Bryce Dallas Howard
- Actress
- Director
- Producer
Bryce Dallas Howard was born on March 2, 1981, in Los Angeles,
California. She was conceived in Dallas, Texas (the reason for her
middle name). Her father, Ron Howard, is a former actor turned
Oscar-winning director. Her mother is actress and writer
Cheryl Howard (née Alley). Her
famous relatives include her uncle, actor
Clint Howard, and her grandparents, actors
Rance Howard and
Jean Speegle Howard. She also has
two younger twin sisters, Jocelyn and Paige Howard (also an actress), born in 1985, and a
brother, Reed Howard, born in 1987. Her ancestry includes German,
English, Scottish, and Irish.
Howard was raised in Greenwich, Connecticut, because her parents
decided to raise their four children as far away from the trappings of
showbiz milieu as possible. During most of her childhood, she really did
not have much access to a TV. She attended Greenwich Country Day
School, and Byram Hills High School in Armonk, New York. At that time,
she discovered existentialism and devoured books by
Albert Camus and
Jean-Paul Sartre. She attended the
prestigious Steppenwolf School and Stagedoor Manor Performing Arts camp
at Catskills, together with her friend,
Natalie Portman. She applied to drama
school as Bryce Dallas, dropping her last name to eschew special
treatment because of association with her renowned father. From
1999-2003, she studied at the Stella Adler
Conservatory and at the New York University Tisch School of Arts and
graduated with a BFA degree in Drama in 2003. At that time, she
performed in Broadway productions of classical plays by
George Bernard Shaw,
William Shakespeare and
Anton Chekhov.
Young Howard appeared in three of her father's films as an extra,
including her appearance as a child together with her mother in
Apollo 13 (1995). She made her
feature-film debut as Heather, a supporting role in
Book of Love (2004) by director
Alan Brown. Director M. Night Shyamalan was impressed by
her performance in a Broadway play and cast her, without an audition, as
a female lead in his two thrillers:
The Village (2004) and
Lady in the Water (2006).
Howard replaced Nicole Kidman in the
Dogville (2003) sequel,
Manderlay (2005). She starred as Rosalind
in As You Like It (2006), a
reprise of her stage role that made such an impression on Shyamalan.
She also played Gwen Stacy in the third installment of the
Spider-Man franchise,
Spider-Man 3 (2007), and the female lead, Claire, in the sequel Jurassic World (2015). Both films broke the records for highest openings weekends at the time of their release. Among Bryce's other major films are Terminator Salvation (2009), The Twilight Saga: Eclipse (2010), The Help (2011), and 50/50 (2011).
Howard became a devoted vegan, after Joaquin Phoenix showed her
Earthlings (2005), a documentary about
animal cruelty. After seeing that, she has consumed no animal products,
not even milk or eggs. Her other activities outside of the acting
profession include playing basketball and writing.
On June 17, 2006, in Connecticut, she married her long-time boyfriend,
actor Seth Gabel, whom she met at New York
University and had dated for five years. On February 16, 2007, Bryce
and her husband, Seth, became parents of their first child, a son named Theodore Norman Howard Gabel. Their second child, a daughter named Beatrice Jean Howard Gabel, was born on January 19, 2012.
California. She was conceived in Dallas, Texas (the reason for her
middle name). Her father, Ron Howard, is a former actor turned
Oscar-winning director. Her mother is actress and writer
Cheryl Howard (née Alley). Her
famous relatives include her uncle, actor
Clint Howard, and her grandparents, actors
Rance Howard and
Jean Speegle Howard. She also has
two younger twin sisters, Jocelyn and Paige Howard (also an actress), born in 1985, and a
brother, Reed Howard, born in 1987. Her ancestry includes German,
English, Scottish, and Irish.
Howard was raised in Greenwich, Connecticut, because her parents
decided to raise their four children as far away from the trappings of
showbiz milieu as possible. During most of her childhood, she really did
not have much access to a TV. She attended Greenwich Country Day
School, and Byram Hills High School in Armonk, New York. At that time,
she discovered existentialism and devoured books by
Albert Camus and
Jean-Paul Sartre. She attended the
prestigious Steppenwolf School and Stagedoor Manor Performing Arts camp
at Catskills, together with her friend,
Natalie Portman. She applied to drama
school as Bryce Dallas, dropping her last name to eschew special
treatment because of association with her renowned father. From
1999-2003, she studied at the Stella Adler
Conservatory and at the New York University Tisch School of Arts and
graduated with a BFA degree in Drama in 2003. At that time, she
performed in Broadway productions of classical plays by
George Bernard Shaw,
William Shakespeare and
Anton Chekhov.
Young Howard appeared in three of her father's films as an extra,
including her appearance as a child together with her mother in
Apollo 13 (1995). She made her
feature-film debut as Heather, a supporting role in
Book of Love (2004) by director
Alan Brown. Director M. Night Shyamalan was impressed by
her performance in a Broadway play and cast her, without an audition, as
a female lead in his two thrillers:
The Village (2004) and
Lady in the Water (2006).
Howard replaced Nicole Kidman in the
Dogville (2003) sequel,
Manderlay (2005). She starred as Rosalind
in As You Like It (2006), a
reprise of her stage role that made such an impression on Shyamalan.
She also played Gwen Stacy in the third installment of the
Spider-Man franchise,
Spider-Man 3 (2007), and the female lead, Claire, in the sequel Jurassic World (2015). Both films broke the records for highest openings weekends at the time of their release. Among Bryce's other major films are Terminator Salvation (2009), The Twilight Saga: Eclipse (2010), The Help (2011), and 50/50 (2011).
Howard became a devoted vegan, after Joaquin Phoenix showed her
Earthlings (2005), a documentary about
animal cruelty. After seeing that, she has consumed no animal products,
not even milk or eggs. Her other activities outside of the acting
profession include playing basketball and writing.
On June 17, 2006, in Connecticut, she married her long-time boyfriend,
actor Seth Gabel, whom she met at New York
University and had dated for five years. On February 16, 2007, Bryce
and her husband, Seth, became parents of their first child, a son named Theodore Norman Howard Gabel. Their second child, a daughter named Beatrice Jean Howard Gabel, was born on January 19, 2012.
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