Grace Parra

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| name = Grace Parra

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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1984|6|27}}

| birth_place = Houston, Texas, U.S.

| spouse = {{marriage|Niall Janney|2020}}

| children = 1{{cite web | url=https://www.instagram.com/p/Cv01uK2JyZl/?hl=en&img_index=6 | title=Instagram }}

| occupation = {{hlist|screenwriter|presenter|actress}}

| alma_mater = Columbia University

| party = Democratic

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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

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.{{Cite web|title=Columbia Spectator 10 April 2003 — Columbia Spectator|url=https://spectatorarchive.library.columbia.edu/?a=d&d=cs20030410-01.2.23&srpos=1&e=-------en-20--1--txt-txIN-Kate+Berthold------|access-date=2021-08-29|website=spectatorarchive.library.columbia.edu}}{{Cite web|last=Sachare|first=Alex|date=January 2005|title=Hooping It Up at Columbia|url=https://www.college.columbia.edu/cct_archive/jan05/family.html|website=Columbia College Today}} She began her writing career as part of NBC's Writers on the Verge Program, and has contributed to McSweeney's Internet Tendency.{{cite web|last1=Parra|first1=Grace|date=December 18, 2007|title=Let Me Assure You, Joanie. I Am Freezing.|url=http://www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/let-me-assure-you-joanie-i-am-freezing|website=McSweeney's Internet Tendency|location=San Francisco, CA|publisher=McSweeney's Publishing|access-date=March 22, 2016|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120309155557/http://www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/let-me-assure-you-joanie-i-am-freezing|archivedate=9 March 2012|language=en}} 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.{{cite news |last=Friedlander |first=Whitney |date=November 5, 2015 |title=TV News Roundup: Peter Gallagher Joins 'New Girl,' 'Luther' Special Sets Premiere |url=https://variety.com/2015/tv/news/peter-gallagher-new-girl-max-greenfield-luther-idris-elba-dec-17-bbc-america-1201634247/ |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20151109035910/http://variety.com/2015/tv/news/peter-gallagher-new-girl-max-greenfield-luther-idris-elba-dec-17-bbc-america-1201634247/ |archivedate=November 9, 2015 |url-status=live |work=Variety}} 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.{{cite web|title=Beyond the Wall with Grace Parra - Buffy Cutler Design|url=https://www.buffy.nyc/beyond-the-wall-with-grace-parra}}{{cite web|title=IMDB - Beyond the Wall with Grace Parra (2017)|publisher=Internet Movie Database|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt7689694/}}

She is also a writer and producer of Hulu's Solar Opposites.{{Cite web|last=White|first=Peter|date=2021-07-26|title=Grace Parra Janney, Josh Bycel & Eva Longoria Developing Mexican-American Family Comedy For ABC|url=https://deadline.com/2021/07/grace-parra-janney-josh-bycel-eva-longoria-mexican-american-family-comedy-abc-1234799975/|access-date=2021-09-04|website=Deadline|language=en-US}} 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.{{Cite web|date=2021-08-12|title=Eva Longoria is in the process of developing a new Latinx comedy for ABC|url=https://us.hola.com/celebrities/20210812g1ctzykvwk/eva-longoria-working-on-a-latinx-series/|access-date=2021-09-04|website=HOLA! USA|language=en-US}} The show is inspired by Parra's own upbringing in a large Mexican American family.{{Cite web|last=Goldberg|first=Lesley|date=2021-07-26|title=Mexican American Family Comedy in the Works at ABC|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/mexican-american-family-comedy-in-the-works-at-abc-1234988326/|access-date=2021-09-04|website=The Hollywood Reporter|language=en-US}}

Personal life

She is of Mexican American descent.{{Cite web|last=Meyers|first=Dvora|date=April 1, 2015|title=Do We Really Need Another White Guy Talk Show?|url=https://www.thecut.com/2015/03/grace-parra-on-why-we-need-white-guy-talk-show.html|website=The Cut|access-date=January 24, 2021|language=en-us}}

Parra married her husband Niall Janney in October 2020.{{Cite web|date=Winter 2020|title=Just Married|url=https://www.college.columbia.edu/cct/issue/winter-2020%E2%80%9321/article/just-married|access-date=August 28, 2021|website=Columbia College Today}}

Filmography

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References

External links

{{official website|http://www.gracemichelleparra.tumblr.com}}
{{IMDb name|2936403}}
[https://web.archive.org/web/20110202111428/http://reallylatemorningshow.com/ Really Late Morning Show.com]

Category:Living people

Category:1984 births

Category:Actresses from Houston

Category:American television actresses

Category:American television writers

Category:American women comedians

Category:American women television writers

Category:Columbia College (New York) alumni

Category:American writers of Mexican descent

Category:American television personalities of Mexican descent

Category:Screenwriters from Texas

Category:21st-century American comedians

Category:21st-century American screenwriters

Category:21st-century American actresses

Category:American actresses of Mexican descent

Category:Comedians from Houston