Howard replaced Nicole Kidman in the Dogville (2003) sequel, Manderlay (2005). Night Shyamalan was impressed by her performance in a Broadway play and cast her, without an audition, as a female lead in his two thrillers: The Village (2004) and Lady in the Water (2006). She made her feature-film debut as Heather, a supporting role in Book of Love (2004) by director Alan Brown. Young Howard appeared in three of her father's films as an extra, including her appearance as a child together with her mother in Apollo 13 (1995). At that time, she performed in Broadway productions of classical plays by George Bernard Shaw, William Shakespeare and Anton Chekhov. From 1999-2003, she studied at the Stella Adler Conservatory and at the New York University Tisch School of Arts and graduated with a BFA degree in Drama in 2003. She applied to drama school as Bryce Dallas, dropping her last name to eschew special treatment because of association with her renowned father. She attended the prestigious Steppenwolf School and Stagedoor Manor Performing Arts camp at Catskills, together with her friend, Natalie Portman. At that time, she discovered existentialism and devoured books by Albert Camus and Jean-Paul Sartre. She attended Greenwich Country Day School, and Byram Hills High School in Armonk, New York. During most of her childhood, she really did not have much access to a TV. Howard was raised in Greenwich, Connecticut, because her parents decided to raise their four children as far away from the trappings of showbiz milieu as possible. Her ancestry includes German, English, Scottish, and Irish. She also has two younger twin sisters, Jocelyn and Paige Howard (also an actress), born in 1985, and a brother, Reed Howard, born in 1987. Her famous relatives include her uncle, actor Clint Howard, and her grandparents, actors Rance Howard and Jean Speegle Howard. Her mother is actress and writer Cheryl Howard (née Alley). Her father, Ron Howard, is a former actor turned Oscar-winning director.
She was conceived in Dallas, Texas (the reason for her middle name).
Bryce Dallas Howard was born on March 2, 1981, in Los Angeles, California.
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