Clare Grant

Clare Grant
Grant in 2018
Nationality	American
Occupations	Actress model producer
Years active	2004–present
Known for	Team Unicorn
Spouse	Seth Green ​ (m. 2010)​
Website	www.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

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

Film work

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

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

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

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

Film

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

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

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

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

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

1. "Clare Grant". ClareGrant.com. Retrieved June 15, 2018.
2. James Barkley (February 14, 2017). "Seth Green Wife: Clare Grant, Bio and Facts". Celeb Spouse. Retrieved June 15, 2018.
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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.
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10. "Official Star Wars Fan Film Challenge Web Site Archived January 12, 2012, at the Wayback Machine"
11. 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. "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. "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. "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. 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.

External links

• Official website
• Clare Grant at IMDb