Bryce Dallas Howard Movies and Career Information

Bryce Dallas Howard (born March 2, 1981) is an American film actress. She is best known for her roles in the films The Village, Manderlay, Lady in the Water, Spider-Man 3, Terminator Salvation, The Loss of a Teardrop Diamond, and The Twilight Saga: Eclipse. Conceived in Dallas, Texas – the source of her middle name – Howard was born in Los Angeles, California, the daughter of Cheryl (née Alley), a writer, and Hollywood actor-director Ron Howard. Her paternal grandparents were actors Jean Speegle Howard and Rance Howard, and her uncle is actor Clint Howard; her godfather is actor Henry Winkler, who co-starred on Happy Days with her father. Two of her hobbies were writing and basketball. Howard and her younger sisters, twins Jocelyn Carlyle Howard and Paige Carlyle Howard (b. 1985), and their younger brother, Reed Cross Howard (b. 1987), were raised away from the world of show business. Their parents did not allow them access to television and instead encouraged reading, outside play, and hobbies. Nevertheless, all four Howard children can be seen as extras in some of their father's films, such as in 1999's EDtv. In an appearance on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, Howard mentioned