# Brianne Howey
**Brianne Howey** (born 1989) is an American actress best known for starring as [Georgia Miller](https://www.edgepedia.org/georgia-miller-character) in the Netflix drama-comedy *Ginny & Georgia* (2021– ), and previously for her television roles as Kat Rance in *The Exorcist* (Fox, 2016–17), Kay in *I'm Dying Up Here* (Showtime, 2017–18), and Shauna Babcock in *The Passage* (Fox, 2019)[1](https://www.tvinsider.com/people/brianne-howey/) • [2](https://www.showtimes.com/celebrity/brianne-howey-50192/biography/). Her recent films include the holiday comedy *Dear Santa* (2024) and the Netflix comedy *[Kinda Pregnant](https://www.edgepedia.org/kinda-pregnant)* (2025)[3](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm3526370/).
| Key fact | Detail |
|---|---|
| Born | 1989, La Cañada Flintridge, California[1](https://www.tvinsider.com/people/brianne-howey/) |
| Training | Tisch School of the Arts, New York University, graduated 2011[1](https://www.tvinsider.com/people/brianne-howey/) |
| Breakout television role | Georgia Miller in *Ginny & Georgia*, which debuted on Netflix in February 2021 and topped the charts in over 88 countries[4](https://www.tomsguide.com/entertainment/streaming/ginny-and-georgia-season-3) • [3](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm3526370/) |
| Earlier series roles | Kat Rance in *The Exorcist* (2016–17), Kay in *I'm Dying Up Here* (2017–18), Shauna Babcock in *The Passage* (2019)[1](https://www.tvinsider.com/people/brianne-howey/) • [2](https://www.showtimes.com/celebrity/brianne-howey-50192/biography/) |
| Recent films | Molly Turner in *Dear Santa* (2024); Megan Taylor in *Kinda Pregnant* (2025)[3](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm3526370/) |
| Family | Married lawyer Matt Ziering in 2021; welcomed a daughter in June 2023[5](https://cdnc.heyzine.com/files/uploaded/v3/6f5e543012107a8d755ddb29c17a89ee9318522d.pdf) |
## Early life and training
Howey was born in [La Cañada Flintridge, California](https://www.edgepedia.org/la-canada-flintridge-california), just outside Los Angeles, and raised there by a single mother[1](https://www.tvinsider.com/people/brianne-howey/) • [6](https://www.scmp.com/magazines/style/people/celebrities/article/3313778/meet-brianne-howey-ginny-georgia-star-flight-attendant-ambitions-improv-landing-roles-90210-revenge). Her childhood ambition was to become a flight attendant, a job she thought would take her around the world; by high school she had turned to acting instead[1](https://www.tvinsider.com/people/brianne-howey/).
**School theater.** She attended an all-girls Catholic high school, [Sacred Heart](https://www.edgepedia.org/sacred-heart) in Pasadena, and has credited its improv and stage work with helping her find her voice; she also performed in plays at the affiliated boys' school[7](https://theimagista.com/brianne-howey/). She then enrolled in the theater program at New York University's Tisch School of the Arts and graduated in 2011[1](https://www.tvinsider.com/people/brianne-howey/).
## Television career
After graduating, Howey moved quickly into screen acting with guest spots on *90210* ([The CW](https://www.edgepedia.org/the-cw)), *NCIS* (CBS), and *The Middle* (ABC), followed by recurring roles on *Criminal Minds*, *Twisted* (Freeform, 2013–14), and *[Scream Queens](https://www.edgepedia.org/scream-queens-2015-tv-series)* (Fox, 2015–16)[1](https://www.tvinsider.com/people/brianne-howey/). She has described her trajectory as slow and steady, moving from guest star to recurring guest star to more substantial roles[7](https://theimagista.com/brianne-howey/).
She then joined Fox's horror series *The Exorcist* in 2016 as Kat Rance, and played Kay in the Showtime 1970s period drama *I'm Dying Up Here* (2017–18)[1](https://www.tvinsider.com/people/brianne-howey/) • [8](https://www.metacritic.com/person/brianne-howey/).
In 2019 she joined the Fox vampire series *The Passage*, adapted from Justin Cronin's best-selling trilogy of novels, as Shauna Babcock; the show premiered in January 2019 but was canceled after one season amid declining ratings[1](https://www.tvinsider.com/people/brianne-howey/). The same year she appeared as a recurring character, Regan, on the [Arrowverse](https://www.edgepedia.org/arrowverse) superhero series *[Batwoman](https://www.edgepedia.org/batwoman-tv-series)*, and joined the Hulu comedy *Dollface*[1](https://www.tvinsider.com/people/brianne-howey/) • [9](https://www.marieclaire.com/culture/tv-shows/ginny-and-georgia-cast/).
## Ginny & Georgia
In late 2019 it was announced that Howey would star opposite Antonia Gentry in the Netflix series *Ginny & Georgia*, playing the eponymous Georgia Miller, a young mother of two with a hidden past who moves her family to a New England town for a fresh start[1](https://www.tvinsider.com/people/brianne-howey/). The series debuted in February 2021 and quickly became one of Netflix's most-watched shows, topping the charts in over 88 countries[4](https://www.tomsguide.com/entertainment/streaming/ginny-and-georgia-season-3) • [3](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm3526370/). Howey also has a producer credit on the series[10](https://www.tvguide.com/celebrities/brianne-howey/credits/3000443241/).
The role's central plotline escalated across the seasons. Season 3, which premiered on June 5, 2025, opens with Georgia arrested for the murder of Tom Fuller, the terminally ill husband of her rival Cynthia, on the night of her wedding to town mayor Paul Randolph; the season follows her murder trial, and she is acquitted by its end[11](https://www.thedailybeast.com/obsessed/ginny-georgia-season-3-netflixs-hit-show-rocked-by-murder/) • [12](https://www.marieclaire.com/culture/tv-shows/ginny-and-georgia-season-3-ending-explained/). Speaking to Netflix Tudum about the finale, Howey said Georgia's turn toward therapy comes from "seeing in very real terms what her actions have done to her children, because now her children are re-creating her actions"[12](https://www.marieclaire.com/culture/tv-shows/ginny-and-georgia-season-3-ending-explained/). A fourth season has begun filming[13](https://www.netflix.com/tudum/articles/ginny-and-georgia-cast-guide).
Motherhood has changed her reading of the character. Before having her daughter in 2023, she told *People*, she found many of Georgia's behaviors "absolutely insane and unhinged and over the top"; after becoming a mother, she said she understood why Georgia is so fixated on protecting Ginny[6](https://www.scmp.com/magazines/style/people/celebrities/article/3313778/meet-brianne-howey-ginny-georgia-star-flight-attendant-ambitions-improv-landing-roles-90210-revenge).
## Film work
Howey's film career began in the mid-2010s with supporting parts in *Horrible Bosses 2* (2014), *Viral* (2016), and *XOXO* (2016), followed by the sci-fi film *Time Trap* and the comedy *Plus One*[1](https://www.tvinsider.com/people/brianne-howey/) • [14](https://www.allocine.fr/personne/fichepersonne-550259/biographie/). In 2024 she played Molly Turner in *Dear Santa*, a holiday comedy from the [Farrelly brothers](https://www.edgepedia.org/farrelly-brothers) starring [Jack Black](https://www.edgepedia.org/jack-black), and in 2025 she starred as Megan Taylor in *Kinda Pregnant*, a Happy Madison production for Netflix co-starring [Amy Schumer](https://www.edgepedia.org/amy-schumer)[3](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm3526370/). While filming *Kinda Pregnant*, she embedded her real birth experience into the performance, a choice she described as "intimate, risky, but safe"[5](https://cdnc.heyzine.com/files/uploaded/v3/6f5e543012107a8d755ddb29c17a89ee9318522d.pdf).
## Personal life
Howey married lawyer Matt Ziering in 2021, and the couple welcomed a daughter in June 2023[5](https://cdnc.heyzine.com/files/uploaded/v3/6f5e543012107a8d755ddb29c17a89ee9318522d.pdf) • [6](https://www.scmp.com/magazines/style/people/celebrities/article/3313778/meet-brianne-howey-ginny-georgia-star-flight-attendant-ambitions-improv-landing-roles-90210-revenge).
## References
1. [Brianne Howey – Actress, TV Insider](https://www.tvinsider.com/people/brianne-howey/)
2. [Brianne Howey – Actor Biography, Showtimes.com](https://www.showtimes.com/celebrity/brianne-howey-50192/biography/)
3. [Brianne Howey – IMDb](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm3526370/)
4. ['Ginny & Georgia' season 3: Everything to know, Tom's Guide](https://www.tomsguide.com/entertainment/streaming/ginny-and-georgia-season-3)
5. [Featured in this issue (magazine PDF), heyzine](https://cdnc.heyzine.com/files/uploaded/v3/6f5e543012107a8d755ddb29c17a89ee9318522d.pdf)
6. [Meet Brianne Howey, Ginny & Georgia star, South China Morning Post](https://www.scmp.com/magazines/style/people/celebrities/article/3313778/meet-brianne-howey-ginny-georgia-star-flight-attendant-ambitions-improv-landing-roles-90210-revenge)
7. [BRIANNE HOWEY – imagista](https://theimagista.com/brianne-howey/)
8. [Brianne Howey – Metacritic](https://www.metacritic.com/person/brianne-howey/)
9. [The Cast of 'Ginny and Georgia' Season 3: Your Guide, Marie Claire](https://www.marieclaire.com/culture/tv-shows/ginny-and-georgia-cast/)
10. [Brianne Howey List of Movies and TV Shows, TV Guide](https://www.tvguide.com/celebrities/brianne-howey/credits/3000443241/)
11. [Netflix's Huge Hit Show 'Ginny & Georgia' Rocked by Murder, The Daily Beast](https://www.thedailybeast.com/obsessed/ginny-georgia-season-3-netflixs-hit-show-rocked-by-murder/)
12. ['Ginny & Georgia' Season 3 Ending, Explained, Marie Claire](https://www.marieclaire.com/culture/tv-shows/ginny-and-georgia-season-3-ending-explained/)
13. [Meet the Ginny & Georgia Season 3 Cast, Netflix Tudum](https://www.netflix.com/tudum/articles/ginny-and-georgia-cast-guide)
14. [Brianne Howey : Sa biographie, AlloCiné](https://www.allocine.fr/personne/fichepersonne-550259/biographie/)
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