Nicole Houston Reed is an American actress, model, singer, songwriter, screenwriter, and music video director known for her portrayal of vampire Rosalie Hale in The Twilight Saga (2008–2012). She became known in 2003, after the release of the film Thirteen, directed by Catherine Hardwicke, for which she was credited with Hardwicke as a co-writer of the screenplay, and in which she played a lead role. The film earned Reed an Independent Spirit Award for Best Debut Performance, as well as several nominations.
Nick Name: Nikki, Nik
Years active: 2003–present
Born: May 17, 1988, 36 years old and 6 months, West Los Angeles, California, USA
Sun Sign: Taurus
Hair Color: Dark Brown
Eye Color: Hazel
Height: 5 ft 4 in – 1.63 m
Measurements: 34-23-33 in – 86-58.5-84 cm
Bra Size: 32B US – 70B EU
Genres: Pop, punk rock
Instrument: Vocals
NIKKI REED WARDROBE MALFUNCTION AFTER THE ELIE SAAB 2020 SHOW DURING HAUTE COUTURE WEEK IN PARIS (2019)
actor Ian Somerhalder and Nikki Reed
Nikki Reed in MINIS FIRST TIME (2006)
actress Nikki Reed in MINIS FIRST TIME (2006)
Nikki Reed actress in MINIS FIRST TIME (2006)
in MINIS FIRST TIME (2006)
Nikki Reed in Cherry Crush in 2007
Education
She attended Alexander Hamilton High School in Los Angeles. Nikki dropped out after a year as she faced the situation of harassment from the mother of other students during the lunchtime due to the movie Thirteen (2003). So, Nikki decided to do homeschooling. She earned her high school diploma via homeschooling only.
Ethnicity
Nikki mother is of Cherokee and Italian descent.
Family
Father – Seth Reed (Set Designer)
Mother – Cheryl Houston (Beautician)
Siblings – Nathan August Reed (Older Brother) (Professional Photographer), Joey Reed (younger half-brother)
She has one younger brother.
Early life
Nicole Houston Reed was born in West Los Angeles, California, to Cheryl Houston, a beautician, and to Seth Reed, a production designer. She has an older brother, Nathan August Reed, and a younger half-brother, Joey Reed. Her mother is a Christian of part Italian descent, whereas her father is Jewish. Reed was raised without religion and has identified as Jewish. She grew up around some Jewish practices, as her brother had a Bar Mitzvah.
Reed has said in numerous interviews that her early home life was “complicated”. Her parents divorced when Reed was two, and she was raised by her mother. In 2002, when Reed was 14 years old, she moved out of her mother’s house and began living on her own, mainly in apartments in the Los Angeles area. After Thirteen‘s success, Reed returned to Alexander Hamilton High School in Los Angeles, but dropped out again after a year. She said that “mothers who were sneaking into the school at lunchtime to confront and harass her about the film” were the reason for her departure. She earned a high school diploma through homeschooling.
Career
Catherine Hardwicke, a friend of her mother’s, invited her to work on a script with her, when Reed said she was interested in acting. They finished the script for the semi-autobiographical film Thirteen in six days. Producers asked Reed to play a role in the film because they had trouble casting it, as it was an “uncomfortable” role for most young actresses.
The film, also starring Evan Rachel Wood, was released in 2003 to positive reviews, gaining Reed some recognition in Hollywood as both a screenwriter and an actress. Following this, Reed was invited to appear on The Ellen DeGeneres Show and serve as host on a number of award shows, including the Young Hollywood Awards (2003) and the Independent Spirit Awards Nomination Show, followed by the West Independent Spirits Awards, both in 2004. Reed has repeatedly been cast as sexually advanced, precocious teenagers, including her character in Lords of Dogtown (2005), also directed by Hardwicke. In early 2006, she appeared on the series The O.C., playing Sadie, a new love interest for the character Ryan Atwood. Reed appeared on The O.C. at the same time as future Twilight co-stars Cam Gigandet and Jackson Rathbone.
Reed said that her early decision to avoid acting in television series or in mainstream cinema was naïve. She had thought at the time they were not right for her, but had since gained valuable experience in them. She had a lead role in Mini’s First Time, which received a limited release in the United States on July 14, 2006.
Reed played a teenager who, through seduction, involves her stepfather in a plot to murder her mother. Reed has noted that her character does not “understand the weight of consequence”. She said she had enjoyed playing someone who she describes as “crass” and having a “trucker’s mouth”. Reed’s character has sex scenes. As Reed was 16 at the time and legally unable to film such scenes in an explicit way, she was filmed from the back to hide her face. On February 12, 2008, it was announced that Reed would portray Rosalie Hale in the film adaption of Twilight, the first book of a popular four-novel series. Directed by Catherine Hardwicke, it became an international success.
In 2010, Jason Mewes said that he was doing a movie called K-11 with Reed and Kristen Stewart, also of Twilight. The film, directed by Stewart’s mother, takes place in a dorm of the Los Angeles County Jail. It was to feature both Stewart and Reed as female characters. Later that year, Reed said that she was no longer part of the project. In July 2010, Reed joined the cast of the lady assassin action-drama Catch .44, alongside Bruce Willis, Forest Whitaker and Malin Akerman. In November 2010, it was announced that Reed would star with Hayden Panettiere in the film Downers Grove, a movie adaptation of Michael Hornburg‘s novel. The screenplay was written by Bret Easton Ellis, the novelist who wrote The Rules of Attraction and American Psycho.
In December 2011, it was announced that Reed joined the cast of Pawn, an indie crime thriller directed by David A. Armstrong. The film also stars Forest Whitaker, Ray Liotta, Common, Michael Chiklis, Sean Faris, Stephen Lang, Marton Csokas and Jessica Szohr. In July 2013, Reed joined the cast of the independent sports comedy Balls Out, alongside Jake Lacy, Kate McKinnon, Beck Bennett and Jay Pharoah. The film is about a group of college friends who get together in their final year to play a game of intramural football. In 2019 she appeared in an episode of the Hulu original TV show “Dollface”.
Other work
Reed recorded a song, “Now That I’ve Found You”, with her then-husband Paul McDonald, which debuted on Ryan Seacrest‘s radio show on November 15, 2011. The couple released their first EP, The Best Part, on October 29, 2012. Their song “All I’ve Ever Needed” is on The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 2 soundtrack.
In January 2013, Reed filmed Hanson‘s 2013 music video for their single, “Get the Girl Back”, also with McDonald. The video was released in April 2013. Other well-known figures in the video include Kat Dennings, Drake Bell, Drew Seeley, Amy Paffrath, and Alex Beh.
Reed wrote a script set in New Zealand between the 1960s and the 1980s. She has said she feels more versatile than her typecasting in roles of “sexy bad girls”. She has sometimes been told by producers that she is too “sexy” for a particular part. In November 2009, Reed directed a music video for her friend Sage while in London. Reed stated that they didn’t have much time, or money, but she takes great pride in it.
In 2017, Reed and friend Morgan Bogle set up a sustainable jewelry brand BaYou With Love. The company works with Dell turning recycled technology into jewelry.
Personal life
Reed met Paul McDonald, a singer-songwriter and former American Idol contestant, on the red carpet at the premiere of Red Riding Hood in March 2011. This moment was broadcast on an American Idol episode as part of a segment that showed the contestants attending the premiere. The couple began dating, and moved in together not long after. They confirmed their engagement in June 2011, and married on October 16, 2011, in Malibu, California. In March 2014, Reed and McDonald announced that they had separated after living apart for the previous six months due to “work obligations”. Reed filed for divorce in May 2014, and the divorce was finalized on January 2, 2015.
Reed began dating actor Ian Somerhalder in mid-2014. They confirmed their engagement in February 2015, and married on April 26, 2015, in Malibu, California. On May 4, 2017, the couple announced via Instagram that Reed was pregnant with their first child. They had a daughter on July 25, 2017. On January 9, 2023, they announced that they are expecting their second child.
Reed is close friends with her Twilight co-star Jackson Rathbone and Spy Kids actress Alexa Vega, who was her matron of honor at her first wedding.
Activism
Reed teamed up with Staples and Do Something for their third Annual School Supply Drive in the summer of 2011. She is also an animal rights advocate. She volunteers at animal shelters in her free time and she designed a limited edition collar and leash for Gilt to benefit Aspca. On October 22, 2014, she was honored with the ASPCA Compassion Award for her contributions to animal welfare.
Reed endorsed Senator Bernie Sanders for President in the 2016 U.S. presidential election.
First Album
She has not released any albums. The actress has recorded songs with her singer husband, Paul McDonald. The first song was “Now That I’ve Found You” in 2011.
In October 2012, the couple released their Extended Play titled “The Best Part”.
The song “All I’ve Ever Needed” is a part of The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 2 soundtrack.
Other than all these audio songs, she has appeared in music videos of several other songs of different musicians like in Santana featuring Steven Tyler Just Feel Better in 2005, Sabrina No Rose Petals and Bubblebaths in 2010, Hanson Get the girl back in 2013.
First Film
She acted in the 2003 American drama film Thirteen for her role as Evie Zamora. Nikki also did the job of screenwriter for this movie.
First TV Show
In 2006, Reed guest appeared in 6 episodes in the teen drama TV series The O.C. for her role as Sadie Campbell.
Nikki Reed Favorite Things
Movies – City of God (2002), True Romance (1993), Nowhere in Africa (2003), The Shawshank Redemption (1994), The Lion King (1994)
Books – Wuthering Heights (By Emily Bronte in 1847), Color of Water: A Black Man Tribute to His White Mother (By James McBride in 1995), Reading Lolita in Tehran (By Azar Nafisi in 2003),
They Poured Fire on Us from the Sky (By Judy A. Bernstein in 2005), The Robber Bride (By Margaret Atwood in 1993), A Thousand Splendid Suns (By Khaled Hosseini in 2007), Go Ask Alice (By
Beatrice Sparks in 1971), Schindler List (By Thomas Keneally in 1982)
Bands – The Raconteurs, Kings of Leon
Nikki Reed Facts
Reed was raised without any religion but now is Jewish (her father religion). Her mother is Christian.
She has a pitbull dog, named, Sydney.
Her mother divorced when she was 2. Nikki was raised by her mother.
She started living on her own and left her mother in 2002 (when Nikki was 14).
Nikki is close friends with Jackson Rathbone, her Twilight co-star and is godmother to his son.
Alexa Vega was the maid of honor at Nikki Reed wedding.
In 2011, she collaborated with Staples and Do Something for their 3rd annual School Supply Drive.
She has expressed her desire to direct a music video for the band 100 Monkeys, which is fronted by her friend and Twilight co-star, Jackson Rathbone.
She enjoys doing horse riding.
The third Twilight film /book is Nikki favorite Twilight movie so far.
According to Nikki, Merle Oberon and Audrey Hepburn are the most stylish women in Hollywood.
She has a celebrity crush on Val Kilmer in Tombstone, Gary Oldman in Basquiat, and Paul Newman in The Left Handed Gun.
She wants to follow the career of Holly Hunter.
She is not a fan of new era social technologies over the internet like Facebook, MySpace, etc. She instead wants to open a charity with the name “Kids, Get Your Ass into Books and Off of MySpace!”.
She is a vegetarian.
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