba is an American film and television actress born in Anchorage, Alaska.A lifetime member of the Actors Studio. Her skills have been compared to theater greats Geraldine Page and Kim Stanley, and actresses like Meryl Streep and Ellen Burstyn, due to her range, emotional depth and vulnerability. Trained at the Alliance Theater in Atlanta, HB Studios in New York City, and with Actors Studio members Barbara Bain, Martin Landau, Mark Rydell, Lou Antonio. She is coached by Allan Miller, who also coached Meryl Streep, Dustin Hoffman, Geraldine Page, and many other acclaimed actors.As a child, she overcame a deadly form of polio contracted from a vaccine, and then beat cancer.
Full Name
Anchorage, Alaska, USA
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Net Worth
$1.2 Million
Place Of Birth
Anchorage, Alaska, USA
Height
5' 8" (1.73 m)
Occupation
Film, television actress
Profession
Actress, Producer, Casting Department
Nicknames
Eileen Grubba, Grubba, Eileen
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If you want me to accept you as you are, then you have to accept me as I am. Exactly as I am. That sounds fair, doesn't it?
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We are turning the tides in this industry. I believe we all have to keep striving to break the "rules" in Entertainment, to better reflect humanity.
Her favorite experience in television so far was shooting the pilot, now a Recurring Guest Star role, in the NBC thriller, Game of Silence (2016) in Atlanta, Georgia. The director Niels Arden Oplev was very open to collaboration and inspiration, Eileen's favorite kind of director, and even allowed her to do her own stunts. The show brought Eileen full circle back to Atlanta where she started her career 24 years earlier.
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Idyllwild Film Festival. Nominated for Best Actress for her role in "Sleeping With The Bear". [January 2013]
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Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA: Shot a national GE Healthcare commercial, which ended up being a defining moment in her advocacy for the inclusion of people with disabilities in marketing and advertising. Later she was named the US Ambassador for GE Healthcare's Get Fit campaign meant to inspire. [October 2011]
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Played two completely opposite characters in the critically acclaimed,"Savage World", at The Met Theatre in Los Angeles. Many audience members did not realize that it was the same actress in both roles. [November 2008]
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Los Angeles, CA: USA Opened the original play, "Quardimonial" for The Actors Studio. Written by Katherine Cortez. Directed by Catlin Adams. [August 2011]
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Detroit, MI, USA: Shooting the exteriors for HBO's Hung (2009), Season 3. [May 2011]
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Her character "Precious Ryan", ex wife of Bobby, on Sons of Anarchy (2008) was prematurely cut from the storyline, but made a lasting impact with audiences worldwide. [May 2010]
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Working on HBO's series, Hung (2009) with Jane Adams. [March 2010]
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Shooting the feature film State of Play (2009) with Russell Crowe and Jason Bateman in Los Angeles. Unfortunately, the scenes did not make it to the final cut. [January 2008]
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Shot the HBO pilot Enlightened (2011) with Laura Dern, Luke Wilson and Diane Ladd. Laura Dern and Eileen worked very closely together for years and Eileen is now writing a feature with Laura Dern in mind for the lead. [January 2010]
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Executive produced and shot the lead in the Independent pilot, "Ghost Writer", with two of her mentors, Barbara Bain and Carmen Argenziano. [August 2009]
Is an award-winning artist since childhood. Attended college on an Art scholarship. Has painted original murals in homes of celebrities in Los Angeles. One mural, for the baby room of a rock star, ended up in a popular entertainment magazine spread.
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Lifetime Member of the world renowned Actor's Studio.
