- Born
- Birth nameNicole Houston Reed
- Nicknames
- Nik
- Nikki
- Height5′ 4″ (1.63 m)
- Actress and screenwriter Nicole Houston Reed was born in Los Angeles, California. She is the daughter of Cheryl Houston, a hairdresser and beautician, and Seth Reed, a set designer. She has two brothers. Her ancestry includes Ashkenazi Jewish, German, British Isles, and one eighth Italian. Reed's parents divorced when she was two and she lived with her mother. She attended Alexander Hamilton High School, but dropped out and was home-schooled. As she entered her teenage years, Reed began a difficult period in her life, resulting in her moving out of home at 14 years old.
Reed first met Catherine Hardwicke when Hardwicke was dating her father. They kept in touch and in 2002 began scripting Thirteen (2003), based on Reed's writing from her early teens. When Hardwicke was unable to find the right actress for the character of Evie, a reluctant Reed was persuaded to take the role. She received critical acclaim for the part.
Various roles followed including a stint in the popular TV series The O.C. (2003). She collaborated again with Catherine Hardwicke in 2008 when she appeared as Rosalie in Twilight (2008). Reed also appeared in the film's sequels - The Twilight Saga: New Moon (2009), The Twilight Saga: Eclipse (2010), The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 1 (2011) and The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 2 (2012).
Nikki is married to actor and model Ian Somerhalder.- IMDb mini biography by: Anonymous
- SpousesIan Somerhalder(April 26, 2015 - present) (2 children)Paul McDonald(October 16, 2011 - January 2, 2015) (divorced)
- ChildrenBodhi Soleil Reed Somerhalder
- ParentsCheryl Houston
- RelativesNathan August Reed(Sibling)
- Often plays characters that have grown up too fast, are very adventurous and somewhat damaged.
- Chapstick - she uses it for everything
- Beauty mark above her lip
- Braided hair styles
- Wrote in her journal about her experiences as a young teenager. Catherine Hardwicke, the director of Thirteen (2003), read her journal and the two then decided to turn the experiences into a film. Hardwick would sit at her computer and create a structure for the film and Reed would provide the dialogue.
- Thirteen (2003), which was written by Reed and the director, is a partially autobiographical film about Reed's rebellious life as a thirteen year old.
- She moved out on her own when she was 14.
- (April 26, 2015) Married her boyfriend of a year Ian Somerhalder at Topanga Canyon in Malibu, California following a 2-month-long engagement.
- Godmother of Monroe Jackson Rathbone VI (b. July 5, 2012), a son of her friend and Twilight (2008) co-star Jackson Rathbone and his wife Sheila Hafsadi.
- Part of being young is making mistakes.
- Some of the greatest moments in life come from moments that are incomplete.
- I'm going to school actually while we're shooting. I'm talking five, but I was just told that two are unavailable so I'm waiting to see. I'm taking a language course, I'm taking a writing course, I'm really trying to take a Greek mythology course and a psychology course. There's so many prerequisites for this psychology. I always try to stay productive and do things that I feel nourish the brain.
- I've fallen on my ass I don't know how many times because I refused to listen to anyone.
- Most teen movies are fantasies, like The Princess Diaries (2001). But my movie is coming from a completely different angle, which is truth. This is what really happens.
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