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For the fictional character on the soap opera The Young and the Restless, see Nikki Reed Newman.
Nikki Reed 
Reed at the premiere of Ondine at the 2010 Tribeca Film Festival.Born Nicole Houston Reed
May 17, 1988
West Los Angeles, California, U.S.Occupation Actress, screenwriter Years active 2003–present Spouse Paul McDonald (m. 2011–present) Nicole Houston "Nikki" Reed[1] (born May 17, 1988)[2] is an American film and television actress, and screenwriter. She became known in 2003, after the release of the film Thirteen, for which she co-wrote the screenplay. Reed has since appeared in several films, including Lords of Dogtown and Mini's First Time. She also portrays Rosalie Hale in The Twilight Saga.
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Early life and education
Reed was born in West Los Angeles, California. She is the daughter of Cheryl Houston, a beautician, and Seth Reed, a set designer. She has an older brother, Nathan August Reed. Reed's father is Jewish and her mother, who is of Cherokee and Italian descent, is Christian; Reed was raised without religion,[3] though she has described herself as "Jewish"[4] and grew up around Judaism (her brother had a Bar Mitzvah).[5][6]
Reed has stated that her early home life was "complicated." Her parents divorced when she was two, and she grew up with her mother.[7]
After Thirteen's success, Reed returned to Alexander Hamilton High School, but dropped out again after a year. She cited her experiences involving "mothers who were sneaking into the school at lunchtime to confront and harass her about the film" as the reason for her departure.[7] Reed was subsequently home-schooled, and she eventually received her high-school diploma.[7]
Career
Reed and director Catherine Hardwicke finished the script for the semi-autobiographical film Thirteen in six days, a relatively short time for a Hollywood script to be written. Producers asked Reed to play a role in the film because they had trouble casting it, considering it an "uncomfortable" role for most young actresses.[7] The film, starring Evan Rachel Wood, was released in 2003 with positive reviews, giving Reed some recognition in Hollywood as both an actress and a screenwriter. Following the film's release, Reed also appeared on The Ellen DeGeneres Show and hosted 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 continued to portray sexually promiscuous teenagers, including her character in Lords of Dogtown, 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 noted she disagreed with the "trendy and shallow things" that The O.C. promoted, and that she appeared in the series only on the advice of her agents. Coincidentally, Reed appeared on The O.C. at the same time as later Twilight co-stars Cam Gigandet and Jackson Rathbone.[8] Reed later commented that her decision to avoid appearances on television or in mainstream cinema was naïve. She explained that her avoidance was due to the thought that if it wasn’t an independent film, it wasn’t right for her.[9]
One of her most distinctive roles was in Mini's First Time, which received a limited release in the United States on July 14, 2006. In the film, 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," and that she enjoyed playing someone who she describes as "crass" and having a "trucker's mouth."[10] Reed's character participates in explicit sex scenes, which had to be filmed from the point of view of Reed's back, as she was 16 at the time and thus legally unable to film her scenes in a more explicit manner.[7]
Reed wrote another script set in New Zealand between the 1960s and the 1980s. Reed has noted that she feels she is a versatile actress, but feels typecast in roles of "sexy bad girls," noting that producers often tell her that she is too "sexy" for a particular part.[7]
On February 12, 2008, it was announced that Reed would portray Rosalie Hale in the film adaption of Twilight, which was directed by Catherine Hardwicke. In June 2008, Reed wrote a letter to her fans, thanking them for supporting her through the controversy that surrounded her, a brunette, being cast as Rosalie (described as a blonde).[11]
During a radio interview with Big O and Dukes of WJFK 1067, Jason Mewes stated that he is doing a movie called K-11 with Reed and Kristen Stewart, also of Twilight.[12] The film, directed by Stewart's mother, takes place in a dorm of the Los Angeles County Jail, and was to feature both Stewart and Reed as male characters.[13][14] However, after being asked about the project in an interview, Reed expressed that she is no longer part of the K-11 project.[15]. In 2003, she received her first award, an Nantucket Film Festival Award for 'Best Screenplay' for the movie 'Thirteen' which she shared with Catherine Hardwicke. In 2010, she also received an award for 'Superstar In The Making' at the Young Hollywood Awards.
In November 2009, Reed directed a music video for her good friend Sage while in London. Reed stated that they didn't have much time, or money, but it's something she is very proud of.[16][17] Reed also intends to direct a music video for the independent rock band 100 Monkeys,[18] which is fronted by her Twilight costar, Jackson Rathbone.
In July 2010, Reed joined the lady assassin action-drama Catch .44 alongside Bruce Willis, Forest Whitaker and Malin Akerman.[19]
In November 2010, it was announced, that Reed will star alongside Hayden Panettiere in the film Downers Grove, a movie adaptation of Michael Hornberg's novel.[20] The story is about a high school senior from the Chicago suburb of Downers Grove, who is paranoid about a curse at her school that causes someone in the graduating class to die in a bizarre way before the year's end. The screenplay was written by Bret Easton Ellis, the novelist behind such works as The Rules of Attraction and American Psycho.[21]
Personal life
Reed met singer-songwriter and season 10 American Idol contestant Paul McDonald on the red carpet at the premiere of Red Riding Hood in March 2011. The moment they met was broadcast on an American Idol episode as part of a segment that showed the contestants attending the premiere.[22] The pair soon began dating,[23] and moved in together not long after.[24] At the MTV Movie Awards on June 5, 2011, Reed was photographed wearing what appeared to be an engagement ring.[25] Later that month, McDonald confirmed in an interview that they were engaged.[26] The couple married on October 16, 2011 in Malibu.[27]
She is close friends with her Twilight co-stars, particularly Jackson Rathbone.[28] Reed is also close friends with Spy Kids actress Alexa Vega, who was Reed's maid of honor in her wedding.[29]
In June 2010, Reed launched an official website that features a blog, where she discusses a variety of subjects, both personal and professional.[30] Nikki Reed announced on her blog that she officially joined social networking websites Twitter and Facebook on August 25, 2011.[31] Reed is also on the website Whosay, an invite-only service that enables celebrities to provide authenticated content to their fans.[32]
Activism
Reed has teamed up with Staples and Do Something for their 3rd Annual School Supply Drive in the summer of 2011[33] . She also did a public service announcement for Do Something 101. In August 2011, Reed filmed public service announcement for Give-a-Shit.org, a charity focused spreading awareness and getting people to care about world issues[34].
Filmography
Film Year Title Role Notes 2003 Thirteen Evie Zamora also Screenwriter 2005 Man of God Zane Berg 2005 Lords of Dogtown Kathy Alva 2005 American Gun Tally 2006 Mini's First Time Minerva "Mini" Drogues 2007 Cherry Crush Shay Bettencourt 2008 Twilight Rosalie Hale 2008 Familiar Strangers Allison 2009 The Twilight Saga: New Moon Rosalie Hale 2009 Last Day of Summer Stefanie also Executive Producer
Premiered October 24: Hollywood Film Festival2010 The Twilight Saga: Eclipse Rosalie Hale 2010 Chain Letter Jessica "Jessie" Campbell 2010 Privileged Lauren Carrington Awaiting release 2011 Catch .44 Kara Post-production 2011 The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 1 Rosalie Hale 2012 The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 2 Rosalie Hale Post-production 2012 Downers Grove Tracy Rumoured Television Year Title Role Notes 2006 The O.C. Sadie Campbell guest role, 6 episodes
"The Heavy Lifting"
"The Road Warrior"
"The Journey"
"The Undertow"
"The Secrets and Lies"
"The Day After Tomorrow"2006 Justice Molly Larusa guest role, 1 episode
"Addicts"2007 Reaper Andi Prendergast un-aired pilot only Music video Year Title Artist Notes 2005 Just Feel Better Santana featuring Steven Tyler Awards and nominations
List of awards and nominations Year Award Category Work Notes Result 2003 Nantucket Film Festival – Screenplay Award Best Feature Screenplay Thirteen Shared with Catherine Hardwicke Won 2003 Young Hollywood Awards One to Watch – Female Thirteen Won 2003 Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association Awards Best Original Screenplay Thirteen Shared with Catherine Hardwicke Nominated 2004 Independent Spirit Award Best First Screenplay Thirteen Shared with Catherine Hardwicke Nominated 2004 Independent Spirit Award Best Debut Performance Thirteen Won 2004 Prism Award Best Performance in a Theatrical Feature Film Thirteen Nominated 2004 Phoenix Film Critics Society Award Best Original Screenplay Thirteen Shared with Catherine Hardwicke Nominated 2004 Phoenix Film Critics Society Award Breakout Performance – Behind the Camera Thirteen Nominated 2004 Satellite Award Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture – Drama Thirteen Shared with Evan Rachel Wood Nominated 2004 Satellite Award Best Original Screenplay Thirteen Shared with Catherine Hardwicke Nominated 2006 Solstice Film Festival Award Best Actress Mini's First Time Won 2008 Delray Beach Film Festival Award Best Ensemble Familiar Strangers Shared with Cast Won 2008 Method Fest Independent Film Festival Award Best Ensemble Familiar Strangers Shared with Cast Won 2009 Teen Choice Award Choice Fresh Face – Female Twilight Nominated 2009 Scream Award Best Ensemble Twilight Shared with Cast Nominated 2010 Young Hollywood Awards Superstar in the Making The Twilight Saga: New Moon Won 2010 Teen Choice Award Most Fanatic Fans The Twilight Saga: New Moon Shared with Cast Won 2011 Teen Choice Award Choice Favorite Vampire The Twilight Saga: Eclipse Nominated References
- ^ "Nicole Houston Reed" is her full name, according to the State of California. California Birth Index, 1905–1995. Center for Health Statistics, California Department of Health Services, Sacramento, California. At Ancestry.com
- ^ Reed was born on May 17th, rather than January 17th, according to the State of California. California Birth Index, 1905–1995. Center for Health Statistics, California Department of Health Services, Sacramento, California. At Ancestry.com
- ^ "Nikki Reed: What Nikki did next". The Independent (London). 2004-05-07. http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/films/features/nikki-reed-what-nikki-did-next-562481.html.
- ^ Nikki Reed and Evan Rachel Wood both mentioned that they are Jewish on the Thirteen DVD commentary, between the 10:00 and 11:00 minute mark
- ^ "Celebrity Jews". Jewish News Weekly. http://www.jewishsf.com/content/2-0-/module/displaystory/story_id/726/edition_id/4/format/html/displaystory.html. Retrieved 2006-05-03.
- ^ "13 – AND COUNTING; From bimah to bemoaning just about everything...why this overnight change in kids?". the Jewish Exponent. http://www.highbeam.com/doc.aspx?DOCID=1P1:86845167&print=yes&ctrlInfo=Round20%3AMode20d%3ADocG%3AResult&ao=. Retrieved 2006-07-21.
- ^ a b c d e f "Mini Mayhem". Khaleej Times. http://www.khaleejtimes.ae/DisplayArticleNew.asp?section=citytimes&xfile=data/citytimes/2006/july/citytimes_july119.xml. Retrieved 2006-07-22.
- ^ "TWIZ TV l Complete Episode Transcript l www.twiztv.com". Twiztv.com. http://www.twiztv.com/cgi-bin/transcript.cgi?episode=http://dmca.free.fr/scripts/theoc/season3/theoc-315.htm. Retrieved 2010-09-05.
- ^ "Mini: Nikki & Nick". nikkireedfan.com. http://nikkireedfan.com/videos/view/mini-nikki-nick/. Retrieved 2011-06-08.
- ^ Reed and Guthe on Mini's First Time – ComingSoon.net[dead link]
- ^ "Letter From Nikki | About Nikki | Nikki Reed". nikkireedfan.com. 2010-08-31. http://nikkireedfan.com/index.php/nikki/letter-from-nikki/. Retrieved 2010-09-05.
- ^ Jason Mewes Interview with Big O and Dukes WJFK 1067[dead link]
- ^ Larry Carroll (2008-11-21). "EXCLUSIVE: 'Twilight' Stars Kristen Stewart & Nikki Reed To Reunite, Play Men In Prison Film 'K-11'". MTV. http://moviesblog.mtv.com/2008/11/21/exclusive-twilight-stars-kristen-stewart-nikki-reed-to-reunite-play-men-in-prison-film-k-11/. Retrieved 2008-11-28.
- ^ Sheila Roberts. "Kristen Stewart Interview, Twilight". Movies Online. http://www.moviesonline.ca/movienews_15904.html. Retrieved 2008-11-28.
- ^ "Broadcast Yourself". YouTube. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8dx2A58alN0. Retrieved 2010-09-05.[dead link]
- ^ "Edie Sedgwick music video is here!". iamnikkireed.com. 2010-07-28. http://iamnikkireed.com/2010/06/directing-sages-music-video. Retrieved 2011-03-27.
- ^ "Nikki Reed Directs Music Video—Is Twilight Tell-All Next?". EOnline.com. 2010-07-29. http://ca.eonline.com/uberblog/the_awful_truth/b192652_nikki_reed_directs_music_videomdashis.html. Retrieved 2011-03-27.
- ^ "Jackson Rathbone and Nikki Reed Talk BREAKING DAWN and More at the 2010 SCREAM AWARDS". Collider. 2010-10-17. http://collider.com/jackson-rathbone-nikki-reed-interview-breaking-dawn-twilight-scream-awards/54974. Retrieved 2011-03-27.
- ^ "Reed and Woll Join Catch .44". Empireonline.com. 2006-12-05. http://www.empireonline.com/news/feed.asp?NID=28259. Retrieved 2010-09-05.
- ^ Bierly, Mandi (2010-11-08). "Hayden Panettiere and Nikki Reed to star in 'Downers Grove' adaptation". Popwatch.ew.com. http://popwatch.ew.com/2010/11/08/hayden-panettiere-nikki-reed-downers-grove/. Retrieved 2011-07-25.
- ^ "Downers Grove". http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1772261/. Retrieved 2011-04-25.
- ^ "Nikki Reed Dating American Idol's Paul McDonald?". People. 2011-03-08. http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20480648,00.html. Retrieved 2011-06-06.
- ^ "Paul McDonald: Nikki Reed Is 'Pumped' About American Idol Elimination". People. 2011-04-15. http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20482572,00.html. Retrieved 2011-06-06.
- ^ "Nikki Reed on Paul McDonald: 'I Love Him'". People. 2011-05-18. http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20489980,00.html. Retrieved 2011-06-06.
- ^ "Twilight's Nikki Reed Engaged: "He's the One!"". 2011-06-05. http://ca.eonline.com/uberblog/marc_malkin/b245565_twilights_nikki_reed_engaged_hes_one.html. Retrieved 2011-06-08.
- ^ "Paul McDonald Is 'Pumped Up' About Marrying Nikki Reed". 2011-06-21. http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20504007,00.html. Retrieved 2011-08-07.
- ^ "Nikki Reed and Pual McDonald Married". http://www.usmagazine.com/celebritynews/news/nikki-reed-paul-mcdonald-get-married-20111610. Retrieved 2011-10-16.
- ^ Depp, Elizabeth (June 5, 2011). "Exclusive Interview with Jackson Rathbone from Twilight". About.com. http://www.okmagazine.com/2011/06/twilights-jackson-rathbone-on-nikki-reeds-fiance-paul-mcdonald-is-an-awesome-guy/. Retrieved June 7, 2011.
- ^ "Alexa Vega Twitter". Twitter. 2011-10-09. http://twitter.com/#!/alexavega/status/122152577004609536. Retrieved 2011-10-16.
- ^ "Twilight star Nikki Reed pens her own blog". hollywoodnews.com. 2011-02-21. http://www.hollywoodnews.com/2011/02/20/twilight-star-nikki-reed-pens-her-own-blog/#comment-20690. Retrieved 2011-03-27.
- ^ "So…". 2011-08-25. http://iamnikkireed.com/2011/08/so/. Retrieved 2011-09-09.
- ^ "What is WhoSay?". https://my.whosay.com/log-in/. Retrieved 2011-09-09.
- ^ "Nikki Reed Helps Do Something.org". News. http://twilight-review.com/nikki-reed-helps-somethingorg/. Retrieved 3 August 2011.
- ^ "Give A Shit". http://www.give-a-shit.org/. Retrieved 2011-08-05.
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