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.