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Bryce Dallas Howard was born March 2nd 1981 in Los Angeles, California. Being that she was conceived in Dallas, Texas her parents gave her the middle name of Dallas in honor of the event. Her father is Ron Howard, a director of films such as Splash, Cocoon, A Beautiful Mind and Apollo 13, but was formally an actor who was famous for his roles on Happy Days and movies like American Graffiti and Osmosis Jones. Her mother is writer/actress Cheryl Alley Howard. While she was born in L.A., her parents, wanting to keep their children out of the Hollywood scene moved Bryce and her three siblings to Greenwich, Connecticut. She attended The Greenwich Country Day School and Byram Hills High School in Armonk, New York. She graduated from Byram Hills in 1999 and went on to NYU's Tisch School of the Arts and the Stella Adler Conservatory. She received a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in drama in 2003. One of her oldest and closest friends is Natalie Portman; the two grew up together and attended Stagedoor Manor Camp together.
Although she had acted in many plays and made appearances in several of her father's films, her feature film debut was in Book of Love in 2003. Her pivotal role came a year later in The Village which was directed by Night Shymalan. She later had a role in his 2006 film Lady in the Water. Other films she had roles in include: Manderlay, As You Like It, and Spider-Man III.
On the personal front she married actor Seth Gabel in June of 2006. The pair met at NYU and dated for five years before wedding. She and her husband announced in August of 2006 that they were expecting their first child together. Although she has been a vegan since viewing the documentary Earthlings with Joaquin Phoenix during the filming The Village, she moderated her diet to one of vegetarianism, which is considered healthier during pregnancy.
Tidbits
- She does not drink alcohol
- She is an avid reader
- She enjoys playing basketball
- She has sisters that are twins
- Her godfather is Henry Winkler a/k/a The Fonz
- She aspires to portray Ophelia, a character in Shakespeare's Hamlet
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