• Beating the Crap Out Of Robert Pattinson Edward

  E! Online - Found 1 hour ago "I hope the fans will forgive me for attempting to kill their beloved Bella." ? Nikki Reed insisted on wearing a wig for New Moon. Beating the Crap Out Of Robert Pattinson Edward - EOnline.com Explore All

• Checking In With Kellan Lutz And Nikki Reed At The New York City ...

  MTV - Found 8 hours ago FROM HOLLYWOOD CRUSH: After months of filming in rain-drenched Portland, Oregon and Vancouver, " New Moon " stars Nikki Reed and Kellan Lutz must Video: More on the ?New Moon? New York premiere - MSNBC Video: 'New Moon' stars on playing vampires - MSNBC Kellan Lutz and Nikki Reed Greet Fans At New York 'New Moon' Event - MTV Twilight's Reed To Make Directorial Debut - IMDB Explore All

  MTV

• Rob & Kristen Keep Their Distance at New Moon Screening

  People - Found 6 hours ago After Pattinson went into the theater, Stewart (dressed in Valentino) arrived and posed for pictures with costar Nikki Reed ? then skipped the Video: Robert, Taylor and Kristen hit the New York ?New Moon? ... - MSNBC Werewolves inject life into 'New Moon,' but sequel still sputters - USA Today Rob & Kristen Keep Their Distance at New Moon Screening - People 'New Moon' breaks midnight screening record - Hollywood Reporter Explore All

  Salt Lake Tribune

• <3 Kellan Lutz Promotes in Double Denim

  Denimology - Found 14 hours ago Aaaaahhhhhhhh!!!!!!!" has got to be what my boyfriend Kellan Lutz and co-star Nikki Reed heard as they signed autographs on ''The...

• The Vampire's Guide to Vancouver

  People - Found Nov. 19, 2009 Nikki Reed, her beau Paris Latsis, and Elizabeth Reaser were also at the show. Visit: backstagelounge.com? Tropika Nikki Reed and Elizabeth...

• Will the Twilight Kids Have "Real" Acting Careers?

  E! Online - Found Nov. 18, 2009 Nikki Reed: The Next Drew Barrymore? Work with me, here. Reed first broke out with Thirteen, an indie movie she cowrote, which was loosely based...

• Nikki Reed: Boyfriend Paris Latsis Changed Me

  People - Found Nov. 17, 2009 But Nikki Reed says she feels drastically different this time around, thanks to boyfriend Paris Latsis. Hair Obsession of the Day: Nikki Reed?s Updo from the New Moon ... - Glamour Magazine ?Twilight' actress Reed doesn't want her life to be an open book - Louisville Courier-Journal Twilight' co-star Nikki Reed doesn't want her life to be an open ... - Modesto Bee Explore All

  Louisville Courier-Journal

• Edward or Jacob? Celebs take sides in Twilight debate

  New Zealand Herald - Found Nov. 16, 2009 He's warm, it's easy, there's no problems there." Nikki Reed: "[Jacob] is warm and sweet and kind and loves [Bella] exactly the way she is... Team Edward or Jacob? Zac Efron, Kim Kardashian & Others Weigh In - People Team Edward or Jacob? Zac Efron, Kim Kardashian & Others Weigh In - People Edward or Jacob? Celebrities take sides in the ultimate Twilight ... - New Zealand Herald Explore All

  People

• Twilight Rewind: Hot Dish From the Cast Last Year!

  EOnline.com - Found Nov. 16, 2009 Or not at all (you'll love the Nikki Reed tidbit): ROBERT PATTINSON How do you handle the fame and all of these screaming girls?

• Bitch-Back! What's Eating Angie?

  EOnline.com - Found Nov. 14, 2009 Robsten?the real deal obviously...They are serious. Rob/Nikki Reed?exes and one of them is bitter. Ashley Greene/Kellan Lutz?friends only.

Nicole Houston "Nikki" Reed¹ (born May 17, 1988)² is an American film 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 film adaptation of the book Twilight by Stephenie Meyer, and its sequels New Moon and Eclipse.

Early life

Reed was born in West Los Angeles, California, the daughter of Cheryl Houston, a beautician, and Seth Reed, a set designer. She has an older brother, Nathan. Reed's father is Jewish and her mother is of Cherokee and Italian descent; Reed was raised without religion,³ though she grew up around Judaism (her brother had a Bar Mitzvah).⁴⁵

Reed has described her home life as "complicated." Her parents divorced when she was two, and she grew up with her mother.⁶ She describes herself as having been "shy and a bookworm," but at the age of 12, while attending Palms Middle School, she became rebellious and emotionally volatile. The relationship between Reed and her mother became strained when Reed experimented with drugs, alcohol, and sex. At the age of 14, Reed was emancipated; she then moved out and began living on her own. She had no specific desire to become an actress.

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.⁶ The film, starring Evan Rachel Wood, was released in 2003 to glowing reviews, giving Reed 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.⁷

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."⁷ 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.⁶

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.⁶

On February 12, 2008, it was announced that Reed would portray Rosalie Hale in the movie version 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).⁸

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.⁹ The film, directed by Stewart's mother, takes place in a dorm of the Los Angeles County Jail, and will feature both Stewart and Reed as male characters.¹⁰¹¹

Personal life

After Thirteen's success, Reed returned to her Los Angeles 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.⁶ Reed was subsequently home-schooled, and she eventually received her high-school diploma.⁶ Reed divides her time between New York City and Los Angeles.⁶

Filmography

References

External links

• Nikki Reed at the Internet Movie Database
• Reed interview, 2003, FindArticles