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AUSTIN HIGHSMITH GARCES is an artist, actress, published author/illustrator, and produced screenwriter. She is best known for the role of “Phoebe,” in the Warner Brothers/Alcon Entertainment films, Dolphin Tale 1 & 2 and as “Ms. Lang” in season 2 of MTV’s Scream: The TV Series. Highsmith Garces’s TV credits include Criminal Minds, SWAT, The Rookie, and NCIS, as well as many others. Film credits include Dolphin Tale 1 & 2, Gangster Squad, and many independent and made for television movies. Apart from her on-screen work, Highsmith Garces was a stand-up comic for many years having performed at such venues as the Comedy Store, Acme Comedy Theatre, and the Tampa Improv. Austin is a founding member of The Ruskin Group Theatre in Santa Monica. Her theatre credits include “Annie” in All My Sons, “Rosannah” in Brilliant Traces, “Evelyn” in The Shape Of Things, and “Heather” in The End Of Sex to name a few. Highsmith Garces wrote and sold her first TV feature film, A Country Romance, and starred in it as well, which aired on UPtv in the fall of 2022. She also co-wrote and starred in a comedy feature, The Plus One, starring Ashanti and Cedric the Entertainer, which was released in select theaters Sept 2023. She just wrapped another feature, “Inheritance” which she produced, wrote the story for, and starred in. Her children’s book, The Miracle Tree, about her experience as a young girl was published in April of 2019 through Doce Blant Publishing and is being adapted into a screenplay with Emmy winning writer Noam Dromi. A native of Winston-Salem, North Carolina, Highsmith Garces graduated from the University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill with a dual degree in Fine Arts and Political Science. She’s a graduate of the Ruskin School of Acting where she now teaches the Meisner Technique. For more information visit www.austinhighsmithofficial.com