HOT - Bryce Dallas Howard

Bryce Dallas Howard was born March 2, 1981 in Los Angeles, California.  She is most famous for playing Ivy Walker in The Village, the "Lady" in Lady in the Water, and Victoria in The Twilight Saga: Eclipse. Bryce is the daughter of actor, director, and producer Ron Howard.

Bryce Dallas Howard has starred in The Village, Lady in the Water, and Spider Man 3, and Twilight: Eclipse

Bryce made her acting debut at eight years old, making a minor appearance in her father's directorial of Parenthood in 1989.  Parenthood starred Steve Martin, Mary Steenburgen, Dianne Wiest, Keanu Reeves, Rick Moranis, Jason Robards, Joaquin Phoenix, and Martha Plimpton.

Six years later, Bryce would make another minor appearance in the film Apollo 13 starring Tom Hanks, Bill Paxton, Kevin Bacon, Ed Harris, and Gary Sinise (1995).

She would get her first credited role in How the Grinch Stole Christmas starring Jim Carrey, Taylor Momsen, Christine Baranski, Clint Howard, Molly Shannon, Jeffrey Tambor, Bill Irwin, Rance Howard, Ron Howard, Rachel Winfree, and Jeremy Howard (2000).

Bryce's career started to pick up when she landed a role in Book of Love co-starring Frances O'Connor, Simon Baker and Gregory Smith (2004).  She landed the starring role of Ivy in The Village in 2004.  She co-starred with Sigourney Weaver, William Hurt, Joaquin Phoenix, and Adrien Brody.

Bryce Dallas Howard in The Village 2004

Bryce Dallas Howard, daughter of director, producer, and actor Ron Howard of Happy Days fame

The leading roles would continue as she starred in Manderlay with Isaach De Bankolé, Lauren Bacall, Danny Glover, Willem Dafoe, and Michaël Abiteboul (2005); Lady in the Water co-starring Paul Giamatti, Jeffrey Wright, Sarita Choudhury, Bob Balaban, and Cindy Cheung (2006); As You Like It co-starring Takuya Shimada, Brian Blessed, Alfred Molina, Richard Clifford, Romola Garai, Patrick Doyle, and Kevin Kline (2006); Spider-Man 3 co-starring Tobey Maguire, Kirsten Dunst, Topher Grace, James Franco, J.K. Simmons, Rosemary Harris, and James Cromwell (2007).

Bryce Dallas Howard starred in Lady in the Water 2006

Bryce Dallas Howard in Spider Man 3 20070

In 2008, Bryce would star in Good Dick with Marianna Palka, Jason Ritter, Tom Arnold, Eric Edelstein, Mark Webber, and Martin Starr (2008); The Loss of a Teardrop Diamond co-starring Chris Evans, Will Patton, Ann-Margret, Ellen Burstyn, Mamie Gummer, Jessica Collins, and Marin Ireland (2008); Family Guy starring Seth MacFarlane, Alex Borstein, Seth Green, Mila Kunis, and Drew Barrymore (voice, 2009), and Terminator Salvation co-starring Christian Bale, Sam Worthington, Anton Yelchin, Helena Bonham Carter, Moon Bloodgood, and Jane Alexander (2009).

In 2010, Bryce starred as Victoria in The Twilight Saga: Eclipse along with Kristen Stewart, Robert Pattinson, Taylor Lautner, Xavier Samuel, Billy Burke, Anna Kendrick, Ashley Greene, Michael Welch, and Christian Serratos.  That same year she also starred in Hereafter with Matt Damon, Cécile De France, Thierry Neuvic, Lisa Griffiths, Jessica Griffiths, Cyndi Mayo Davis, Jay Mohr, and Richard Kind.

Bryce Dallas Howard as Victoria in Twilight: Eclipse 2010

More recently in 2011, Bryce starred in The Help with Emma Stone, Viola Davis, Ahna O'Reilly, Octavia Spencer, Jessica Chastain, Allison Janney, Sissy Spacek, Cicely Tyson, and Chris Lowell; and 50/50 co-starring Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Seth Rogen, Anna Kendrick, Andrew Airlie, and Anjelica Huston.

Bryce Dallas Howard is currently one of Hollywood's hottest stars

No doubt we will be seeing much more of this shining star.