Bryce Dallas Howard

Born:
Bryce Dallas Howard,
March 2, 1981,
Los Angeles,
California, USA

Grew up in Westchester County, New York, and Greenwich, Connecticut

Nickname: Bry

Height: 5' 8''

Father: Ron Howard, actor/director

Mother: Cheryl Howard

Godfather: Henry Winkler

Sisters: twins Jocelyn and Paige, born in 1985. Both have the same middle name--Carlyle

Brother: Reed Howard, born in 1987.

Husband: Seth Gabel, actor, married June 17, 2006.

Son: born February, 2007.

Education:
Graduated from NYU's Tisch School of the Arts with a BFA in Drama (2003), and studied acting at the Stella Adler Conservatory.

Diet: vegan turned vegetarian

Bryce Dallas Howard was born in LA, but raised on the other side of the continent, far from Hollywood glitz and glamour, on a Connecticut farm. Her parents decided to leave Hollywood when Bryce came home from day care with a script that some parent had asked her to show her dad. She grew up so sheltered that she didn't even know her dad, Ron Howard, was a celebrity until she moved to LA to pursue her own career.

She's "never had a sip of alcohol" and is a little freaked out by the Hollywood scene. She was an extra in a couple of her dad's movies, but mostly, she did community theater and summer theater in the Catskills.

M. Night Shyamalan saw her playing Rosalind in As You Like It and offered her the lead in The Village without an audition. She replaced Nicole Kidman in Manderlay, the sequel to Dogville and giggled inside during her first film nude scene.

A devout vegan since Joaquin Phoenix showed her the documentary about animal cruelty Earthlings, which he produced, Bryce says her biggest indulgence has been hiring her own chef to prepare raw food. "I love Stella McCartney because she makes vegan shoes. I have the most difficult time finding non-leather products." (Since converted to vegetarianism.)

Recently married to her boyfriend of five years, Bryce spent her honeymoon touring Europe with 31 of her relatives. She looks forward to children and a long career.