Celebrity Name: Marisol Nichols
New Company: Brave Artists Management
Primary Manager: Mike Gillespie
Department: Management
Territory: United States
- Marisol Nichols has signed with Brave Artists Management for management, with CEO Mike Gillespie leading her team at the LA-based firm.
- Nichols is best known for her seven seasons as a series regular on The CW’s Riverdale, and is next set to appear in the Lifetime thriller She Stole My Son’s Heart.
- She continues with Griffin Talent for representation and Platform PR for publicity.
- Brave Artists Management has been on an active expansion streak in 2026, adding talent manager Mhair Zeitounian, formerly founder and president of Reload, to their roster of managers.
Marisol Nichols has officially signed with Brave Artists Management for management, with CEO Mike Gillespie at the helm of her new team.
The Riverdale star, who played Hermione Lodge across seven seasons on The CW, acted alongside Jenna Ortega in Winter Spring Summer or Fall, will appear in the Lifetime thriller She Stole My Son’s Heart.
Her earlier TV credits span some of Hollywood’s biggest shows, including 24, NCIS, CSI, Criminal Minds, and Friends, while her film work includes Lionsgate’s Spiral with Chris Rock and Samuel L. Jackson.
Similar to how other established actors have been leveling up their representation teams, like Jack Dylan Grazer signing with Range Media Partners for management, Nichols’ move signals a deliberate push toward new career momentum.
Founded by Mike Gillespie, a former UTA talent agent who later launched Intellectual Artist Management before founding Brave Artists, the firm has built a reputation for career development across film and television. The company has been actively growing, with Gillespie recently welcoming talent manager Mhair Zeitounian to the team in early 2026.
In the same vein as Sol Rodriguez signing with Strand Entertainment for management, this signing underscores a broader industry trend of versatile, multilayered talent finding boutique management homes.
Nichols continues with Griffin Talent for representation and Platform PR for publicity.
Takeaways
This signing is a smart, strategic pivot for Nichols. After a decade of steady TV work capped by Riverdale‘s long run, she’s clearly building a team around what comes next, and Brave Artists Management, under Gillespie’s leadership, has the boutique focus to really push a multidimensional actress like her.
With She Stole My Son’s Heart on the horizon and the Sony adaptation of her real-life anti-trafficking story still in development, the timing couldn’t be better.
Brave Artists, meanwhile, keeps stacking credible names. Their 2026 expansion, from bringing on Zeitounian to now signing Nichols, shows they’re not just growing in headcount, but in client quality too.
Could this management shakeup help Nichols land a lead role in a major network drama or streaming series? Is Brave Artists Management positioning itself to compete with the bigger management firms in Hollywood?
