Beau Garrett

beaujgarrett

Phoebe

Beau Garrett stars as Phoebe in Bravo's first original scripted series, "Girlfriends' Guide to Divorce." She can also be seen as 'Jessica Preston' in the ABC medical drama “The Good Doctor,” opposite Freddie Highmore and Richard Schiff.

Garrett made her television debut during the first season of "Entourage" playing Fiona, the sexy yoga instructor girlfriend of Adrian Grenier's character, Vincent Chase. She also starred opposite Forest Whitaker in the CBS series "Criminal Minds: Suspect Behavior”. She recently played a recurring role in the series "Longmire." Her other television credits include guest-starring roles on series such as "Glee," "CSI: NY," "Chuck" and "House."

Garrett's feature-film credits include Walt Disney's "Tron: Legacy," Sony Pictures' "Made of Honor" and 20th Century Fox's "Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer." She has also appeared in "Turistas," "Knight of Cups," directed by Terrance Malick, and "Freelancers," opposite Robert DeNiro.

Garrett began her career as a fashion model where she made her mark working on campaigns for GUESS and American Eagle Outfitters. From 2007 through 2009, she was one of the new faces of Revlon, representing the brand for various beauty products alongside Halle Berry and Jessica Alba.

She currently resides in Los Angeles.

Lisa Edelstein
@LisaEdelstein

Lisa Edelstein
@LisaEdelstein

Abby

Lisa Edelstein stars as Abby McCarthy in Bravo’s first original scripted series, “Girlfriends’ Guide to Divorce.” She has penned two episodes of the series, including episode #303, “Rule #187: You Are What You Eat, So… Chow Down” and episode #203, “Rule #8: Timing Is Everything,” the latter which she wrote with creator and executive producer Marti Noxon. Edelstein made her directorial debut for episode #504 “Rule #63: It’s A Marathon, Not a Sprint.” She can be seen next opposite Alan Arkin and Michael Douglas in Netflix’s “The Kominsky Method.”

Edelstein is most recognized for her role as Dr. Lisa Cuddy on the hit medical drama “House,” where she garnered a People’s Choice Award for Favorite TV Actress. After a seven-season run, she has since transitioned into memorable arcs on “The Good Wife,” “House of Lies,” and “Castle,” as well as guest starred on “Elementary” and “Scandal.”

No stranger to fearless roles, Edelstein has portrayed Rob Lowe’s call-girl girlfriend on “The West Wing,” the transsexual boyfriend of James Le Gros on “Ally McBeal,” David Conrad’s lesbian sister on “Relativity,” and an Orthodox Jew losing custody of her child on “Family Law.”

Additional television credits include her series regular role on “Leap of Faith” and guest turns on “Seinfeld,” “The Practice,” “Without A Trace,” “Frasier,” “Felicity,” and “ER” to name a few. She got her start in television as Lisa E on MTV’s “Awake on the Wild Side.” Edelstein also works extensively in the realm of voiceover; most recently on “The Legend of Korra,” as well as voicing the character of Mercy Graves on the animated “Superman” and “Justice League” series, and memorable guest spots on “American Dad” and “King of the Hill.”

In feature films, Edelstein is probably best known as Ben Stiller’s aerobics-obsessed date in “Keeping the Faith.” Additional credits include “What Women Want,” “Daddy Day Care” and “As Good As It Gets” and “Joshy,” which debuted at Sundance in 2017. She’ll next appear in the indie features “Dr. Bird’s Advice for Sad Poets” with Brian Cox and Jason Isaacs, and “Phoenix, Oregon” in which she stars opposite James LeGros who she coincidentally directed in the “Unzipping” short which she also starred in, wrote, and produced.

She is also developing a one-hour pilot with Universal Cable Productions (UCP) and Phoenix Pictures, based on the book “Confessions of a Sociopath” by M.E. Thomas. Edelstein, who is set to star, is writing the script with Carol Barbee (“UnReal” and “Girlfriends’ Guide to Divorce”).

After honing her craft at the prestigious NYU Tisch School of the Arts, Edelstein performed in numerous off- and off-off-Broadway productions, including the AIDS-related musical, “Positive Me” which she authored, composed and performed. In fact, Common Ground recently bestowed her with an honor on behalf of her efforts to further awareness.

Edelstein resides in Los Angeles in a century old home with her husband, artist Robert Russell, two step-sons, and several rescue dogs. She volunteers her time with a variety of charitable organizations including Best Friends Animal Sanctuary, The Anti-Defamation League, Planned Parenthood and The Center for Reproductive Rights.

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Alanna Ubach
@alannaubach

Alanna Ubach
@alannaubach

Jo

Alanna Ubach stars as Jo on Bravo's first original scripted series, "Girlfriends' Guide to Divorce." Ubach made her mark in the industry playing the family housekeeper-turned wedding caterer and Gaylord's first lover in "Meet the Fockers," the sorority sister/best friend to Elle Woods in "Legally Blonde," and the sex-starved Israeli neighbor on "Hung." Up next, Beginning this June, Ubach can be seen in AMC's series "Dietland," working again with “Girlfriends' Guide to Divorce" creator Marti Noxon.

Born in Downey, California to a Mexican-born mother and Puerto Rican father, Ubach has been a working actress since childhood. Following her television debut on "Romper Room," she joined the Lee Strasberg Institute's Children's Program. At 15, she fearlessly travelled to New York to star in WPA's Off-Broadway production of "Club Soda," and later spent two years as Josie on "Beakman's World" and starred in "Kindertransport" at the Manhattan Theatre Club.

Most recently, Ubach lent her voice to Disney/Pixar's Oscar winning animated film "Coco," featuring an all-Latino cast, when she played the leading female role including a popular singing performance of La Llorona as great-great-grandmother Mama Imelda. Ubach also starred opposite Keanu Reeves in Noxon's Sundance darling "To the Bone." and was in "The Last Word" feature last year and she will be seen opposite Julianne Moore in "Gloria" later this year. She also recurred as Tammy Murphy on Amazon's "Hand of God," as lead Dana Delany's sister and is a series regular on Nickelodeon's "Welcome to the Wayne," voicing Ansi Molina, a boy.

Over the years, Ubach has played and voiced numerous characters. Her additional television credits include recurring roles as Ray Romano's love interest on "Men of a Certain Age" (and won a Peabody Award for that stint) and as a drunken British rock widow on "Californication," a memorable guest appearance on "It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia" as well as the season finale of last season's "American Horror Story: Hotel." An indie film darling, she has starred in the films "Denise Calls Up," "Freeway," "Clockwatchers" and "Johns." She starred in Sam Hancock's directorial debut, 2014's "Being Us," about a suicidal woman with multiple personality disorder. She also appeared in several feature films including "Renaissance Man," "Airborne," "Sister Act 2" and "The Brady Bunch Movie." Ubach also remains an in-demand voiceover actress in TV and film with roles ranging from Gore Verbinski's "Rango" to groundbreaking Latino voices in "Teamo Supremo" and "El Tigre."

Ubach self-produced, wrote and directed a short film, "A Mi Amor Mi Dulce," which premiered at Los Angeles' Outfest in 2003. She also wrote and starred in a one-woman Off-Broadway show "Patriotic Bitch," which debuted to rave reviews at the Harold Clurman Theatre. She will soon be seen in "August Falls," which also marks her debut as a film producer. When she's not on stage or on set, she makes her home in Los Angeles with her husband, their dogs and son.

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Beau Garrett
@beaujgarrett

Beau Garrett
@beaujgarrett

Phoebe

Beau Garrett stars as Phoebe in Bravo's first original scripted series, "Girlfriends' Guide to Divorce." She can also be seen as 'Jessica Preston' in the ABC medical drama “The Good Doctor,” opposite Freddie Highmore and Richard Schiff.

Garrett made her television debut during the first season of "Entourage" playing Fiona, the sexy yoga instructor girlfriend of Adrian Grenier's character, Vincent Chase. She also starred opposite Forest Whitaker in the CBS series "Criminal Minds: Suspect Behavior”. She recently played a recurring role in the series "Longmire." Her other television credits include guest-starring roles on series such as "Glee," "CSI: NY," "Chuck" and "House."

Garrett's feature-film credits include Walt Disney's "Tron: Legacy," Sony Pictures' "Made of Honor" and 20th Century Fox's "Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer." She has also appeared in "Turistas," "Knight of Cups," directed by Terrance Malick, and "Freelancers," opposite Robert DeNiro.

Garrett began her career as a fashion model where she made her mark working on campaigns for GUESS and American Eagle Outfitters. From 2007 through 2009, she was one of the new faces of Revlon, representing the brand for various beauty products alongside Halle Berry and Jessica Alba.

She currently resides in Los Angeles.

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Necar Zadegan
@zadegan

Necar Zadegan
@zadegan

Delia

Necar Zadegan stars as high powered attorney Delia Banai in Bravo’s first original scripted series Girlfriends' Guide to Divorce.

Zadegan gained acclaim for her portrayal of First Lady turned president Dalia Hassan on Fox's hit series 24 and most recently for her delicate portrayal of Layla Shokrani, alongside Tim Robbins and Holly Hunter, in HBO's drama Here and Now from Oscar-winning screenwriter, creator Alan Ball. This year, Zadegan joined the cast of the ABC's The Good Doctor. Other series regular roles include her portrayal of Dr. Gina Bandar on Emily Owens MD and in the lead role opposite Greg Kinnear in the FOX comedy Rake. She can also be seen in Extant, Legends and Masters of Sex. On the film side, she has appeared in Unthinkable, You Don't Mess With the Zohan and played the title role in Elena Undone which enjoyed success at independent festivals worldwide.

Born in Karlsruhe, Germany and raised in San Francisco, Calif., Zadegan began working in theater at age 16 at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival in Scotland. She later attended the University of California, Santa Barbara on a performance scholarship and graduated with degrees in literature and writing. In the spring of 2011, Zadegan returned to the stage in her Broadway debut opposite Robin Williams, as part of the original cast of the Tony Award-winning and Pulitzer Prize-nominated play The Bengal Tiger at the Baghdad Zoo. During her career, she has worked at some of the world's most prestigious theaters including The Mark Taper Forum, the Royal Dramatic Theater of Stockholm, the Edinburgh Fringe Festival and many more, and toured internationally in the Persian language production of Satellite with Love.

She currently resides in Los Angeles, where she splits her time between television, film and the theater. Zadegan speaks four languages -- French, German, Persian, and English. She also serves as an ambassador for BuildOn.org and travels with them around the world building schools for children.

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Retta
@unfoRETTAble

Retta
@unfoRETTAble

Barbara

Retta, stars as Barbara on the hit Bravo series “Girlfriends’ Guide to Divorce,” and can also be seen playing Ruby Hill in the NBC drama “Good Girls.” Retta spent seven memorable seasons playing beloved office mate Donna Meagle on NBC’s critically acclaimed comedy “Parks and Recreation.” Her memoir, So Close to Being the Sh*t, Y’all Don’t Even Know hits bookstores on May 29, 2018.

Retta, born Marietta Sirleaf to immigrant parents from Liberia, grew up in New Jersey. Upon graduating pre-med from Duke University with a degree in sociology, Retta decided to take a year off before medical school to work as a contract chemist. She quickly decided drugs and medicine were not her calling and decided to pursue her dream of having her own show. Realizing there were several sitcom stars that began as comedians (Roseanne, Drew Carrey, Tim Allen, Brett Butler), she began doing stand-up in Raleigh, N.C., and soon decided to make the move to Los Angeles.

Retta started performing in Los Angeles was Comedy Central’s first winner of their Laugh Riots standup competition, which led to an appearance on the New Faces Showcase at Montreal’s Just for Laughs comedy festival. This performance led to a development deal with ABC/Disney.

Retta’s television appearances include “The Kroll Show,” “It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia,” “Key & Peele,” “Premium Blend” and “Comedy Central Presents … Retta.” Her film credits include: “Father Figure,” “Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Road Chip,” “Other People,” “Middle School: The Worst Years of My Life,” “Bastards,” “Fracture,” “First Sunday,” “Sex & Death 101,” and “Dickie Roberts: Former Child Star.” She also created her own starring role as Twitter Queen, thrilling her fans with live interpretations of the television shows she loves.

She currently resides in Los Angeles.

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Marti Noxon
@martinoxon

Marti Noxon
@martinoxon

Creator/Executive Producer

With hundreds of hours of television under her belt, Marti Noxon is one of the most prolific writer-producers in television today. Noxon currently has several television series on the air including Bravo’s “Girlfriends’ Guide to Divorce” Lifetime’s “UnREAL” and CBS’ “Code Black,” as well as the upcoming series “Dietland” for AMC and “Sharp Objects” for HBO.

“Girlfriends’ Guide to Divorce,” which Noxon created and serves as showrunner on, was Bravo’s first scripted series to air on the network. Following its season two finale, the series received a 3-season pickup locking in its third, fourth and fifth seasons. In addition to her duties as showrunner, Noxon has also stepped into the director role for several episodes of the series. The series won a Women Image Award for Outstanding Comedy Series.

This summer, Noxon will launch another highly anticipated series with the debut of HBO’s “Sharp Objects,” an adaptation of Gillian Flynn’s bestselling novel of the same name. Noxon wrote and serves as showrunner on the series which stars Academy Award nominated actress Amy Adams with Jean-Marc Vallee directing the full series. Also debuting this summer is “Dietland” for AMC, a series Noxon wrote based on the bestselling novel of the same name by Sarai Walker. Noxon produces the series through her production company Tiny Pyro.

Noxon is also co-creator and executive producer of the acclaimed Lifetime drama series “UnREAL.” For her work on the show, Noxon has received an Emmy Award nomination for Outstanding Writing for a Drama Series. The show has additionally won countless awards and accolades during its breakout first season, which Noxon was showrunner on, including a Peabody Award and a Women's Image Network Award, for Outstanding Show Produced by a Woman. It was also named one of AFI’s Top Ten Television Programs of the Year and honored by the Critics’ Choice Awards as one of the Most Exciting New Series of the year.

Noxon also serves as executive producer on the CBS medical drama series “Code Black.” The show is based on the Los Angeles Film Festival award-winning documentary of the same name, which Noxon executive produced as well.

On the film side, Noxon is made her feature directorial debut with the film To The Bone, which Netflix picked up for distribution following its premiere at the 2017 Sundance Film Festival. Written by Noxon and loosely based on her own personal experience with eating disorders, the film stared Lily Collins, Alex Sharp, Keanu Reeves and Carrie Preston. Fueled by strong reviews during Sundance, Netflix quickly picked up the project, which was one of the highest sales of the festival.

Over the course of her impressive career Noxon has written for and produced some of the most beloved and critically acclaimed series of the past two decades, including “Buffy the Vampire Slayer,” “Grey’s Anatomy,” “Private Practice,” “Mad Men,” “Prison Break,” “Angel,” and “Glee.” Noxon’s screenwriting credits include, I Am Number Four and Fright Night.

A graduate of UC Santa Cruz, Noxon currently lives in Los Angeles with her two children and is co-owner of Grist & Toll, an urban flour mill in Pasadena.

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Lisa Edelstein
@LisaEdelstein

Lisa Edelstein
@LisaEdelstein

Abby

Lisa Edelstein stars as Abby McCarthy in Bravo’s first original scripted series, “Girlfriends’ Guide to Divorce.” She has penned two episodes of the series, including episode #303, “Rule #187: You Are What You Eat, So… Chow Down” and episode #203, “Rule #8: Timing Is Everything,” the latter which she wrote with creator and executive producer Marti Noxon. Edelstein made her directorial debut for episode #504 “Rule #63: It’s A Marathon, Not a Sprint.” She can be seen next opposite Alan Arkin and Michael Douglas in Netflix’s “The Kominsky Method.”

Edelstein is most recognized for her role as Dr. Lisa Cuddy on the hit medical drama “House,” where she garnered a People’s Choice Award for Favorite TV Actress. After a seven-season run, she has since transitioned into memorable arcs on “The Good Wife,” “House of Lies,” and “Castle,” as well as guest starred on “Elementary” and “Scandal.”

No stranger to fearless roles, Edelstein has portrayed Rob Lowe’s call-girl girlfriend on “The West Wing,” the transsexual boyfriend of James Le Gros on “Ally McBeal,” David Conrad’s lesbian sister on “Relativity,” and an Orthodox Jew losing custody of her child on “Family Law.”

Additional television credits include her series regular role on “Leap of Faith” and guest turns on “Seinfeld,” “The Practice,” “Without A Trace,” “Frasier,” “Felicity,” and “ER” to name a few. She got her start in television as Lisa E on MTV’s “Awake on the Wild Side.” Edelstein also works extensively in the realm of voiceover; most recently on “The Legend of Korra,” as well as voicing the character of Mercy Graves on the animated “Superman” and “Justice League” series, and memorable guest spots on “American Dad” and “King of the Hill.”

In feature films, Edelstein is probably best known as Ben Stiller’s aerobics-obsessed date in “Keeping the Faith.” Additional credits include “What Women Want,” “Daddy Day Care” and “As Good As It Gets” and “Joshy,” which debuted at Sundance in 2017. She’ll next appear in the indie features “Dr. Bird’s Advice for Sad Poets” with Brian Cox and Jason Isaacs, and “Phoenix, Oregon” in which she stars opposite James LeGros who she coincidentally directed in the “Unzipping” short which she also starred in, wrote, and produced.

She is also developing a one-hour pilot with Universal Cable Productions (UCP) and Phoenix Pictures, based on the book “Confessions of a Sociopath” by M.E. Thomas. Edelstein, who is set to star, is writing the script with Carol Barbee (“UnReal” and “Girlfriends’ Guide to Divorce”).

After honing her craft at the prestigious NYU Tisch School of the Arts, Edelstein performed in numerous off- and off-off-Broadway productions, including the AIDS-related musical, “Positive Me” which she authored, composed and performed. In fact, Common Ground recently bestowed her with an honor on behalf of her efforts to further awareness.

Edelstein resides in Los Angeles in a century old home with her husband, artist Robert Russell, two step-sons, and several rescue dogs. She volunteers her time with a variety of charitable organizations including Best Friends Animal Sanctuary, The Anti-Defamation League, Planned Parenthood and The Center for Reproductive Rights.

Read more
Alanna Ubach
@alannaubach

Alanna Ubach
@alannaubach

Jo

Alanna Ubach stars as Jo on Bravo's first original scripted series, "Girlfriends' Guide to Divorce." Ubach made her mark in the industry playing the family housekeeper-turned wedding caterer and Gaylord's first lover in "Meet the Fockers," the sorority sister/best friend to Elle Woods in "Legally Blonde," and the sex-starved Israeli neighbor on "Hung." Up next, Beginning this June, Ubach can be seen in AMC's series "Dietland," working again with “Girlfriends' Guide to Divorce" creator Marti Noxon.

Born in Downey, California to a Mexican-born mother and Puerto Rican father, Ubach has been a working actress since childhood. Following her television debut on "Romper Room," she joined the Lee Strasberg Institute's Children's Program. At 15, she fearlessly travelled to New York to star in WPA's Off-Broadway production of "Club Soda," and later spent two years as Josie on "Beakman's World" and starred in "Kindertransport" at the Manhattan Theatre Club.

Most recently, Ubach lent her voice to Disney/Pixar's Oscar winning animated film "Coco," featuring an all-Latino cast, when she played the leading female role including a popular singing performance of La Llorona as great-great-grandmother Mama Imelda. Ubach also starred opposite Keanu Reeves in Noxon's Sundance darling "To the Bone." and was in "The Last Word" feature last year and she will be seen opposite Julianne Moore in "Gloria" later this year. She also recurred as Tammy Murphy on Amazon's "Hand of God," as lead Dana Delany's sister and is a series regular on Nickelodeon's "Welcome to the Wayne," voicing Ansi Molina, a boy.

Over the years, Ubach has played and voiced numerous characters. Her additional television credits include recurring roles as Ray Romano's love interest on "Men of a Certain Age" (and won a Peabody Award for that stint) and as a drunken British rock widow on "Californication," a memorable guest appearance on "It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia" as well as the season finale of last season's "American Horror Story: Hotel." An indie film darling, she has starred in the films "Denise Calls Up," "Freeway," "Clockwatchers" and "Johns." She starred in Sam Hancock's directorial debut, 2014's "Being Us," about a suicidal woman with multiple personality disorder. She also appeared in several feature films including "Renaissance Man," "Airborne," "Sister Act 2" and "The Brady Bunch Movie." Ubach also remains an in-demand voiceover actress in TV and film with roles ranging from Gore Verbinski's "Rango" to groundbreaking Latino voices in "Teamo Supremo" and "El Tigre."

Ubach self-produced, wrote and directed a short film, "A Mi Amor Mi Dulce," which premiered at Los Angeles' Outfest in 2003. She also wrote and starred in a one-woman Off-Broadway show "Patriotic Bitch," which debuted to rave reviews at the Harold Clurman Theatre. She will soon be seen in "August Falls," which also marks her debut as a film producer. When she's not on stage or on set, she makes her home in Los Angeles with her husband, their dogs and son.

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Beau Garrett
@beaujgarrett

Beau Garrett
@beaujgarrett

Phoebe

Beau Garrett stars as Phoebe in Bravo's first original scripted series, "Girlfriends' Guide to Divorce." She can also be seen as 'Jessica Preston' in the ABC medical drama “The Good Doctor,” opposite Freddie Highmore and Richard Schiff.

Garrett made her television debut during the first season of "Entourage" playing Fiona, the sexy yoga instructor girlfriend of Adrian Grenier's character, Vincent Chase. She also starred opposite Forest Whitaker in the CBS series "Criminal Minds: Suspect Behavior”. She recently played a recurring role in the series "Longmire." Her other television credits include guest-starring roles on series such as "Glee," "CSI: NY," "Chuck" and "House."

Garrett's feature-film credits include Walt Disney's "Tron: Legacy," Sony Pictures' "Made of Honor" and 20th Century Fox's "Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer." She has also appeared in "Turistas," "Knight of Cups," directed by Terrance Malick, and "Freelancers," opposite Robert DeNiro.

Garrett began her career as a fashion model where she made her mark working on campaigns for GUESS and American Eagle Outfitters. From 2007 through 2009, she was one of the new faces of Revlon, representing the brand for various beauty products alongside Halle Berry and Jessica Alba.

She currently resides in Los Angeles.

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Necar Zadegan
@zadegan

Necar Zadegan
@zadegan

Delia

Necar Zadegan stars as high powered attorney Delia Banai in Bravo’s first original scripted series Girlfriends' Guide to Divorce.

Zadegan gained acclaim for her portrayal of First Lady turned president Dalia Hassan on Fox's hit series 24 and most recently for her delicate portrayal of Layla Shokrani, alongside Tim Robbins and Holly Hunter, in HBO's drama Here and Now from Oscar-winning screenwriter, creator Alan Ball. This year, Zadegan joined the cast of the ABC's The Good Doctor. Other series regular roles include her portrayal of Dr. Gina Bandar on Emily Owens MD and in the lead role opposite Greg Kinnear in the FOX comedy Rake. She can also be seen in Extant, Legends and Masters of Sex. On the film side, she has appeared in Unthinkable, You Don't Mess With the Zohan and played the title role in Elena Undone which enjoyed success at independent festivals worldwide.

Born in Karlsruhe, Germany and raised in San Francisco, Calif., Zadegan began working in theater at age 16 at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival in Scotland. She later attended the University of California, Santa Barbara on a performance scholarship and graduated with degrees in literature and writing. In the spring of 2011, Zadegan returned to the stage in her Broadway debut opposite Robin Williams, as part of the original cast of the Tony Award-winning and Pulitzer Prize-nominated play The Bengal Tiger at the Baghdad Zoo. During her career, she has worked at some of the world's most prestigious theaters including The Mark Taper Forum, the Royal Dramatic Theater of Stockholm, the Edinburgh Fringe Festival and many more, and toured internationally in the Persian language production of Satellite with Love.

She currently resides in Los Angeles, where she splits her time between television, film and the theater. Zadegan speaks four languages -- French, German, Persian, and English. She also serves as an ambassador for BuildOn.org and travels with them around the world building schools for children.

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Retta
@unfoRETTAble

Retta
@unfoRETTAble

Barbara

Retta, stars as Barbara on the hit Bravo series “Girlfriends’ Guide to Divorce,” and can also be seen playing Ruby Hill in the NBC drama “Good Girls.” Retta spent seven memorable seasons playing beloved office mate Donna Meagle on NBC’s critically acclaimed comedy “Parks and Recreation.” Her memoir, So Close to Being the Sh*t, Y’all Don’t Even Know hits bookstores on May 29, 2018.

Retta, born Marietta Sirleaf to immigrant parents from Liberia, grew up in New Jersey. Upon graduating pre-med from Duke University with a degree in sociology, Retta decided to take a year off before medical school to work as a contract chemist. She quickly decided drugs and medicine were not her calling and decided to pursue her dream of having her own show. Realizing there were several sitcom stars that began as comedians (Roseanne, Drew Carrey, Tim Allen, Brett Butler), she began doing stand-up in Raleigh, N.C., and soon decided to make the move to Los Angeles.

Retta started performing in Los Angeles was Comedy Central’s first winner of their Laugh Riots standup competition, which led to an appearance on the New Faces Showcase at Montreal’s Just for Laughs comedy festival. This performance led to a development deal with ABC/Disney.

Retta’s television appearances include “The Kroll Show,” “It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia,” “Key & Peele,” “Premium Blend” and “Comedy Central Presents … Retta.” Her film credits include: “Father Figure,” “Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Road Chip,” “Other People,” “Middle School: The Worst Years of My Life,” “Bastards,” “Fracture,” “First Sunday,” “Sex & Death 101,” and “Dickie Roberts: Former Child Star.” She also created her own starring role as Twitter Queen, thrilling her fans with live interpretations of the television shows she loves.

She currently resides in Los Angeles.

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Marti Noxon
@martinoxon

Marti Noxon
@martinoxon

Creator/Executive Producer

With hundreds of hours of television under her belt, Marti Noxon is one of the most prolific writer-producers in television today. Noxon currently has several television series on the air including Bravo’s “Girlfriends’ Guide to Divorce” Lifetime’s “UnREAL” and CBS’ “Code Black,” as well as the upcoming series “Dietland” for AMC and “Sharp Objects” for HBO.

“Girlfriends’ Guide to Divorce,” which Noxon created and serves as showrunner on, was Bravo’s first scripted series to air on the network. Following its season two finale, the series received a 3-season pickup locking in its third, fourth and fifth seasons. In addition to her duties as showrunner, Noxon has also stepped into the director role for several episodes of the series. The series won a Women Image Award for Outstanding Comedy Series.

This summer, Noxon will launch another highly anticipated series with the debut of HBO’s “Sharp Objects,” an adaptation of Gillian Flynn’s bestselling novel of the same name. Noxon wrote and serves as showrunner on the series which stars Academy Award nominated actress Amy Adams with Jean-Marc Vallee directing the full series. Also debuting this summer is “Dietland” for AMC, a series Noxon wrote based on the bestselling novel of the same name by Sarai Walker. Noxon produces the series through her production company Tiny Pyro.

Noxon is also co-creator and executive producer of the acclaimed Lifetime drama series “UnREAL.” For her work on the show, Noxon has received an Emmy Award nomination for Outstanding Writing for a Drama Series. The show has additionally won countless awards and accolades during its breakout first season, which Noxon was showrunner on, including a Peabody Award and a Women's Image Network Award, for Outstanding Show Produced by a Woman. It was also named one of AFI’s Top Ten Television Programs of the Year and honored by the Critics’ Choice Awards as one of the Most Exciting New Series of the year.

Noxon also serves as executive producer on the CBS medical drama series “Code Black.” The show is based on the Los Angeles Film Festival award-winning documentary of the same name, which Noxon executive produced as well.

On the film side, Noxon is made her feature directorial debut with the film To The Bone, which Netflix picked up for distribution following its premiere at the 2017 Sundance Film Festival. Written by Noxon and loosely based on her own personal experience with eating disorders, the film stared Lily Collins, Alex Sharp, Keanu Reeves and Carrie Preston. Fueled by strong reviews during Sundance, Netflix quickly picked up the project, which was one of the highest sales of the festival.

Over the course of her impressive career Noxon has written for and produced some of the most beloved and critically acclaimed series of the past two decades, including “Buffy the Vampire Slayer,” “Grey’s Anatomy,” “Private Practice,” “Mad Men,” “Prison Break,” “Angel,” and “Glee.” Noxon’s screenwriting credits include, I Am Number Four and Fright Night.

A graduate of UC Santa Cruz, Noxon currently lives in Los Angeles with her two children and is co-owner of Grist & Toll, an urban flour mill in Pasadena.

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Abby

Lisa Edelstein stars as Abby McCarthy in Bravo’s first original scripted series, “Girlfriends’ Guide to Divorce.” She has penned two episodes of the series, including episode #303, “Rule #187: You Are What You Eat, So… Chow Down” and episode #203, “Rule #8: Timing Is Everything,” the latter which she wrote with creator and executive producer Marti Noxon. Edelstein made her directorial debut for episode #504 “Rule #63: It’s A Marathon, Not a Sprint.” She can be seen next opposite Alan Arkin and Michael Douglas in Netflix’s “The Kominsky Method.”

Edelstein is most recognized for her role as Dr. Lisa Cuddy on the hit medical drama “House,” where she garnered a People’s Choice Award for Favorite TV Actress. After a seven-season run, she has since transitioned into memorable arcs on “The Good Wife,” “House of Lies,” and “Castle,” as well as guest starred on “Elementary” and “Scandal.”

No stranger to fearless roles, Edelstein has portrayed Rob Lowe’s call-girl girlfriend on “The West Wing,” the transsexual boyfriend of James Le Gros on “Ally McBeal,” David Conrad’s lesbian sister on “Relativity,” and an Orthodox Jew losing custody of her child on “Family Law.”

Additional television credits include her series regular role on “Leap of Faith” and guest turns on “Seinfeld,” “The Practice,” “Without A Trace,” “Frasier,” “Felicity,” and “ER” to name a few. She got her start in television as Lisa E on MTV’s “Awake on the Wild Side.” Edelstein also works extensively in the realm of voiceover; most recently on “The Legend of Korra,” as well as voicing the character of Mercy Graves on the animated “Superman” and “Justice League” series, and memorable guest spots on “American Dad” and “King of the Hill.”

In feature films, Edelstein is probably best known as Ben Stiller’s aerobics-obsessed date in “Keeping the Faith.” Additional credits include “What Women Want,” “Daddy Day Care” and “As Good As It Gets” and “Joshy,” which debuted at Sundance in 2017. She’ll next appear in the indie features “Dr. Bird’s Advice for Sad Poets” with Brian Cox and Jason Isaacs, and “Phoenix, Oregon” in which she stars opposite James LeGros who she coincidentally directed in the “Unzipping” short which she also starred in, wrote, and produced.

She is also developing a one-hour pilot with Universal Cable Productions (UCP) and Phoenix Pictures, based on the book “Confessions of a Sociopath” by M.E. Thomas. Edelstein, who is set to star, is writing the script with Carol Barbee (“UnReal” and “Girlfriends’ Guide to Divorce”).

After honing her craft at the prestigious NYU Tisch School of the Arts, Edelstein performed in numerous off- and off-off-Broadway productions, including the AIDS-related musical, “Positive Me” which she authored, composed and performed. In fact, Common Ground recently bestowed her with an honor on behalf of her efforts to further awareness.

Edelstein resides in Los Angeles in a century old home with her husband, artist Robert Russell, two step-sons, and several rescue dogs. She volunteers her time with a variety of charitable organizations including Best Friends Animal Sanctuary, The Anti-Defamation League, Planned Parenthood and The Center for Reproductive Rights.

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Alanna Ubach
@alannaubach

Alanna Ubach
@alannaubach

Jo

Alanna Ubach stars as Jo on Bravo's first original scripted series, "Girlfriends' Guide to Divorce." Ubach made her mark in the industry playing the family housekeeper-turned wedding caterer and Gaylord's first lover in "Meet the Fockers," the sorority sister/best friend to Elle Woods in "Legally Blonde," and the sex-starved Israeli neighbor on "Hung." Up next, Beginning this June, Ubach can be seen in AMC's series "Dietland," working again with “Girlfriends' Guide to Divorce" creator Marti Noxon.

Born in Downey, California to a Mexican-born mother and Puerto Rican father, Ubach has been a working actress since childhood. Following her television debut on "Romper Room," she joined the Lee Strasberg Institute's Children's Program. At 15, she fearlessly travelled to New York to star in WPA's Off-Broadway production of "Club Soda," and later spent two years as Josie on "Beakman's World" and starred in "Kindertransport" at the Manhattan Theatre Club.

Most recently, Ubach lent her voice to Disney/Pixar's Oscar winning animated film "Coco," featuring an all-Latino cast, when she played the leading female role including a popular singing performance of La Llorona as great-great-grandmother Mama Imelda. Ubach also starred opposite Keanu Reeves in Noxon's Sundance darling "To the Bone." and was in "The Last Word" feature last year and she will be seen opposite Julianne Moore in "Gloria" later this year. She also recurred as Tammy Murphy on Amazon's "Hand of God," as lead Dana Delany's sister and is a series regular on Nickelodeon's "Welcome to the Wayne," voicing Ansi Molina, a boy.

Over the years, Ubach has played and voiced numerous characters. Her additional television credits include recurring roles as Ray Romano's love interest on "Men of a Certain Age" (and won a Peabody Award for that stint) and as a drunken British rock widow on "Californication," a memorable guest appearance on "It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia" as well as the season finale of last season's "American Horror Story: Hotel." An indie film darling, she has starred in the films "Denise Calls Up," "Freeway," "Clockwatchers" and "Johns." She starred in Sam Hancock's directorial debut, 2014's "Being Us," about a suicidal woman with multiple personality disorder. She also appeared in several feature films including "Renaissance Man," "Airborne," "Sister Act 2" and "The Brady Bunch Movie." Ubach also remains an in-demand voiceover actress in TV and film with roles ranging from Gore Verbinski's "Rango" to groundbreaking Latino voices in "Teamo Supremo" and "El Tigre."

Ubach self-produced, wrote and directed a short film, "A Mi Amor Mi Dulce," which premiered at Los Angeles' Outfest in 2003. She also wrote and starred in a one-woman Off-Broadway show "Patriotic Bitch," which debuted to rave reviews at the Harold Clurman Theatre. She will soon be seen in "August Falls," which also marks her debut as a film producer. When she's not on stage or on set, she makes her home in Los Angeles with her husband, their dogs and son.

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Beau Garrett
@beaujgarrett

Beau Garrett
@beaujgarrett

Phoebe

Beau Garrett stars as Phoebe in Bravo's first original scripted series, "Girlfriends' Guide to Divorce." She can also be seen as 'Jessica Preston' in the ABC medical drama “The Good Doctor,” opposite Freddie Highmore and Richard Schiff.

Garrett made her television debut during the first season of "Entourage" playing Fiona, the sexy yoga instructor girlfriend of Adrian Grenier's character, Vincent Chase. She also starred opposite Forest Whitaker in the CBS series "Criminal Minds: Suspect Behavior”. She recently played a recurring role in the series "Longmire." Her other television credits include guest-starring roles on series such as "Glee," "CSI: NY," "Chuck" and "House."

Garrett's feature-film credits include Walt Disney's "Tron: Legacy," Sony Pictures' "Made of Honor" and 20th Century Fox's "Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer." She has also appeared in "Turistas," "Knight of Cups," directed by Terrance Malick, and "Freelancers," opposite Robert DeNiro.

Garrett began her career as a fashion model where she made her mark working on campaigns for GUESS and American Eagle Outfitters. From 2007 through 2009, she was one of the new faces of Revlon, representing the brand for various beauty products alongside Halle Berry and Jessica Alba.

She currently resides in Los Angeles.

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Necar Zadegan
@zadegan

Necar Zadegan
@zadegan

Delia

Necar Zadegan stars as high powered attorney Delia Banai in Bravo’s first original scripted series Girlfriends' Guide to Divorce.

Zadegan gained acclaim for her portrayal of First Lady turned president Dalia Hassan on Fox's hit series 24 and most recently for her delicate portrayal of Layla Shokrani, alongside Tim Robbins and Holly Hunter, in HBO's drama Here and Now from Oscar-winning screenwriter, creator Alan Ball. This year, Zadegan joined the cast of the ABC's The Good Doctor. Other series regular roles include her portrayal of Dr. Gina Bandar on Emily Owens MD and in the lead role opposite Greg Kinnear in the FOX comedy Rake. She can also be seen in Extant, Legends and Masters of Sex. On the film side, she has appeared in Unthinkable, You Don't Mess With the Zohan and played the title role in Elena Undone which enjoyed success at independent festivals worldwide.

Born in Karlsruhe, Germany and raised in San Francisco, Calif., Zadegan began working in theater at age 16 at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival in Scotland. She later attended the University of California, Santa Barbara on a performance scholarship and graduated with degrees in literature and writing. In the spring of 2011, Zadegan returned to the stage in her Broadway debut opposite Robin Williams, as part of the original cast of the Tony Award-winning and Pulitzer Prize-nominated play The Bengal Tiger at the Baghdad Zoo. During her career, she has worked at some of the world's most prestigious theaters including The Mark Taper Forum, the Royal Dramatic Theater of Stockholm, the Edinburgh Fringe Festival and many more, and toured internationally in the Persian language production of Satellite with Love.

She currently resides in Los Angeles, where she splits her time between television, film and the theater. Zadegan speaks four languages -- French, German, Persian, and English. She also serves as an ambassador for BuildOn.org and travels with them around the world building schools for children.

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Retta
@unfoRETTAble

Retta
@unfoRETTAble

Barbara

Retta, stars as Barbara on the hit Bravo series “Girlfriends’ Guide to Divorce,” and can also be seen playing Ruby Hill in the NBC drama “Good Girls.” Retta spent seven memorable seasons playing beloved office mate Donna Meagle on NBC’s critically acclaimed comedy “Parks and Recreation.” Her memoir, So Close to Being the Sh*t, Y’all Don’t Even Know hits bookstores on May 29, 2018.

Retta, born Marietta Sirleaf to immigrant parents from Liberia, grew up in New Jersey. Upon graduating pre-med from Duke University with a degree in sociology, Retta decided to take a year off before medical school to work as a contract chemist. She quickly decided drugs and medicine were not her calling and decided to pursue her dream of having her own show. Realizing there were several sitcom stars that began as comedians (Roseanne, Drew Carrey, Tim Allen, Brett Butler), she began doing stand-up in Raleigh, N.C., and soon decided to make the move to Los Angeles.

Retta started performing in Los Angeles was Comedy Central’s first winner of their Laugh Riots standup competition, which led to an appearance on the New Faces Showcase at Montreal’s Just for Laughs comedy festival. This performance led to a development deal with ABC/Disney.

Retta’s television appearances include “The Kroll Show,” “It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia,” “Key & Peele,” “Premium Blend” and “Comedy Central Presents … Retta.” Her film credits include: “Father Figure,” “Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Road Chip,” “Other People,” “Middle School: The Worst Years of My Life,” “Bastards,” “Fracture,” “First Sunday,” “Sex & Death 101,” and “Dickie Roberts: Former Child Star.” She also created her own starring role as Twitter Queen, thrilling her fans with live interpretations of the television shows she loves.

She currently resides in Los Angeles.

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Marti Noxon
@martinoxon

Marti Noxon
@martinoxon

Creator/Executive Producer

With hundreds of hours of television under her belt, Marti Noxon is one of the most prolific writer-producers in television today. Noxon currently has several television series on the air including Bravo’s “Girlfriends’ Guide to Divorce” Lifetime’s “UnREAL” and CBS’ “Code Black,” as well as the upcoming series “Dietland” for AMC and “Sharp Objects” for HBO.

“Girlfriends’ Guide to Divorce,” which Noxon created and serves as showrunner on, was Bravo’s first scripted series to air on the network. Following its season two finale, the series received a 3-season pickup locking in its third, fourth and fifth seasons. In addition to her duties as showrunner, Noxon has also stepped into the director role for several episodes of the series. The series won a Women Image Award for Outstanding Comedy Series.

This summer, Noxon will launch another highly anticipated series with the debut of HBO’s “Sharp Objects,” an adaptation of Gillian Flynn’s bestselling novel of the same name. Noxon wrote and serves as showrunner on the series which stars Academy Award nominated actress Amy Adams with Jean-Marc Vallee directing the full series. Also debuting this summer is “Dietland” for AMC, a series Noxon wrote based on the bestselling novel of the same name by Sarai Walker. Noxon produces the series through her production company Tiny Pyro.

Noxon is also co-creator and executive producer of the acclaimed Lifetime drama series “UnREAL.” For her work on the show, Noxon has received an Emmy Award nomination for Outstanding Writing for a Drama Series. The show has additionally won countless awards and accolades during its breakout first season, which Noxon was showrunner on, including a Peabody Award and a Women's Image Network Award, for Outstanding Show Produced by a Woman. It was also named one of AFI’s Top Ten Television Programs of the Year and honored by the Critics’ Choice Awards as one of the Most Exciting New Series of the year.

Noxon also serves as executive producer on the CBS medical drama series “Code Black.” The show is based on the Los Angeles Film Festival award-winning documentary of the same name, which Noxon executive produced as well.

On the film side, Noxon is made her feature directorial debut with the film To The Bone, which Netflix picked up for distribution following its premiere at the 2017 Sundance Film Festival. Written by Noxon and loosely based on her own personal experience with eating disorders, the film stared Lily Collins, Alex Sharp, Keanu Reeves and Carrie Preston. Fueled by strong reviews during Sundance, Netflix quickly picked up the project, which was one of the highest sales of the festival.

Over the course of her impressive career Noxon has written for and produced some of the most beloved and critically acclaimed series of the past two decades, including “Buffy the Vampire Slayer,” “Grey’s Anatomy,” “Private Practice,” “Mad Men,” “Prison Break,” “Angel,” and “Glee.” Noxon’s screenwriting credits include, I Am Number Four and Fright Night.

A graduate of UC Santa Cruz, Noxon currently lives in Los Angeles with her two children and is co-owner of Grist & Toll, an urban flour mill in Pasadena.

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Lisa Edelstein
@LisaEdelstein

Lisa Edelstein
@LisaEdelstein

Abby

Lisa Edelstein stars as Abby McCarthy in Bravo’s first original scripted series, “Girlfriends’ Guide to Divorce.” She has penned two episodes of the series, including episode #303, “Rule #187: You Are What You Eat, So… Chow Down” and episode #203, “Rule #8: Timing Is Everything,” the latter which she wrote with creator and executive producer Marti Noxon. Edelstein made her directorial debut for episode #504 “Rule #63: It’s A Marathon, Not a Sprint.” She can be seen next opposite Alan Arkin and Michael Douglas in Netflix’s “The Kominsky Method.”

Edelstein is most recognized for her role as Dr. Lisa Cuddy on the hit medical drama “House,” where she garnered a People’s Choice Award for Favorite TV Actress. After a seven-season run, she has since transitioned into memorable arcs on “The Good Wife,” “House of Lies,” and “Castle,” as well as guest starred on “Elementary” and “Scandal.”

No stranger to fearless roles, Edelstein has portrayed Rob Lowe’s call-girl girlfriend on “The West Wing,” the transsexual boyfriend of James Le Gros on “Ally McBeal,” David Conrad’s lesbian sister on “Relativity,” and an Orthodox Jew losing custody of her child on “Family Law.”

Additional television credits include her series regular role on “Leap of Faith” and guest turns on “Seinfeld,” “The Practice,” “Without A Trace,” “Frasier,” “Felicity,” and “ER” to name a few. She got her start in television as Lisa E on MTV’s “Awake on the Wild Side.” Edelstein also works extensively in the realm of voiceover; most recently on “The Legend of Korra,” as well as voicing the character of Mercy Graves on the animated “Superman” and “Justice League” series, and memorable guest spots on “American Dad” and “King of the Hill.”

In feature films, Edelstein is probably best known as Ben Stiller’s aerobics-obsessed date in “Keeping the Faith.” Additional credits include “What Women Want,” “Daddy Day Care” and “As Good As It Gets” and “Joshy,” which debuted at Sundance in 2017. She’ll next appear in the indie features “Dr. Bird’s Advice for Sad Poets” with Brian Cox and Jason Isaacs, and “Phoenix, Oregon” in which she stars opposite James LeGros who she coincidentally directed in the “Unzipping” short which she also starred in, wrote, and produced.

She is also developing a one-hour pilot with Universal Cable Productions (UCP) and Phoenix Pictures, based on the book “Confessions of a Sociopath” by M.E. Thomas. Edelstein, who is set to star, is writing the script with Carol Barbee (“UnReal” and “Girlfriends’ Guide to Divorce”).

After honing her craft at the prestigious NYU Tisch School of the Arts, Edelstein performed in numerous off- and off-off-Broadway productions, including the AIDS-related musical, “Positive Me” which she authored, composed and performed. In fact, Common Ground recently bestowed her with an honor on behalf of her efforts to further awareness.

Edelstein resides in Los Angeles in a century old home with her husband, artist Robert Russell, two step-sons, and several rescue dogs. She volunteers her time with a variety of charitable organizations including Best Friends Animal Sanctuary, The Anti-Defamation League, Planned Parenthood and The Center for Reproductive Rights.

Read more
Alanna Ubach
@alannaubach

Alanna Ubach
@alannaubach

Jo

Alanna Ubach stars as Jo on Bravo's first original scripted series, "Girlfriends' Guide to Divorce." Ubach made her mark in the industry playing the family housekeeper-turned wedding caterer and Gaylord's first lover in "Meet the Fockers," the sorority sister/best friend to Elle Woods in "Legally Blonde," and the sex-starved Israeli neighbor on "Hung." Up next, Beginning this June, Ubach can be seen in AMC's series "Dietland," working again with “Girlfriends' Guide to Divorce" creator Marti Noxon.

Born in Downey, California to a Mexican-born mother and Puerto Rican father, Ubach has been a working actress since childhood. Following her television debut on "Romper Room," she joined the Lee Strasberg Institute's Children's Program. At 15, she fearlessly travelled to New York to star in WPA's Off-Broadway production of "Club Soda," and later spent two years as Josie on "Beakman's World" and starred in "Kindertransport" at the Manhattan Theatre Club.

Most recently, Ubach lent her voice to Disney/Pixar's Oscar winning animated film "Coco," featuring an all-Latino cast, when she played the leading female role including a popular singing performance of La Llorona as great-great-grandmother Mama Imelda. Ubach also starred opposite Keanu Reeves in Noxon's Sundance darling "To the Bone." and was in "The Last Word" feature last year and she will be seen opposite Julianne Moore in "Gloria" later this year. She also recurred as Tammy Murphy on Amazon's "Hand of God," as lead Dana Delany's sister and is a series regular on Nickelodeon's "Welcome to the Wayne," voicing Ansi Molina, a boy.

Over the years, Ubach has played and voiced numerous characters. Her additional television credits include recurring roles as Ray Romano's love interest on "Men of a Certain Age" (and won a Peabody Award for that stint) and as a drunken British rock widow on "Californication," a memorable guest appearance on "It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia" as well as the season finale of last season's "American Horror Story: Hotel." An indie film darling, she has starred in the films "Denise Calls Up," "Freeway," "Clockwatchers" and "Johns." She starred in Sam Hancock's directorial debut, 2014's "Being Us," about a suicidal woman with multiple personality disorder. She also appeared in several feature films including "Renaissance Man," "Airborne," "Sister Act 2" and "The Brady Bunch Movie." Ubach also remains an in-demand voiceover actress in TV and film with roles ranging from Gore Verbinski's "Rango" to groundbreaking Latino voices in "Teamo Supremo" and "El Tigre."

Ubach self-produced, wrote and directed a short film, "A Mi Amor Mi Dulce," which premiered at Los Angeles' Outfest in 2003. She also wrote and starred in a one-woman Off-Broadway show "Patriotic Bitch," which debuted to rave reviews at the Harold Clurman Theatre. She will soon be seen in "August Falls," which also marks her debut as a film producer. When she's not on stage or on set, she makes her home in Los Angeles with her husband, their dogs and son.

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Beau Garrett
@beaujgarrett

Beau Garrett
@beaujgarrett

Phoebe

Beau Garrett stars as Phoebe in Bravo's first original scripted series, "Girlfriends' Guide to Divorce." She can also be seen as 'Jessica Preston' in the ABC medical drama “The Good Doctor,” opposite Freddie Highmore and Richard Schiff.

Garrett made her television debut during the first season of "Entourage" playing Fiona, the sexy yoga instructor girlfriend of Adrian Grenier's character, Vincent Chase. She also starred opposite Forest Whitaker in the CBS series "Criminal Minds: Suspect Behavior”. She recently played a recurring role in the series "Longmire." Her other television credits include guest-starring roles on series such as "Glee," "CSI: NY," "Chuck" and "House."

Garrett's feature-film credits include Walt Disney's "Tron: Legacy," Sony Pictures' "Made of Honor" and 20th Century Fox's "Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer." She has also appeared in "Turistas," "Knight of Cups," directed by Terrance Malick, and "Freelancers," opposite Robert DeNiro.

Garrett began her career as a fashion model where she made her mark working on campaigns for GUESS and American Eagle Outfitters. From 2007 through 2009, she was one of the new faces of Revlon, representing the brand for various beauty products alongside Halle Berry and Jessica Alba.

She currently resides in Los Angeles.

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Necar Zadegan
@zadegan

Necar Zadegan
@zadegan

Delia

Necar Zadegan stars as high powered attorney Delia Banai in Bravo’s first original scripted series Girlfriends' Guide to Divorce.

Zadegan gained acclaim for her portrayal of First Lady turned president Dalia Hassan on Fox's hit series 24 and most recently for her delicate portrayal of Layla Shokrani, alongside Tim Robbins and Holly Hunter, in HBO's drama Here and Now from Oscar-winning screenwriter, creator Alan Ball. This year, Zadegan joined the cast of the ABC's The Good Doctor. Other series regular roles include her portrayal of Dr. Gina Bandar on Emily Owens MD and in the lead role opposite Greg Kinnear in the FOX comedy Rake. She can also be seen in Extant, Legends and Masters of Sex. On the film side, she has appeared in Unthinkable, You Don't Mess With the Zohan and played the title role in Elena Undone which enjoyed success at independent festivals worldwide.

Born in Karlsruhe, Germany and raised in San Francisco, Calif., Zadegan began working in theater at age 16 at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival in Scotland. She later attended the University of California, Santa Barbara on a performance scholarship and graduated with degrees in literature and writing. In the spring of 2011, Zadegan returned to the stage in her Broadway debut opposite Robin Williams, as part of the original cast of the Tony Award-winning and Pulitzer Prize-nominated play The Bengal Tiger at the Baghdad Zoo. During her career, she has worked at some of the world's most prestigious theaters including The Mark Taper Forum, the Royal Dramatic Theater of Stockholm, the Edinburgh Fringe Festival and many more, and toured internationally in the Persian language production of Satellite with Love.

She currently resides in Los Angeles, where she splits her time between television, film and the theater. Zadegan speaks four languages -- French, German, Persian, and English. She also serves as an ambassador for BuildOn.org and travels with them around the world building schools for children.

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Retta
@unfoRETTAble

Retta
@unfoRETTAble

Barbara

Retta, stars as Barbara on the hit Bravo series “Girlfriends’ Guide to Divorce,” and can also be seen playing Ruby Hill in the NBC drama “Good Girls.” Retta spent seven memorable seasons playing beloved office mate Donna Meagle on NBC’s critically acclaimed comedy “Parks and Recreation.” Her memoir, So Close to Being the Sh*t, Y’all Don’t Even Know hits bookstores on May 29, 2018.

Retta, born Marietta Sirleaf to immigrant parents from Liberia, grew up in New Jersey. Upon graduating pre-med from Duke University with a degree in sociology, Retta decided to take a year off before medical school to work as a contract chemist. She quickly decided drugs and medicine were not her calling and decided to pursue her dream of having her own show. Realizing there were several sitcom stars that began as comedians (Roseanne, Drew Carrey, Tim Allen, Brett Butler), she began doing stand-up in Raleigh, N.C., and soon decided to make the move to Los Angeles.

Retta started performing in Los Angeles was Comedy Central’s first winner of their Laugh Riots standup competition, which led to an appearance on the New Faces Showcase at Montreal’s Just for Laughs comedy festival. This performance led to a development deal with ABC/Disney.

Retta’s television appearances include “The Kroll Show,” “It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia,” “Key & Peele,” “Premium Blend” and “Comedy Central Presents … Retta.” Her film credits include: “Father Figure,” “Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Road Chip,” “Other People,” “Middle School: The Worst Years of My Life,” “Bastards,” “Fracture,” “First Sunday,” “Sex & Death 101,” and “Dickie Roberts: Former Child Star.” She also created her own starring role as Twitter Queen, thrilling her fans with live interpretations of the television shows she loves.

She currently resides in Los Angeles.

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Marti Noxon
@martinoxon

Marti Noxon
@martinoxon

Creator/Executive Producer

With hundreds of hours of television under her belt, Marti Noxon is one of the most prolific writer-producers in television today. Noxon currently has several television series on the air including Bravo’s “Girlfriends’ Guide to Divorce” Lifetime’s “UnREAL” and CBS’ “Code Black,” as well as the upcoming series “Dietland” for AMC and “Sharp Objects” for HBO.

“Girlfriends’ Guide to Divorce,” which Noxon created and serves as showrunner on, was Bravo’s first scripted series to air on the network. Following its season two finale, the series received a 3-season pickup locking in its third, fourth and fifth seasons. In addition to her duties as showrunner, Noxon has also stepped into the director role for several episodes of the series. The series won a Women Image Award for Outstanding Comedy Series.

This summer, Noxon will launch another highly anticipated series with the debut of HBO’s “Sharp Objects,” an adaptation of Gillian Flynn’s bestselling novel of the same name. Noxon wrote and serves as showrunner on the series which stars Academy Award nominated actress Amy Adams with Jean-Marc Vallee directing the full series. Also debuting this summer is “Dietland” for AMC, a series Noxon wrote based on the bestselling novel of the same name by Sarai Walker. Noxon produces the series through her production company Tiny Pyro.

Noxon is also co-creator and executive producer of the acclaimed Lifetime drama series “UnREAL.” For her work on the show, Noxon has received an Emmy Award nomination for Outstanding Writing for a Drama Series. The show has additionally won countless awards and accolades during its breakout first season, which Noxon was showrunner on, including a Peabody Award and a Women's Image Network Award, for Outstanding Show Produced by a Woman. It was also named one of AFI’s Top Ten Television Programs of the Year and honored by the Critics’ Choice Awards as one of the Most Exciting New Series of the year.

Noxon also serves as executive producer on the CBS medical drama series “Code Black.” The show is based on the Los Angeles Film Festival award-winning documentary of the same name, which Noxon executive produced as well.

On the film side, Noxon is made her feature directorial debut with the film To The Bone, which Netflix picked up for distribution following its premiere at the 2017 Sundance Film Festival. Written by Noxon and loosely based on her own personal experience with eating disorders, the film stared Lily Collins, Alex Sharp, Keanu Reeves and Carrie Preston. Fueled by strong reviews during Sundance, Netflix quickly picked up the project, which was one of the highest sales of the festival.

Over the course of her impressive career Noxon has written for and produced some of the most beloved and critically acclaimed series of the past two decades, including “Buffy the Vampire Slayer,” “Grey’s Anatomy,” “Private Practice,” “Mad Men,” “Prison Break,” “Angel,” and “Glee.” Noxon’s screenwriting credits include, I Am Number Four and Fright Night.

A graduate of UC Santa Cruz, Noxon currently lives in Los Angeles with her two children and is co-owner of Grist & Toll, an urban flour mill in Pasadena.

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