Bryce Dallas Howard

Bryce Dallas Howard
Howard in 2018
Born	(1981-03-02) March 2, 1981 (age 43) Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Alma mater	New York University (BFA)
Occupations	Actress director
Years active	2003–present
Spouse	Seth Gabel ​ (m. 2006)​
Children	2
Parents	Ron Howard (father) Cheryl Alley (mother)
Relatives	Paige Howard (sister) Clint Howard (uncle) Rance Howard (grandfather) Jean Speegle Howard (grandmother)
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Bryce Dallas Howard (born March 2, 1981) is an American actress and director. Howard is the eldest child of filmmaker Ron Howard. She studied acting at the New York University Tisch School of the Arts, and while portraying Rosalind in a 2003 production of As You Like It, Howard caught the attention of director M. Night Shyamalan, who cast her as a blind girl in the thriller The Village (2004) and a naiad in Lady in the Water (2006).

Howard's performance in Kenneth Branagh's As You Like It (2006) earned her a Golden Globe Award nomination and she subsequently appeared as Gwen Stacy in Sam Raimi's superhero film Spider-Man 3 (2007). She went on to appear as Kate Connor in the action film Terminator Salvation (2009) and as Victoria in the fantasy film The Twilight Saga: Eclipse (2010). Howard emerged a star with her role as Claire Dearing in the top-grossing Jurassic World trilogy (2015–2022). She also appeared in Pete's Dragon (2016); and Rocketman (2019). Additionally, Howard directed the documentary Dads (2019), and episodes of the Disney+ space western series The Mandalorian (2019–present) and The Book of Boba Fett (2022).