Nikki Reed

Date of Birth

17 May 1988, West Los Angeles, California, USA

Birth Name

Nicole Houston Reed

Height

5′ 4½” (1.64 m)

Trade Mark

Often plays characters that have grown up too fast, are very adventurous and somewhat damaged.

Chapstick – she uses it for everything.

Trivia

Daughter of Seth Reed

Thirteen (2003), which was written by Reed and the director, is a partially autobiographical film about Reed’s rebellious life as a thirteen year old.

According to an interview with Yen magazine, Nikki’s father, Seth Reed, is of Jewish heritage, while her mother, Cheryl Houston, a hairdresser, has Italian and Cherokee Native American ancestry. Nikki was raised mostly in her father’s Jewish religion.

Has an older brother, Nathan August Reed, who was born on November 23, 1986.

Her parents divorced when she was just two years old

She grew up in Culver City, California, where her mother still resides.

Nikki wrote the script for Thirteen (2003) in six days while she was on Winter Holiday.

She loves to go horseback riding

She moved out on her own when she was 14.

Close friends with Thirteen (2003) co-star Evan Rachel Wood, and with director Catherine Hardwicke.

Lived in Ruma, IL for 1 year. Did not live in IL at any other time but does visit once a year if possible.

Her favorite food is sushi.

Just appeared in Last Day of Summer (2009) with Adam Scarimbolo.

Close friends with Twilight co-stars Kellan Lutz, Taylor Lautner, Peter Facinelli, Elizabeth Reaser, Kristen Stewart, Ashley Greene, and Jackson Rathbone.