- Born
- Nickname
- Eily
- Height5′ 8″ (1.73 m)
- Eileen Grubba is an award-winning actress, writer, and producer known for her memorable roles in shows like Watchmen (2019), New Amsterdam (2018), Sons of Anarchy (2008), NBC's Game of Silence (2016), and HBO's Hung (2009) which have gained her a reputation for courageous character work. She is a member of the Television Academy, serving on the PGEC committee, and is a lifetime member of the world-renowned Actors Studio where she is known as a "force" on stage.
Her TV appearances include HBO's Watchmen, CBS's CSI: Vegas, SWAT, ALL Rise, Criminal Minds, NBC's New Amsterdam, This Is Us, Game Of Silence, Netflix's The Politician, ABC's Stumptown, FX's Sons of Anarchy, Bones, Fear The Walking Dead, HBO's Hung & Enlightened, Benched, Instant Mom, CSI: Miami, The Mentalist, Cold Case, Nip/Tuck, The Closer, Monk and more. She has won many Best Actress awards. Won $100,000 production package for her feature film in a pitch competition which drew the attention of accomplished producer, Hunt Lowry, who has signed on to produce her film. Eileen was honored with the WeSpark Award at Idyllwild Film Festival 2020 for social impact on the entertainment industry, Winner of the Mary Austin Excellence in Screenwriting Awards in 2019 and 2020, and Mary Austin Excellence in Producing Award in 2021, as well as more than 50 international awards for her disability-inclusive short films. She serves on the SAG/AFTRA LA Board, the national PWD committee, and the new technology committee. She was selected for the 2020 CBS Leadership Pipeline for directing.
Eileen Grubba is an international public speaker. In 2019, after speaking at the FBI's LA field office, she was invited to join the FBI's Citizen Academy for community leaders and was keynote speaker for their graduation. Eileen was a staff writer on the animated children's series Lego Friends 2023 - 2024 and has a feature film in development with Roserock Films on the WB lot.
On stage, she has tackled challenging roles in many new plays with emerging playwrights from The Actors Studio. She was the lead in multiple musicals including "Cinderella", "The Little Shop of Horrors" and "Dracula".
Perhaps what is most unique about Eileen is her extreme life experience and what she does with it. Her indomitable spirit is a constant inspiration to others. She draws on her extreme life experience to create dramatic characters with gut-wrenching emotional depth and compassion, on stage, on screen, and in her writing.
- IMDb mini biography by: NewCom Consulting PR
- After being a speaker the FBI LA Field Office, Eileen was invited to join the FBI Citizens Academy. She graduated in the fall of 2019 and was keynote speaker for her class.
- 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.
- Executive produced and shot the lead in the Independent pilot, "Ghost Writer", with two of her mentors, Barbara Bain and Carmen Argenziano.
- Working in New Orleans, Louisiana with her career inspiration, Jessica Lange and with Shirley MacLaine on Wild Oats (2016) was one of the highlights of Eileen's career. The film also stars Demi Moore, Billy Connolly and Judd Hirsch.
- Worked for musicians Sheryl Crow, and Ben Harper.
- 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.
- 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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