- Born
- Nickname
- Peep
- Height5′ 8″ (1.73 m)
- Eileen Grubba's memorable, edgy roles in shows like Watchmen (2019), New Amsterdam (2018), Sons of Anarchy (2008), NBC's Game of Silence (2016), and HBO's Hung (2009) have gained her a reputation for courageous character work. She is a member of the Television Academy and a lifetime member of the world-renowned Actors Studio where she is known as a "force" on stage. Eileen Grubba is an award-winning actress, writer, and producer.
She serves on the PGEC committee of the Television Academy, is a lifetime member of the FBI Citizen's Academy for community leaders, and Brand Ambassador for Global Disability Inclusion. 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 over a dozen Best Actress awards. She won a $100,000 production package for a feature film in a pitch competition in 2021. 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 National PWD Committee, and was selected for the 2020 CBS Leadership Pipeline for directing. She is a national public speaker for events supporting challenged patients, disability inclusion, eradicating bullying, and empowering women. In 2019 she went through training at the FBI's Citizen Academy for community leaders and was keynote speaker for their graduation. Eileen is a staff writer on the animated children's series Lego Friends 2023 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. A fighter all her life, she refuses to give up her quest to make her mark on the Entertainment Industry. She is an advocate for children with disabilities, families with genetic cancers, and fights for the inclusion of performers with disabilities in film and television. She draws on her heavy 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
- 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.
- After speaking at the FBI, Eileen was asked to join the FBI Citizens Academy. She graduated in the fall of 2019 and was keynote speaker for her class.
- 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.
- Executive produced and shot the lead in the Independent pilot, "Ghost Writer", with two of her mentors, Barbara Bain and Carmen Argenziano.
- 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.
- 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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