Name
Neva Howell
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1955-10-31 (71 years old)
Place of Birth
Manchester, Tennessee
Biography
Neva attended acting school in New York and spent a few years in Los Angeles, where she studies with some terrific teachers like Stephen Tobolowsky and Lisa Dalton. She also completed round one of The Groundlings training with Patrick Bristow. Though Neva attended many classes during her stay, she considers these three to be highlights of her time in Los Angeles.
Appeared as Ma Kent in Superman (2025). Before that, she played Ms. Crawford in Greedy People (2024) and the gruff Miss Roberts in Ghosts of the Ozarks (2021). In addition, Neva was a rather racist clerk named Gina in Burden (2018), which won Audience Award, dramatic, at Sundance 2018. Neva has enjoyed a wide range of mostly small town characters in her 30+ year career. She was Salt-of-the-earth Alma in Mercy Street (2016). She can be heard delivering an inside Steven Soderbergh joke (subtle, did you catch it?) in Logan (2017). She worried about a boy and a pig in Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Long Haul (2017) and appeared as an impatient bus driver with in episode 5 of the final season of The Originals (2013). Mean nurses seemed a theme for a while, including Martha in Run the Race (2018) and Dee Dee in The Common Good (2017). However, Neva loves comedy. She is Sister Eleanor in Novitiate (2017) and the hard-nosed waitress in The King Has Left the Building (2016).
Neva loves bringing life to small, interesting parts. It's like polishing a little diamond in a big necklace of precious gems. Neva's passions include holistic health and wellness education. She was a full-time healing facilitator for many years. She looks at life through a spiritual lens. Her greatest desire for her career is that she be invited to inhabit roles in films that want to make a positive difference on earth. That being said, she knows illuminating what's negative is sometimes a strong route to understanding and positive shift.
Known For
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The true story of Homer Hickam, a coal miner's son who was inspired by the first Sputnik l...
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The eclectic residents of a small, picturesque island town must navigate a sensational mur...
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A Heffley family road trip to attend Meemaw's 90th birthday party goes hilariously off cou...
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They used to run the country. Now they're running for their lives! Two on-the-lam former P...
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Reeling from his mother’s death and his father’s abandonment, Zach, an All-State athle...
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In 1866, a young doctor is summoned by his uncle to a remote town in the Ozarks only to di...
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Most of us know Billy Graham as the self-assured and charismatic preacher who became one o...
- 1996 My Fellow Americans as Charlene, Budget Agent
- 2022 Ghosts of the Ozarks as Miss Roberts
- 2008 Billy: The Early Years as Shea's Secretary
- 2025 Superman as Ma Kent
- 2017 Novitiate as Sister Eleanor
- 2024 Greedy People as Ms. Crawford
- 2019 Run the Race as Martha
- 2017 Logan Lucky as Woman on the News #1
- 2018 The Nobodies
- 2017 Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Long Haul as Farmer Lady
- 1999 October Sky as Neighbor
- 2000 A Good Baby as Woman at Mailboxes
- 2004 Ned's Declassified School Survival Guide ( 1 episode ) as Alien Abduction Woman
- 2018 The Resident ( 1 episode ) as Sour Apple
- 2013 The Originals ( 1 episode ) as Bus Driver
- 2025 9-1-1: Nashville ( 1 episode ) as MeeMaw
- 2025 9-1-1: Nashville ( 1 episode ) as Meemaw
