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Eileen Grubba

AFTER BATTLING DECADES OF DISCRIMINATION, A DISABLED ACTRESS FIGHTS FOR FUTURE TALENT

On September 30, 2020 By Disability Talk In Featured, Eileen Grubba, Sylvia Mac

2019 was Eileen Grubba’s year. New Amsterdam on NBC. Watchmen on HBO. Swat on CBS. All Rise on CBS—  all popular television shows where Grubba was hired to play a role. She was busy. The work was good. And …

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EILEEN GRUBBA: AN INTERVIEW WITH THE HOLLYWOOD ACTRESS AND ADVOCATE FOR PERFORMERS WITH DISABILITIES

On July 12, 2020 By Disability Talk In Sylvia Mac, Eileen Grubba, Featured

Actress Eileen Grubba — physically disabled since childhood, and an advocate for Performers with Disability (PWD) — has always beaten the odds. Her latest roles include: Sons of Anarchy; Watchmen; The Undertaker’s Wife; Stumptown; New Amsterdam; S.W.A.T; Donna On …

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AMERICAN ACTRESS, EILEEN GRUBBA, ON THE SHAPE OF DISABILITY IN HOLLYWOOD

On March 12, 2018 By Disability Talk In Featured, Eileen Grubba

Following the Oscars it was generally agreed that some of the World’s finest Actors and Actresses were nominated for the major awards. But as is typically the case, this year’s nominee’s list, with few significant …

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THE HOMECOMING: MORE THAN A MOVIE

On January 3, 2018 By Disability Talk In Eileen Grubba, Featured

Eileen Grubba is a Hollywood Actress and contributes regular to ‘Disability Talk’. She is a passionate and outspoken advocate for the inclusion of disabled people in the entertainment industry. She has recently completed a new …

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EILEEN GRUBBA – BIOGRAPHY

On August 22, 2017 By Disability Talk In Eileen Grubba

Eileen Grubba is a Hollywood actress who contributes to the DISABILITY TALK website. She was born into a family of eight children in Anchorage, Alaska but spent most of her childhood in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. As …

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Disabled actors and advocates plead to Hollywood: ‘Give us a chance, please!

On July 15, 2017 By Disability Talk In Eileen Grubba

By Tre’vell Andersonontact Reporter November 2, 2016, 10:15 AM When Hollywood discusses diversity, it tends to focus on race, gender and, maybe, sexual orientation — but it almost always ignores disability. This was the consistent …

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Eileen talks disability discrimination with Professor Stephen Hawking

On March 21, 2017 By Disability Talk In Eileen Grubba, News

It was indescribably wonderful to have the opportunity to sit beside Professor Stephen Hawking and tell him about what we are fighting for in Hollywood, which is, the inclusion and employment of people with disabilities …

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