Date of Birth

17 May 1988, West Los Angeles, California, USA

Birth Name

Nicole Houston Reed

Nickname

Nik

Height

5' 7½" (1.71 m)

Trade Mark

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

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.

Her mother is a hairdresser

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.

Personal Quotes

"I didn't know when I finished Thirteen (2003) that I wanted to be an actress. I went back to high school, and then I realized I missed it. I had fallen in love with being on the set".

"I had hoped that girls all over the world would relate to Thirteen (2003). But I had no idea that girls I was sitting next to went through the same-things I did".

Where Are They Now

(September 2003) A High School sophomore (class of 2006) in Los Angeles, California.

(October 2004) A high school junior in West Los Angeles, California.

~ Updated: 2008-06-11 ~