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Bryce Dallas Howard

About this Artist

Bryce Dallas Howard is an award-winning actor and director, working across narrative, documentary, and branded storytelling. Known for her genre-forward instincts and grounded performances, she brings a distinct sensibility to every story she tells, one that blends humor, heart, and spectacle. As an actor, Howard recently starred in the Amazon MGM Studios British comedy, Deep Cover,  Matthew Vaughn’s spy thriller Argylle, the Jurassic World franchise, and Rocketman, the critically acclaimed biopic about musical legend Elton John. Howard will next be seen starring in Curry Baker’s comedy-horror film Anything But Ghosts. In 2022, Howard lent her voice to the Star Wars character Yaddle in the animated Disney+ series Tales of the Jedi. In 2016, she starred in an episode of Netflix’s critically acclaimed series Black Mirror. Howard’s episode “Nosedive,” directed by Joe Wright, garnered her a 2017 SAG Award nomination in the category of “Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Television Movie or Limited Series.” Other acting film credits include Disney’s Pete’s Dragon alongside Robert Redford; Clint Eastwood’s Hereafter with Matt Damon; 50/50 opposite Seth Rogen and Joseph Gordon-Levitt; Tate Taylor’s award-winning screen adaptation of The Help; The Twilight Saga: Eclipse; McG’s Terminator Salvation; Sam Raimi’s Spider-Man 3; M. Night Shyamalan’s Lady in the Water; and Lars von Trier’s Manderlay. Bryce made her film debut in M. Night Shyamalan’s The Village opposite Joaquin Phoenix. She also received a 2008 Golden Globe nomination for her performance as Rosalind in HBO’s adaptation of Shakespeare’s As You Like It, written and directed by Kenneth Branagh.  
 
As a director, Howard has helmed standout episodes across 6 seasons in the Star Wars universe – Ahsoka, Skeleton Crew, The Mandalorian, and The Book of Boba Fett. She also directed and produced the feature-length documentary DADS with Imagine Entertainment on AppleTV+ and a feature-length documentary PETS for Disney+.  Howard is attached to direct and produce All of Her for Lionsgate. Howard has also directed branded shorts and commercials for Coca-Cola, SpaceX, Vanity Fair, Canon, and Volkswagen. Her films have screened at Sundance, TIFF, and Cannes (Un Certain Regard), and have received numerous accolades, including an Oscar shortlist in 2012 for her short film When You Find Me.
 
Leaving the Tisch School of the Arts program at New York University to perform on the New York stage, Howard starred in Roundabout’s Broadway production of Tartuffe, The Public Theatre’s As You Like It, Manhattan Theater Club’s production of Alan Ayckbourn’s House/Garden, and in Bay Street Theater Festival’s production of Our Town. 
 
Howard is the founder of Nine Muses Entertainment and an acclaimed speaker, whose TED Talk on digital identity was named one of the “most newsworthy ideas of 2022.” She also taught the Nine Muses Lab at NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts, launching an ecosystem of multi-hyphenate talent rooted in mentorship, authorship, and creative courage.