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Clare Grant

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Clare Grant
Grant in 2018
NationalityAmerican
Occupations
  • Actress
  • model
  • producer
Years active2004–present
Known forTeam Unicorn
Spouse
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(m. 2010)​
Websitewww.claregrant.com

Clare Grant is an American actress, model and producer. She co-founded Team Unicorn, which has produced several web series and music video parodies including "Geek and Gamer Girls" and "All About That Base". She also appeared in 2023 comedy horror film Hanky Panky.

Early life

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Grant grew up in Memphis, Tennessee.[1] She is of Irish, English, Scandinavian, and Native American descent.[2] To support herself through college, Grant modeled through Elite Model Management on several campaigns, for companies such as L'Oréal.[2]

Career

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Film work

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She had a small role in Walk the Line and has appeared in several independent films. Craig Brewer cast her as the lead in two of his indie films before casting her in the film Black Snake Moan as Christina Ricci's best friend, and later as the lead in his MTV series $5 Cover.[3] She then played the lead role of Megan Graves in comic book writer Brian Pulido's first independent feature film The Graves, followed by the role of Beverly in the film Joshua Tree, 1951: A Portrait of James Dean, directed by Matthew Mishory.[4] In 2013, Grant played the lead role of Martha Collins in the film The Insomniac,[5] directed by Monty Miranda, and voiced Black Widow in the Marvel Animation film Iron Man: Rise of Technovore.[6] In 2015, Clare played a supporting role in Phantom Halo and appeared in the holiday anthology film Holidays, a featured selection of the 2016 Tribeca Film Festival. She appeared in Changeland alongside Seth Green, who wrote, directed, and also starred in the film.

Television work

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Grant's first television role was in an episode of Masters of Horror, followed by the series lead role on the MTV series $5 Cover,[3] about the trials and tribulations of the current Memphis music scene, created by Craig Brewer. Since then, Grant has appeared in guest starring roles on shows such as Castle, CSI: Miami and Warren the Ape. She voiced various characters in Robot Chicken and Mad, Latts Razzi in Star Wars: The Clone Wars, and Titania in Hulk and the Agents of S.M.A.S.H. and Avengers Assemble.[3]

In October 2006, Grant appeared as "Babe of the Month" in a non-nude pictorial in Playboy.[7]

In 2013, Grant co-created, produced, and starred in a pilot based on Team Unicorn, of which she is a member.[8]

In 2020, she appeared as herself in the DC Universe unscripted gaming series DC Universe All Star Games.[9]

Other projects

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Under their company Danger Maiden Productions, Grant and partner Rileah Vanderbilt produced the viral online series Saber.[10] In 2010, the duo began working with Milynn Sarley & Michele Boyd to create the online series Team Unicorn.[11] The team's first project, "G33k & G4m3r Girls" (a parody of Katy Perry's "California Gurls" video), paid tribute to their shared mutual passion of gaming, manga, and science fiction. It had over a million views in its first week, but met with some mixed responses to its portrayal of the women.[12][13] This was followed by other viral videos, most notably "All About that Base", a parody of the hit song by Meghan Trainor with a Star Wars theme.[14] Grant guest-starred in the second season of the Jane Espenson-scripted romantic comedy web series Husbands, and has made appearances on webseries such as The Guild, Save the Supers, Q.V.G., and Tabletop.[15] In 2013, Grant starred as Mala in a Wonder Woman fan short film.[16]

In the 2019 Fortnite World Cup Grant and her partner Jacob won 1st place in the second round of the Pro-AM Tournament, and 4th place overall, winning $100,000 for charity.[17]

Personal life

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Grant first met actor Seth Green in 2006 at the Golden Apple Comics. They married on May 1, 2010, at Skywalker Ranch; the ceremony was officiated by Grant's long-time friend Craig Brewer.[3]

Filmography

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Film

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Year Title Role Notes
2004 Resolutions of the Complacent Man Museum Curator Supporting
2005 Walk the Line Audrey Parks
2006 Send in the Clown Blair Watson
Happenstance Cara Lead
Black Snake Moan Kell Supporting[18]
2007 House Of Fur Holly Lead
2009 The Graves[18] Megan Graves
2010 Daylight Fades Shauna Supporting
2011 Jem Girls (and Boys!) Remember Herself Documentary, Commentator
Light Masters Claire Lead
No Rest for the Wicked: A Basil & Moebius Adventure Lucy Supporting
2012 Joshua Tree, 1951: A Portrait of James Dean[19] Beverly
2013 Dragonfyre Anathema (voice) Lead
The Insomniac Martha Collins
Iron Man: Rise of Technovore Black Widow (voice)[20][21]
The Return of Return of the Jedi: 30 Years and Counting Herself Commentator
2014 Video Games: The Movie
2015 Phantom Halo Carlene Supporting
Mega Shark vs Kolossus Unicorn Squad Pilot Clare
2016 Holidays Sara Lead
Meat Cute Madison
Dance Baby Dance Camille Supporting
2019 Confessions of a Producer Tara Aluran Lead
American Typecast Sharon Supporting
Godzilla: King of the Monsters Fighter Pilot Cameo[22]
Changeland Dory Supporting
SEEK Jordan Lead[23]
2020 Deadly Love Letter Amelia
The Private Eye Michelle
2024 Hanky Panky Kelly Supporting

Television series

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Year Title Role Network Notes
2006 Masters Of Horror: "Valerie on the Stairs" Valerie Showtime Lead[24]
2008 Terrorvision: Follower Heather Sony Pilot, lead
2008–18 Robot Chicken Ariel Various Adult Swim 6 episodes
2009 $5 Cover Clare MTV Lead role[25]
2010 Warren the Ape Episode: "Amends"
2011 CSI: Miami Connie Briggs CBS Episode: "Wheels Up"
FearNet"s "Movies With More Brains" Herself Fearnet Commentator
Chiller 13: Horror's Creepiest Kids Chiller
2011–13 Mad Voices Cartoon Network 5 episodes
2012 G4's Top 100 Video Games Of All Time Herself G4 Commentator
Robot Chicken DC Comics Special Cheetah, Ice, Abby Holland Adult Swim Voice
2012–13 Star Wars: The Clone Wars Latts Razzi (voice) Cartoon Network 3 episodes[21]
2013 Chiller 13: Most Horrifying Hook-ups Herself Chiller Commentator
Chiller 13: Great American Slashers
2013–15 Hulk and the Agents of S.M.A.S.H. Titania (voice) Disney XD 3 episodes[21]
2014 Robot Chicken DC Comics Special II Poison Ivy, Catwoman, Little Girl (voice) Adult Swim Guest Star
Team Unicorn Saturday Action Fun Hour (pilot for Adult Swim) Jade Verdant Lead, executive producer, co-creator[26]
2015 Avengers Assemble Titania (voice) Disney XD Episode: "Small Time Heroes"[21]
2015–16 Dinner at Tiffani's Self Cooking Channel 2 episodes
2016 Castle Nina O'Keefe ABC Episode: "Witness for the Prosecution"
2020 DC Universe All Star Games Herself DC Universe Series 1, 5 episodes

Webseries

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Year Title Role Notes
2009 Saber[24] Sith Lead, co-creator, producer
2010 Ultradome Indiana Jones 1 episode: "Han Solo vs. Indiana Jones", guest star
Here and Now Paige Supporting
2010–14 Team Unicorn[27][11] Green Unicorn All episodes, series lead, executive producer, co-creator, lead singer
2011 The Guild Red Master Chief 5 episodes, recurring
Nightmare Slayers Lexie Pilot, lead
2012 Saber 2: The Body Wash Strikes Back Sith Lead, co-creator, producer
Save the Supers Deathstiny's Child 1 episode: The Super Force vs. The End, guest star
2012–13 Husbands[28] Jessie 3 episodes
2012 Fan Wars Team Bruce Wayne Episode: "Bruce Wayne vs. Tony Stark"
2013 QVG Mandy Breckinridgemeyerton Series lead, all episodes
2013–17 Tabletop Herself 3 episodes
2013 Wonder Woman Mala Supporting
2014 Sab3r: Revenge of the Threesome Sith Lord Candi Lead, producer
Nerdist Presents: Duo Harley Quinn Supporting
2015 Con Man Green Unicorn Guest Star
2018 Spellslingers Herself Guest

Music videos

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Year Title Artist
2004 "Jump In" Carson & Poole
2005 "I'm in the Mood" Alabama
2006 "The Grand Conjuration" Opeth
"The New Black" Every Time I Die
2007 "Subterfuge" Dååth
2010 "G33K & G4M3R Girls" Team Unicorn
2012 "Poker Face" tb5
2013 "For the Win" Team Unicorn
2014 "All About that Base"

Awards and nominations

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Year Award Category Title of work Result
2009 The Official Star Wars Fan Film Awards Best Action[29] Saber Won
Audience Choice[29] Won
2010 LA Weekly's Best of 2010 Best Online Video[30] Team Unicorn: G33K & G4M3R Girls Won
2011 Dragon Con 2011 Film Festival Awards Best Music Video Nominated
2012 International Academy of Web Television Awards Best Variety Series Team Unicorn Nominated
2013 The Geekie Awards One Shot for Best Geek Culture Saber 2: Return of the Body Wash Nominated
2014 Behind the Voice Actors Award Breakthrough Voice Actress of the Year Nominated

References

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  1. ^ "Clare Grant". ClareGrant.com. Retrieved June 15, 2018.
  2. ^ a b James Barkley (February 14, 2017). "Seth Green Wife: Clare Grant, Bio and Facts". Celeb Spouse. Retrieved June 15, 2018.
  3. ^ a b c d Wang, Cynthia (May 4, 2010). "Newlyweds Seth Green and Clare Grant Can't Believe Their Luck". People. Archived from the original on January 8, 2011. Retrieved October 10, 2010.
  4. ^ "A PORTRAIT OF JAMES DEAN | Written and Directed by Matthew Mishory". JOSHUA TREE, 1951. Retrieved August 23, 2012.
  5. ^ "NEWS: Eddy Salazar's 'The Insomniac' coming to DVD this December". Horrorbug.com. Retrieved October 24, 2014.
  6. ^ Liegl, Andy (April 16, 2013). "Mercer & Grant Give Voice To "Iron Man: Rise of Technovore"". ComicBookResources. Retrieved April 16, 2013.
  7. ^ Branston, John. "Memphian a Playboy Babe". The Memphis Flyer. Retrieved February 29, 2020.
  8. ^ ANDREEVA, NELLIE. "Adult Swim Announces New Series & Pilots". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved May 10, 2013.
  9. ^ McCabe, Joseph. "Presenting the DC Universe All Star Games". DC Universe. Retrieved February 29, 2020.
  10. ^ "Official Star Wars Fan Film Challenge Web Site Archived January 12, 2012, at the Wayback Machine"
  11. ^ a b Wallace, Lewis (September 11, 2010). "Spot the Geek Refs in 'Geek and Gamer Girls' Song". Wired Magazine. Retrieved October 27, 2010.
  12. ^ Team Unicorn Interview. Actionflickchick.com (September 17, 2010). Retrieved on January 18, 2012.
  13. ^ MSNBC.com: Look, a unicorn! Music video pays tribute to geeky gals and gamer girls . Technolog.msnbc.msn.com. Retrieved on January 18, 2012.
  14. ^ O'Neil, Lorena (November 6, 2014). "'Star Wars' Parody of 'All About That Bass' Is Out of This Galaxy". hollywoodreporter.com. Retrieved November 6, 2014.
  15. ^ Vary, Adam B (June 28, 2012). "'Husbands': EP and star on season 2 of their gay-marriage web series -- EXCLUSIVE PHOTOS". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved June 28, 2012.
  16. ^ Hall, ellie (October 3, 2013). "Amazing Fan-Made "Wonder Woman" Short Film Proves Why There Needs To Be A Wonder Woman Movie". Buzzfeed. Retrieved October 3, 2013.
  17. ^ "Here Are the Surprising 'Fortnite' World Cup Pro-Am Winners and the Top 10 Finishers". Forbes.
  18. ^ a b "Seth Green engaged to model-actress Clare Grant". The Palm Beach Post. February 26, 2010. Archived from the original on July 24, 2011. Retrieved October 10, 2010.
  19. ^ Wong, Curtis (January 12, 2012). "WATCH: Was James Dean Gay? New Biopic Portrays Actor's Alleged Trysts With Men". Huffington Post.
  20. ^ Collinson, Gary. "New Iron Man: Rise of Technovore trailer". Flickering Myth. Archived from the original on June 29, 2013. Retrieved March 31, 2013.
  21. ^ a b c d "Clare Grant (visual voices guide)". Behind The Voice Actors. Retrieved September 12, 2024. A green check mark indicates that a role has been confirmed using a screenshot (or collage of screenshots) of a title's list of voice actors and their respective characters found in its credits or other reliable sources of information.
  22. ^ "[INTERVIEW] Where Michael Dougherty hid celebrity cameos in 'GODZILLA: KING OF THE MONSTERS'". May 31, 2019.
  23. ^ "Matt Rife, Clare Grant Star in 'The Private Eye'; Gravitas Ventures Acquires 'The Friendliest Town'; Darius McCrary, Arclight Films Sets 3-Picture Deal – Film Briefs". November 30, 2020.
  24. ^ a b "Adam Green Shows Us His Saber". Dread Central. April 6, 2009. Retrieved October 10, 2010.
  25. ^ Wallenstein, Andrew (April 30, 2009). "$5 Cover – TV Review". The Hollywood Reporter. Archived from the original on May 3, 2009. Retrieved October 10, 2010.
  26. ^ ANDREEVA, NELLIE. "Adult Swim Announces New Series & Pilots". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved May 10, 2013.
  27. ^ Break.com, September 10, 2010, Geek and Gamer Girls Anthem. Archived April 26, 2013, at the Wayback Machine
  28. ^ Vary, B. Adam. "'Husbands': EP and star on season 2 of their gay-marriage web series -- EXCLUSIVE PHOTOS". EW. Retrieved June 28, 2012.
  29. ^ a b Atom.com Official Star Wars Fan Film Challenge Archived January 12, 2012, at the Wayback Machine"
  30. ^ Ohanesian, Liz. "Best Online Video: "Geek and Gamer Girls Song," by Team Unicorn". LA Weekly. Archived from the original on July 30, 2013. Retrieved June 9, 2011.
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