Austin Highsmith Garces, also credited as Austin Highsmith (born March 3, 1981), [1] is an American actress.
Garces played Phoebe in Dolphin Tale as well as the sequel, Dolphin Tale 2 [2] and Garces later co-wrote a Lifetime film based on the series. [3] She later wrote and co-starred in Harvest of the Heart. [4]
In January 2023, she originated the role of Annie in Warren Leight's Home Front at Burbank's Victory Theater Center. [5]
Garces is from Winston-Salem, North Carolina and was a 1999 graduate of Richard J. Reynolds High School. [6]