Bryce Dallas Howard

Why you should listen

The Howards have been in the business of entertainment for three generations, navigating a life of visibility -- a challenge we now all increasingly face with growing access to public platforms and a global audience. As a public figure in her own right, Bryce Dallas Howard is a multi-hyphenate creator -- an actor, director, educator and speaker -- whose decades of experience and strangely prescient role in Black Mirror's "Nosedive" episode have provided her tips for managing a life in public. But even more, it's her roles as an educator and parent of young teenagers that have shaped her principles about living a life in public.

As a filmmaker, Howard directed on several live-action Star Wars series including Skeleton Crew, The Mandalorian and The Book of Boba Fett. She also directed and produced the feature-length documentary DADS on AppleTV+. As an actor, she recently starred in Matthew Vaughn's spy thriller Argylle and the Jurassic World franchise. She’s also known for her Golden Globe-nominated performance in Kenneth Branagh’s adaptation of As You Like It, and performances in The Help, The Twilight Saga: Eclipse and The Village. She has received numerous accolades for her work, including being shortlisted for an Oscar in 2012 for her half-hour film When You Find Me.

Howard is the founder of Nine Muses Entertainment and taught the Nine Muses Lab as part of the faculty at New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts.

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