Bryce Dallas Howard

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Biography

Determined to make it on her own merit without the benefit of being Oscar-winning director Ron Howard's daughter, actress Bryce Dallas Howard indeed achieved success and respectability based on a number of critically praised performances. Howard first gained attention when director M. Night Shyamalan saw her perform as Rosalind in a stage production of "As You Like It," which led to the young actress being cast in his supernatural thriller, …
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Job Title

Actor, Director, Producer, Writer

Born

March 2, 1981

Career Milestones

2011

Cast opposite Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Seth Rogen in "50/50"

2011

Cast as Hilly Holbrook, the town's snooty ringleader, in the film adaptation of "The Help"

2010

Cast opposite Matt Damon in "Hereafter," a film written by Peter Morgan and directed by Clint Eastwood

2010

Replaced Rachelle Lefevre as the villainous vampire Victoria in the third "Twilight" movie "The Twilight Saga: Eclipse"

2009

Cast as Katherine Connor, wife to John Connor (Christian Bale), in "Terminator Salvation"

2007

Joined the cast of director Sam Raimi's "Spider-Man 3" as Peter Parker's love interest Gwen Stacy

2006

Co-starred with Paul Giamatti in M. Night Shyamalan's "Lady in the Water"

2006

Played Rosalind in Kenneth Branagh's adaptation of "As You Like It" (released in the U.S. on HBO in 2007); earned a Golden Globe nomination for Best Actress in a Mini-series or TV Movie

2006

Replaced Nicole Kidman to star in "Manderlay," the second film in director Lars von Trier's U.S.A. trilogy

2004

Cast as Ivy, a young blind woman, in the supernatural period drama "The Village," directed by M. Night Shyamalan; offered the role after Kirsten Dunst dropped out

2003

Gained the attention of director M. Night Shyamalan, while performing as Rosalind in the critically lauded Shakespearian comedy "As You Like It"

2002

Portrayed a haughty, flirtatious teenager in Alan Ayckbourn's production of "House and Garden" at Manhattan Theatre Club

2000

Played a minor role in Ron Howard's "How the Grinch Stole Christmas"

1995

Had a small uncredited role in "Apollo 13," directed by her father Ron Howard

Awards

2011

Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture in The Help

2011

MTV Movie Award for Best Fight in The Twilight Saga: Eclipse

2007

Golden Globe Award for Best Performance by an Actress in a Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made for Television in As You Like It

2005

Palm Springs International Film Festival for Rising Star Award

2005

MTV Movie Award for Best Breakthrough Female in The Village