Stephanie Styles

Styles was born and raised in Houston, Texas. She is the eldest daughter of Tony-award winning producer John Styles Jr. and Bridget Styles.^[1] She has a younger brother, John Henry.^[1]

Her interest in theater began at the age of four, after she saw The Phantom of the Opera in New York City, and her parents took her backstage; within weeks her parents had her enrolled at the Humphreys School of Musical Theatre in Houston, Texas.^[1]

Styles graduated from Episcopal High School in 2010 and earned the headmaster's Head of School Award.^[1] In April 2010 she represented Texas and was a semifinalist at the National Shakespeare Competition at Lincoln Center in New York City.^[1] In June 2010, Styles was named a top three finalist for the National High School Musical Theatre Awards (also known as the "Jimmy Awards") after earning the regional 2010 Tommy Tune award for best actress.^[1][2][3][4]

She then attended the University of Michigan, earning a BFA in musical theatre in 2014.^[5]

In 2003 Styles was cast as Louisa von Trapp in the national tour of The Sound of Music.^[6] In 2006 she starred as The Rose in The Little Prince at the New York City Opera.^[7]

In 2014, Styles was cast as Katherine Plumber in Disney's first North American Tour of Newsies.^[8] She left the tour along with co-star Dan DeLuca in 2015.

In 2016, Styles appeared as Suz Miller in Jenny Rachel Weiner's Kingdom Come at Roundabout Underground’s Black Box Theatre.^[9] In 2017, she portrayed Princess Ann opposite Drew Gehling in the musical Roman Holiday at the Golden Gate Theatre in San Francisco, California.^[10]

Styles made her Broadway debut as Lois Lane/Bianca in the Roundabout Theatre Company's 2019 revival of Cole Porter's musical comedy Kiss Me, Kate on March 14, 2019, starring opposite Kelli O'Hara, Will Chase, and Corbin Bleu.^[11]

On television, she has appeared in recurring roles on Zoey's Extraordinary Playlist and Loot.