Grace Santiago
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| Grace Santiago | |
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| First appearance | Mandi/Randi (episode 1.02) |
| Last appearance | Montana/Sassy/Justice (episode 1.11) |
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| Gender | Female |
| Occupation | Psychologist |
| Portrayed by | Valerie Cruz |
| Created by | Ryan Murphy |
Grace Santiago was a character on the American television series Nip/Tuck. She was the staff psychologist for McNamara/Troy. She was portrayed by Valerie Cruz.
[edit] Character History
Dr. Grace Santiago was first introduced into the show by meeting Sean for advice for two of his potential patients, identical twins who wanted to look different to express their own individuality. She gives Sean her expert advice as a psychologist that their surgery is needed. After a short misunderstanding between Sean and Grace, Sean hires Grace to be their staff psychologist to help make better judgement on potential patients.
Grace's first time with a patient at McNamara/Troy was working with a manic depression patient, who she denies the surgery to. Grace claims that the patient was resisting drug therapy and was not a good candidate for surgery. After the doctors deny the surgery, the patient commits suicide due to extreme depression. This gives her a poor start with the doctors.
Later, after noticing Christian's high sexual activity, she refers him to go to a Sexaholics Anonymous. She claimed to have been speaking to him as a professional, and that he needed help. Ironically, later in the same episode she ends up having a sexual encounter with Christian, contradicting her advice to him.
At one point during a consultation with Sean and a potential patient, Grace makes a suspicion that Sean is having an affair with this patient Megan O'Hara. Though her accusations are true, Sean denies them strongly, and they are never confirmed with Grace. Her making this accusation causes extreme friction and heat within the McNamara/Troy office between Grace and the doctors.
Towards the end of Grace's stay at McNamara/Troy she helps the doctors decide whether or not to operate on a multiple personality patient. Grace says not to operate on the patient. She once again makes a bad diagnosis of the patient and her decision has a bad outcome on the doctors. Afterwards, Sean goes against Grace's advice and gives the operation.
After this, the character of Grace disappeared from the show with very little explanation. There is one brief scene where Christian and Sean discuss firing Grace. No more is heard about her after that.
