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Grace Parra
Born (1984-06-27) June 27, 1984 (age 40)
Houston, Texas, U.S.
Alma materColumbia University
Occupations
Political partyDemocratic
Spouse
Niall Janney
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(m. 2020)​

Grace Parra Janney (born June 27, 1984) is an American screenwriter, presenter, and actress who was a contributor on The Nightly Show with Larry Wilmore.

Career

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Born in Houston, Texas, she moved to New York City to attend Columbia University, and graduated in 2006. She was a member of the Varsity Show, where her castmates included Kate McKinnon and Jenny Slate.[1][2] She began her writing career as part of NBC's Writers on the Verge Program, and has contributed to McSweeney's Internet Tendency.[3] She is the creator, writer, and co-host of The Really Late Morning Show, a live comedy talk show in Hollywood featuring celebrity interviews, sketches, and musical guests. Parra is the writer and host of Grace Parra 360, a web series focused on political satire, and Parra of Your World, in which she humorously covers expos, conventions, and other events across the country.

She co-hosted Fuse TV's late-night talk show, White Guy* Talk Show, alongside Saurin Choksi before joining The Nightly Show with Larry Wilmore as a contributor in November 2015.[4] In 2017, she was part of creating a pilot pitched to TBS for a political satire called Beyond the Wall with Grace Parra; the show was not picked up.[5][6]

She is also a writer and producer of Hulu's Solar Opposites.[7] In July 2021, it is reported that Parra, Josh Bycel, and Eva Longoria have teamed up to develop a half-hour Mexican American family comedy series for ABC Network.[8] The show is inspired by Parra's own upbringing in a large Mexican American family.[7][9]

Personal life

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She is of Mexican American descent.[10]

Parra married her husband Niall Janney in October 2020.[11]

Filmography

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Writer
Performer
Actress

References

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  1. ^ "Columbia Spectator 10 April 2003 — Columbia Spectator". spectatorarchive.library.columbia.edu. Retrieved August 29, 2021.
  2. ^ Sachare, Alex (January 2005). "Hooping It Up at Columbia". Columbia College Today.
  3. ^ Parra, Grace (December 18, 2007). "Let Me Assure You, Joanie. I Am Freezing". McSweeney's Internet Tendency. San Francisco, CA: McSweeney's Publishing. Archived from the original on March 9, 2012. Retrieved March 22, 2016.
  4. ^ Friedlander, Whitney (November 5, 2015). "TV News Roundup: Peter Gallagher Joins 'New Girl,' 'Luther' Special Sets Premiere". Variety. Archived from the original on November 9, 2015.
  5. ^ "Beyond the Wall with Grace Parra - Buffy Cutler Design".
  6. ^ "IMDB - Beyond the Wall with Grace Parra (2017)". Internet Movie Database.
  7. ^ a b White, Peter (July 26, 2021). "Grace Parra Janney, Josh Bycel & Eva Longoria Developing Mexican-American Family Comedy For ABC". Deadline. Retrieved September 4, 2021.
  8. ^ "Eva Longoria is in the process of developing a new Latinx comedy for ABC". HOLA! USA. August 12, 2021. Retrieved September 4, 2021.
  9. ^ Goldberg, Lesley (July 26, 2021). "Mexican American Family Comedy in the Works at ABC". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved September 4, 2021.
  10. ^ Meyers, Dvora (April 1, 2015). "Do We Really Need Another White Guy Talk Show?". The Cut. Retrieved January 24, 2021.
  11. ^ "Just Married". Columbia College Today. Winter 2020. Retrieved August 28, 2021.
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