Bryce Dallas Howard Wiki, Age, Biography, Height, Husband, Family, Images, And More

Bryce Dallas Howard Wiki, Age, Biography, Height, Husband, Family, Images, And More

Actress and filmmaker Bryce Dallas Howard was born in the United States on March 2, 1981. Howard was raised in Los Angeles and graduated from the Tisch School of the Arts at New York University in 2020 after quitting in 2002 to embark on parts on Broadway. Director M saw Howard when he played Rosalind in a production of As You Like It in 2003. In the 2004 psychological thriller The Village, directed by Night Shyamalan, she was portrayed as the blind daughter of a local chief. Later, in the fantasy thriller Lady in the Water (2006) directed by M. Night Shyamalan, she played the lead role of a naiad who flees a fantasy world.

Howard received a Golden Globe nod for her work in Kenneth Branagh's As You Like It (2006), and she then played Gwen Stacy in Sam Raimi's superhero movie Spider-Man 3 (2007). She later starred as Victoria in the fantasy picture The Twilight Saga: Eclipse (2010) and Kate Connor in the action movie Terminator Salvation (2009), both of which were commercial successes but received negative reviews from critics. In the comedy-drama 50/50 (2011) and the historical drama The Help (2011), Howard received accolades for his performances as a racist socialite and a "fair-weather" girlfriend, respectively.

Her co-starring role as Claire Dearing in the action-adventure movies Jurassic World (2015), Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom (2018), and Jurassic World Dominion (2022), the first two of which rank as her most popular movies, helped Howard gain wider recognition. She also played a forest ranger in the 2016 action movie Pete's Dragon, Sheila Dwight, the mother of Elton John in the 2019 biopic Rocketman, and Yaddle in the 2022 video game Tales of the Jedi.

In addition to episodes of the Disney+ space western series The Mandalorian (2019–) and The Book of Boba Fett (2022), Howard also directed the documentary Dads in 2019. She is married to actor Seth Gabel, with whom she has two children, and her father is actor and director Ron Howard.

Childhood And Education

Cheryl Howard, a writer, and Ron Howard, an actor and director, welcomed Bryce Dallas Howard into the world on March 2, 1981 in Los Angeles, California. She has a younger brother named Reed as well as twin sisters Jocelyn and Paige. Bryce is the niece of actor Clint Howard and the granddaughter of actors Rance Howard and Jean Speegle Howard through her father. Henry Winkler, an actor who featured alongside her father in the American comedy television series Happy Days from the 1970s to the 1980s, is her godfather.

Howard grew up on a farm in Greenwich, Connecticut and in Westchester County, New York. Howard and her siblings were not exposed to the entertainment industry while growing up because their parents forbade them from watching television and instead encouraged them to engage in outdoor activities and hobbies. She was allowed to appear in her father's movies as an extra when she was seven years old. She said that family friend Tom Cruise frequently babysat her and her siblings during a 2017 interview on Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen.

Alongside Natalie Portman, Howard received his acting instruction at Stagedoor Manor, a performing arts camp in upstate New York. After graduating from Byram Hills High School in 1999, Howard attended Greenwich Country Day School until 1996. She then spent three years studying at NYU's Tisch School of the Arts, where she took acting classes at the Stella Adler Studio of Acting, the Experimental Theatre Wing, and the International Theatre Workshop in Amsterdam. Howard participated in the concept recording of the Broadway-bound musical A Tale of Two Cities while she was still in school. Without finishing her degree, she took a leave of absence from NYU to pursue roles. She went back to NYU years later and graduated in 2020.

In addition, Howard attended The Actors Center in New York City and the Steppenwolf Theatre Company School in Chicago. Howard spent time in New York and was a part of the theater company Theater Mitu, which was based at the renowned New York Theatre Workshop and recognized for its investigation of various theatrical genres.

Career

Early roles and film success from 2002 to 2006

For many years, Howard performed in plays in New York City. Among the plays in her resume were Tartuffe, a stage comedy performed at the American Airlines Theatre, and House & Garden, an Alan Ayckbourn production presented in 2002 at the Manhattan Theatre Club. At The Public Theater in 2003, Howard played Rosalind in the comedy As You Like It by William Shakespeare, when she attracted the attention of director M. She was subsequently cast by director Night Shyamalan in his fantasy thriller The Village (2004) two weeks later and without an audition. Joaquin Phoenix played Ivy's love interest opposite Howard as Ivy, the chief's blind daughter. Though the movie received mixed reviews, it was a commercial success. Critics praised her portrayal, and Howard received nominations for a number of prizes. She recreated Kidman's role as Grace Mulligan, an idealistic woman who lives at a farm in rural Alabama and later tries to aid an uprising against slave owners, in Lars von Trier's Manderlay (2005), the follow-up to Dogville (2003). Mixed reviews were given to the movie.

For the fantasy drama Lady in the Water (2006), in which she portrays Story—a naiad-like figure from a children's story—and Paul Giamatti—a Philadelphia building supervisor who finds Story in a pool—Howard reconnected with Shyamalan. The movie received mixed reviews from reviewers and had a poor box office performance, failing to recoup its costs. In Kenneth Branagh's 2006 production of Shakespeare's As You Like It, which debuted on HBO in the US before going into theaters in Europe, Howard reprised her role as Rosalind. British media gave the movie a bad review, but American media gave it a good one. At the 65th Golden Globe Awards, Howard was nominated for a Golden Globe Award for Best Actress - Miniseries or Television Film for her performance. She co-wrote and directed the short film Orchids, which was supported by Cartier and FilmAid International, for Glamour magazine's "Reel Moments" series that year.

2007–2014: Gaining notoriety and praise from critics

Howard played Gwen Stacy in Spider-Man 3 in 2007, which was her first leading role in a big-budget movie. In order to prepare for the role, Howard, who called herself a "huge fan" of the genre, read a lot of comic books and had her hair dyed blonde. While filming, Howard pulled off a number of her own tricks without realizing she was pregnant. The trilogy's highest grossing film also had a polarizing critical reception. After that, Howard played Kate Connor in Terminator Salvation (2009), taking Claire Danes' spot. She served as "an emotional sounding board" for other characters, according to Howard. Although the movie was a commercial success, it received mixed reviews from critics. The New York Times stated that Howard "upholds the maternal side of the original Sarah Connor legacy," while The Guardian characterized her part as "winsomely".

The Loss of a Teardrop Diamond, an indie film that was based on a 1957 Tennessee Williams screenplay and had its world premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival, featured Howard as a reluctant debutante alongside Chris Evans. While Roger Ebert of the Chicago Sun-Times called Howard's performance "affecting" but not "electrifying" because the material "doesn't have it," Kirk Honeycutt of The Hollywood Reporter praised her "eye-catching performance" and called her a "must-see." She joined the cast of the third book in the Twilight series, The Twilight Saga: Eclipse, taking over Rachelle Lefevre's role as the vengeful vampire Victoria Sutherland. The book series was a favorite of Howard's, and he expressed love for her persona. The movie was a financial success and garnered generally positive reviews, although Honeycutt praised Howard's portrayal, calling her "the epitome of sensual, feline cunning".

As Matt Damon's character's potential love interest, Howard had an appearance in Clint Eastwood's 2010 film Hereafter. Her character was described as "twinkly" by Empire, which also praised Damon and Howard for their "fine work" in the movie. Although Hereafter was a commercial success, reviews were split. Howard was named the first celebrity brand ambassador for Kate Spade in January 2011. She plays Hilly Holbrook, a racist socialite who runs a Junior League chapter in 1963 Jackson, Mississippi, in Tate Taylor's 2011 film adaptation of Kathryn Stockett's book The Help. Both the critical and financial success of the movie. She was referred to be a "broadly comic villain" by The Miami Herald, and Howard was hailed for his "energetic performance in a thankless role" by The New York Times. In addition to winning a Critics' Choice Award and a Screen Actors Guild Award with the rest of the cast, Howard was nominated for other awards, such as an MTV Movie Award and an NAACP Image Award.

Gus Van Sant's Restless (2011), a somber coming-of-age film about a young boy and girl obsessed with death, was produced by Howard and her father. Howard contributed significantly to the screenplay and directing decisions for the movie. It received mixed reviews after its Cannes premiere. In the 2011 cancer comedy 50/50, she played Joseph Gordon-Levitt's on-and-off girlfriend. The movie received favorable reviews upon its premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival and was shortlisted for the Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy. The Los Angeles Times noted that Howard was "rapidly becoming today's preeminent Queen of Mean" and that she "makes a real character" out of the "shrewish" part. The New York Times agreed. The social film When You Find Me, which Howard directed, was created in partnership with Canon with the idea of finding inspiration through photographs chosen from a photography competition. Only eight of the 96,362 entries that were accepted were used in the movie.

mainstream recognition and directing efforts from 2015 till the present

In the science fiction action movie Jurassic World, the fourth entry in the Jurassic Park series, Howard co-starred with Chris Pratt in 2015. She played Claire Dearing, the determined and successful operations manager at the movie's namesake theme park, who goes through growth. Howard characterized the moments in which her character runs in high heels in over three feet (0.91 m) of mud as "one of the hardest things ever had to do" and detailed the extensive ankle exercises she had to undergo. The movie Jurassic World was well-received both critically and commercially, and Howard's acting and Pratt's on-screen chemistry were praised. The Associated Press stated that Howard "makes the biggest impact" and that "her transformation is the most convincing one in a film full of dubious evolutions." Rolling Stone called her portrayal "dynamo" and "nobody's patsy." While Howard's persona was dubbed a "feminist hero" by Bustle and Inquisitr, Dearing and her use of heels were deemed "sexist" by the Los Angeles Times and The Atlantic. Howard disagreed with the first opinion, pointing out the character's disconnection from reality and his excessive use of heels in daily life.

A remake of the 1977 movie of the same name, Pete's Dragon stars Howard in a fantastical adventure. After its release, Pete's Dragon was a critical and financial success. In the same year, Howard played Kay, the protagonist's girlfriend, in the crime drama Gold (2016). Gold had a limited release and received unfavorable reviews. Her portrayal is described as a "sturdy, salt-of-the-earth" type who "makes [a substantial] impression" by The Hollywood Reporter. She also made an appearance in the Black Mirror episode "Nosedive" from the same year, which is available on Netflix. Because body shaming is a "huge part of the subtext of the story," Howard put on 30 pounds for the part. Lacie, her character, was given a laugh that she intended to imply artificiality, anxiousness, and dejection. The Guardian praised Howard's character as "brilliantly played," and The Atlantic stated that "Howard's performance is terrific-she conveys Lacie's inner frustration while grinning cheerfully through it." Both Howard and the episode garnered positive reviews from critics. In recognition of her work, Howard was nominated for a Screen Actors Guild Award.

In the 2018 movie Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom, Howard returned her role as Claire and played a dinosaur rights activist. The movie was a box office success but received mixed reviews from critics. For authenticity, Howard received training from a veterinarian with knowledge of African wildlife. While Pratt and Howard were praised for "developing their characters beyond the archetypes they inhabited," Variety and Empire praised Howard for "projecting a luminous concern for God's ancient revived creatures."

In the 2019 film A Dog's Way Home, which debuted to critical acclaim and financial success, Howard provided the voice of Bella. In the 2019 Dexter Fletcher-directed musical biopic Rocketman, Howard played Sheila Dwight, the mother of Elton John. She was amusing, witty, and struggled with her mental health, according to Howard, who also described her as having a strong personality. In order to create the character's aging appearance, Howard worked closely with makeup professionals and used Elizabeth Taylor as an inspiration. The movie Rocketman was a box office success, received positive reviews, and was nominated for a Golden Globe for Best Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy. Howard received appreciation for her "finely nuanced work" from The Chicago Sun-Times and CinemaBlend, which also referred to her performance as a "wicked portrayal... that really ties a film together."

The documentary Dads, which had its world premiere at the 2019 Toronto International Film Festival and was voted second runner-up for the People's Choice Award for Documentaries, marked Howard's feature film directing debut. Dads garnered positive reviews from critics. According to Variety and The Guardian, the movie "mixes the platitudinous with the genuinely moving." Howard emphasizes observation over lecture, anecdotes over statistics, and showing rather than telling what equally split primary-caregiving looks like in modern households. She oversaw the direction of two episodes of the The Mandalorian Disney+ series, which debuted in 2019 and 2020. In order to keep character depth and viewer appeal, Howard referred to the greater Star Wars universe as a tool for storytelling. RegardingFilm complimented Howard's "ecstatic framing" for creating "wholesome visuals" and said she "crafts [the episode] to be admirably quaint," while Den of Geek said she "makes the episode pop" and "knows what makes Star Wars tick."

On January 26, 2022, Disney+ debuted an episode of The Book of Boba Fett that Howard directed. Star Wars enthusiasts demanded Howard to helm a trilogy of Star Wars movies on Twitter after the episode's debut. When Jurassic World Dominion came out in 2022, she played Claire again.

Howard was hired to play a spy in the action movie Argylle, which was adapted from the same-titled spy book by Ellie Conway, in July 2021. In the same year, Variety announced that Howard will produce and direct a remake of the 1986 family science-fiction adventure Flight of the Navigator, which had a female lead.

Private life

When Howard first learned about existentialism in her senior year of high school, she exclaimed, "This is it! This is my religion.' I had never felt a connection to any kind of spirituality before that. It was very basic—you're responsible for the decisions you make—but it was mind-blowing at the time."

At New York University, Howard met actor Seth Gabel. They dated for five years before being married on June 17, 2006. In their thirties, Howard and Gabel intended to start a family together, but a week after their wedding, Howard discovered she was expecting their first child. Their son Theodore was born to Howard in 2007. Howard has admitted to having postpartum depression 18 months after the birth of her son. She attributes her recovery to the assistance of a doctor and a therapist. In 2012, the couple welcomed daughter Beatrice as their second child. Living in upstate New York is the family.

Filmography

Film

Year

Title

Role

Notes

1989

Parenthood

Strawberry-Blonde Girl in Audience


1995

Apollo 13

Girl in Yellow Dress


2000

How the Grinch Stole Christmas

Surprised Who

Credited as Bryce Howard

2001

A Beautiful Mind

Harvard Student


2004

Book of Love

Heather


The Village

Ivy Elizabeth Walker


2005

Manderlay

Grace Margaret Mulligan


2006

As You Like It

Rosalind


Lady in the Water

Story


Orchids

Short film; director and co-writer

2007

Spider-Man 3

Gwen Stacy


2008

Good Dick

Kissing Woman

Cameo

The Loss of a Teardrop Diamond

Fisher Willow


2009

Terminator Salvation

Katherine "Kate" Brewster Connor


2010

The Twilight Saga: Eclipse

Victoria


Hereafter

Melanie


2011

The Help

Hilly Holbrook


50/50

Rachael


Restless

Producer

2015

Jurassic World

Claire Dearing


Solemates

Short film; director and writer

2016

Pete's Dragon

Grace Meacham


Gold

Kay


2018

Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom

Claire Dearing


2019

A Dog's Way Home

Bella (voice)


Rocketman

Sheila Eileen


Dads

Documentary; director

2022

Jurassic World Dominion

Claire Dearing


TBA

Argylle


Post-production

Television

Year

Title

Role

Notes

2009

Family Guy

Various voices

Episode: "We Love You, Conrad"

2013

Call Me Crazy: A Five Film

Television film; director (segment: "Lucy")

2014

HitRecord on TV

Various

2 episodes

2016

Black Mirror

Lacie Pound

Episode: "Nosedive"

2018

Arrested Development

Herself

Episode: "Emotional Baggage"

2019–present

The Mandalorian

Director; Episodes: "Chapter 4: Sanctuary"; "Chapter 11: The Heiress", "Chapter 22: Guns for Hire"

2020

Jurassic World: Camp Cretaceous

Claire Dearing

Archive footage

2022

The Book of Boba Fett

Director; Episode: "Chapter 5: Return of the Mandalorian"

2022

Tales of the Jedi

Yaddle

Episode: "The Sith Lord"
Voice

2023

Star Wars: Skeleton Crew

Director; Post-production

Video games

Year

Title

Voice role

2015

Lego Jurassic World

Claire Dearing

Lego Dimensions

2018

Jurassic World Evolution

2021

Maquette

Kenzie

Jurassic World Evolution 2

Claire Dearing

Theater

Year

Title

Role

Venue

2003

Tartuffe

Mariane

American Airlines Theatre

Music videos

Year

Title

Artist

Role

Notes

2013

"Claudia Lewis"

M83

Director

Audiobooks

Year

Title

Voice role

2019

The Testaments

Agnes

Awards and nominations

Year

Association

Category

Work

Result

2005

Online Film Critics Society

Best Breakthrough Performance

The Village

Nominated

Palm Springs International Film Festival

Rising Star Award

Won

Empire Awards

Best Actress

Nominated

Best Newcomer

Nominated

MTV Movie Awards

Best Breakthrough Female

Nominated

Teen Choice Awards

Choice Movie: Scary Scene

Nominated

2006

Robert Awards

Best Actress in a Leading Role

Manderlay

Nominated

2008

Golden Globe Awards

Best Actress – Miniseries or Television Film

As You Like It

Nominated

2010

Teen Choice Awards

Choice Movie Actress: Action

Terminator Salvation

Nominated

2011

MTV Movie Awards

Best Fight (shared with Xavier Samuel and Robert Pattinson)

The Twilight Saga: Eclipse

Won

Teen Choice Awards

Choice Movie: Villain

Nominated

Black Reel Awards

Best Ensemble

The Help

Won

Broadcast Film Critics Association

Best Ensemble

Won

Detroit Film Critics Society

Best Ensemble

Nominated

Hollywood Film Festival

Ensemble of the Year

Won

Awards Circuit Community Awards

Best Cast Ensemble

Won

Black Film Critics Circle Awards

Best Ensemble

Won

Hollywood Film Awards

Ensemble of the Year

Won

National Board of Review

Best Acting by an Ensemble

Won

2012

Central Ohio Film Critics Association

Best Ensemble

Nominated

Gold Derby Awards

Best Ensemble Cast

Won

MTV Movie Awards

Best Cast (shared with Emma Stone, Viola Davis, Jessica Chastain, and Octavia Spencer)

Nominated

Best Jaw Dropping Moment

Nominated

Best Villain

Nominated

NAACP Image Awards

Outstanding Supporting Actress

Nominated

San Diego Film Critics Society

Best Performance by an Ensemble

Nominated

Satellite Awards

Best Cast – Motion Picture

Won

Screen Actors Guild Awards

Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture

Won

Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association

Best Ensemble

Nominated

Women Film Critics Circle

Best Ensemble

Won

2015

Teen Choice Awards

Choice Movie: Hissy Fit

Jurassic World

Nominated

Choice Summer Movie Star: Female

Nominated

Women Film Critics Circle Awards

Worst Female Images in a Movie

Won

2016

EDA Awards

Actress Most in Need of a New Agent

Nominated

Huading Awards

Best Global Actress in a Motion Picture

Won

Critics' Choice Movie Awards

Best Actress in an Action Movie

Nominated

Hollywood Film Awards

Ensemble of the Year

Gold

Won

2017

Saturn Awards

Best Supporting Actress

Nominated

Screen Actors Guild Awards

Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Television Movie or Miniseries

Black Mirror

Nominated

Gold Derby Awards

Best Miniseries/TV Movie Actress

Nominated

2018

Teen Choice Awards

Choice Summer Movie Star: Female

Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom

Won

People's Choice Awards

Favorite Female Movie Star

Nominated

2019

Hasty Pudding Theatrical Award

Woman of the Year

Herself

Won

2023

EDA Awards

She Deserves a New Agent Award

Jurassic World: Dominion

Nominated

Golden Raspberry Award

Worst Actress

Nominated

Quick Bio

Nickname

Bryce Dallas

Gender

Female

Age

42 years old (in 2023)

Date of Birth

March 2, 1981

Full Name

Bryce Dallas Howard

Profession

Actress, Producer, Director, Screenwriter

Nationality

American

Birthplace

Los Angeles, California, United States

Religion

Catholic

Zodiac Sign

Pisces

School

Tisch School Of The Arts

College

New York University

Profession

Actress, Producer, Director, Screenwriter

Net Worth

USD $15 million Approx

Height, Weight & Physical Stats

Body Measurements

35-24-36 Inches

Body type

Slim

Height

5 Feet 7 Inches (1.70 m)

Weight

63 kg (139 lbs)

Waist

24 Inches

Hair Color

Red

Eye Color

Blue

Shoe Size

9.5 US

Dress Size

4 US

Family & Relatives

Father

Ron Howard

Mother

Cheryl Howard

Brother

Reed Howard

Sister

Paige Howard, Jocelyn Howard

Marital Status

Married

Husband

Seth Gabel (m. 2006)

No. of Children

2

Son

Theodore Norman Howard-Gabel

Daughter

Beatrice Jean Howard-Gabel

Past Relationships

Chris Pratt(2015)
Christian Bale (2009)
Joaquin Phoenix (2004)
Joseph Gordon-Levitt (2011)
Tobey Maguire (2007)

Facts

  • Bryce uses the pronouns she/her.
  • Bryce and her siblings used to be watched over by Tom Cruise. On Jay Leno's Tonight Show, she revealed this.
  • Despite being five months pregnant (unaware of her pregnancy), she bleached her hair blonde and even performed several of her action sequences on her own for Spider-Man 3 (2007).
  • Alcohol has never been a part of her life.
  • For her part in The Loss of a Teardrop Diamond (2008), Bryce underwent piano lessons.
  • She went vegan for more than three years, but after getting pregnant, she had to start eating meat because of her health.
  • In addition to performing, she enjoys basketball.


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