Grace Santos

Grace Santos is an award winning actor, attorney, executive, and producer.

She is known for "Odessa" (an award winning post apocalyptic drama), "Silk" (an award winning drama starring Oscar-nominee and Emmy-winner Shohreh Aghdashloo and directed by Catherine Dent), "Spun" (a comedy which was awarded by the Producers Guild of America), "Dhoom 3" (as of 2014, the highest grossing Bollywood film in North America), "Bree DOES Comedy" (a comedy web series starring Bree Olson), "Ripe N Bloody" (a segment for the Soska Twins' Annual Blood Drive PSA directed by Patricia Chica), and "Election Night" (an award winning comedy by Tessa Blake and starring Frasier's Peri Gilpin).

Executive Experience: VP of Business Affairs and Operations at Gamechanger Films, an Executive at Patriot Pictures in both the Business Affairs and Creative Development departments, VP of Business Affairs at companies owned by Steven Paul, VP of Business Affairs and part of the programming team at the Bentonville Film Festival and Alchemy (formerly Millennium), her first job in Hollywood was as a creative Development Intern at Silver Pictures at Warner Brothers, then was the Director of Business and Legal Affairs at Image / RLJ Entertainment Inc, now an AMC Networks company. Grace owns Ethos Pictures. Before moving to California, she founded the Asian Pacific American Scene, Inc., a nonprofit to tell Asian American stories.

Education: Grace graduated from the University of Miami with a double major in International Studies and Religious Studies and a minor in Theatre Arts. She spent her senior year at Flinders University of South Australia studying at the Drama Centre and Asian Development Studies. She then earned a JD (Juris Doctor) from Stetson University College of Law. She moved to Los Angeles in 2011 to attend UCLA's School of Theater, Film, and Television's Professional Program in Producing and then became a Teaching Assistant in that program and the Television Showrunner program for two years. She has also taken acting classes at the Performers Studio Workshop and Baron Brown Studio.

Grace is also the recipient of awards for her community service. She has lived in New Jersey, Tampa, Miami, Australia, Philippines, and currently lives in Los Angeles with her daughter.