- Heather Knobel is a Brazilian-American actor, singer, and plus-size model from Miami, FL. A daughter of immigrants, she is committed to telling empowering stories about communities of color through theater, television, & film.
You may have seen her on Season 2 of Monsters: the Menendez Story on Netflix or (what season are we on now?) of Grey’s Anatomy. She made her off-Broadway debut in Macbeth at the Park Avenue Armory starring Sir Kenneth Branagh.
Passionate about amplifying Latinx voices, she was a Semi-Finalist in the 2025 Nosotros Monologue Slam presented by NBC Universal and a guest dancer on "Quiereme Descalzi" & "El Show de Cristina".
Heather is a graduate of NYU Tisch School of the Arts, a recent alumna of the IAMA Theatre Company's Actor Summer Intensive, and a member of Lena Waithe's Hillman Grad Program Class of 2026.
- IMDb mini biography by: Joshua Revives
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- Performed as a professional child ballroom dancer on Telemundo's hit show Quiereme Descalzi.
- Member of the 2026 Cohort of Lena Waithe's Hillman Grad Actor Mentorship Lab.
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