Brea Colleen Grant is an American actress, writer, and director. She earned a bachelor's and master's degree in American studies from the University of Texas at Austin.  Brea's television acting career has included the roles of Jean Binnel on Friday Night Lights, Daphne Milbrook on Heroes, and Ryan Chambers on Dexter. She directed and co-wrote her first feature, an apocalyptic road trip movie called Best Friends Forever, in 2013 the movie premiered at the Slamdance Film Festival.  Brea wrote and starred in the series The Real Housewives of Horror for Nerdist in 2014 and directed the short film Feminist Campfire Stories, which won the Audience Award at the Women in Comedy Film Festival. Brea also wrote and directed her second feature, 12 Hour Shift, in 2019. 

Brea and author Mallory O'Meara began co-hosting the weekly podcast Reading Glasses in June 2017. The show is part of the Maximum Fun network and is focused on books and reading culture.