Traylor Howard

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Biography

From this start, the Florida native opted to pursue a career not in acting, but in the production end of advertising. After a move to Los Angeles and a series of dissatisfying jobs in that field, Howard returned to acting and completed several commercials. In 1996 she was cast in the NBC comedy "Boston Common" as Joy Byrnes, a pretty and strong-willed doctoral candidate who inspires Boyd Pritchett, the love-struck visiting brother of another …
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Job Title

Actor

Born

June 14, 1966

Career Milestones

Acted in local theater productions and appeared in over 30 TV commericals for such products as Pepsi and Milky Way candy bars

After college, moved to Los Angeles; worked in public relations and at a greeting card company

Appeared in commercials while in high school

Born and raised in Florida

1996

Had featured role as Joy Byrnes on the NBC sitcom "Boston Common"

1998

Co-starred in the ABC sitcom "Two Guys, a Girl and a Pizza Place"; show renamed "Two Guys and a Girl" in 1999

1998

First film appearances in "Confessions of a Sexist Pig" and "Dirty Work"

2000

Acted in "How I Fell in Love" at the Williamstown Theatre Festival

2000

Played Jim Carrey's wife in "Me, Myself & Irene"

2002

Co-starred with Alfred Molina on the CBS comedy "Bram and Alice"

2005

Joined the cast of the USA series "Monk" as a replacement for Bitty Schram; playing Tony Shalhoub's new assistant Natalie, a former bartender and single mom

2005

Starred with Jamie Kennedy in the comedy "Son of the Mask"