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" |
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) |
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