Neva Howell

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 Saltoftheearth 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 hardnosed waitress in The King Has Left the Building 2016 Neva loves bringing life to small interesting parts Its like polishing a little diamond in a big necklace of precious gems Nevas passions include holistic health and wellness education She was a fulltime 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 whats negative is sometimes a strong route to understanding and positive shift