Isabella Mari Griggs (she/her) is a Japanese-Brazilian actor who developed her love for acting in Singapore, where she grew up.

Isabella recently graduated from the University of Southern California with a Bachelor of Arts in Theatre and a Minor in Consumer Behavior and is now based in LA. Isabella also trained classically in Shakespeare, high comedy, and stage combat in London at the British American Drama Academy.

Her recent theatre credits include The Wolves, The Last Days of Judas Iscariot, Jekyll and Hyde, and TRAP. She was also recently in Eightball Theatre’s staged reading of Buck v. Bell.

Isabella has helped develop original works with Rogue Artists Ensemble, a local hyper-theatre and puppetry company in LA, where she worked as an intern for a year and continues to collaborate with as an Associate Artist. She recently performed in a short play reading by Chelsea Sutton titled I Say Running is like Breathing, for “Rogue Lab: Rough Draft Series” for the California Department of Mental Health’s Take Action Grant. She has also worked commercially with Pokémon and Binggrae.

Some of her passions within the arts include developing new work, immersive theatre, interactive performance, and art that inspires social change.

When she isn’t acting, Isabella enjoys cooking, doing crosswords, playing sports, going on walks, and making things out of clay!