Austin Highsmith Garces

AUSTIN HIGHSMITH GARCES is an artist, actress, published author/illustrator, and produced screenwriter. Austin's grounded SciFi one hour pilot was an official selection for the 2026 "The Women's List." She is best known as an actress 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 Chicago Med, 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 “Annie” in Tony Winner Warren Leight’s Home Front, to name a few. Highsmith Garces wrote and sold her first TV feature film, A Country Romance, and starred in it as well, which initially aired on UPtv and is now streaming on Amazon Prime. 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 and is now streaming on Starz. Her feature, Inheritance which she produced, wrote the story for, and starred in is streaming on Amazon and Tubi now. Her children’s book, The Miracle Tree, about her experience as a young girl was published in April of 2019 through Doce Blant Publishing has been adapted into a screenplay with Emmy winning writer Noam Dromi.