Jessica Howard was raised in Northern California. She discovered dance at the age of nine. By the age of 13, she was in a dance troupe. She took her mother’s maiden name and began performing in Shakespearean productions all over the Bay area.
An actor in a production of Romeo & Juliet encouraged her to audition for Juilliard as a drama major. She became a member of Crew 32 with the help of a scholarship from Alumni Robin Williams. She attended The Juilliard School in New York City, where she was an active participant in the drama department and starred in several theatrical productions and student film projects.
Her last year at Juilliard she was offered a holding deal with John Wells. She worked in 3 of his TV shows. Jessica continues to do theatre. She played in The Cherry Orchard, Rodney’s Wife, Salome, and Othello. She spends her time between New York and Los Angeles, working in theatre, film and TV.
Her first role came in 2004 for a TV movie adaptation… read more
Jessica Howard was raised in Northern California. She discovered dance at the age of nine. By the age of 13, she was in a dance troupe. She took her mother’s maiden name and began performing in Shakespearean productions all over the Bay area.
An actor in a production of Romeo & Juliet encouraged her to audition for Juilliard as a drama major. She became a member of Crew 32 with the help of a scholarship from Alumni Robin Williams. She attended The Juilliard School in New York City, where she was an active participant in the drama department and starred in several theatrical productions and student film projects.
Her last year at Juilliard she was offered a holding deal with John Wells. She worked in 3 of his TV shows. Jessica continues to do theatre. She played in The Cherry Orchard, Rodney’s Wife, Salome, and Othello. She spends her time between New York and Los Angeles, working in theatre, film and TV.
Her first role came in 2004 for a TV movie adaptation of Dark Shadows. She later appeared in television series’ such as ER, Veronica Mars, Close to Home, and Law & Order: Trial By Jury.
She currently has many interesting projects in the pipeline including Brad Pitt’s wife in Terrence Malick’s Tree of Life, Ralph Fiennes’ wife in his directorial debut Corolianus and playing a young Helen Mirren in this year’s The Debt. —jessica-chastain.com
