Nicole Houston
Reed (born May 17, 1988) is an American film actress and
screenwriter. She became known as an actress and
screenwriter in 2003, after the release of the film
Thirteen, and has since appeared in several low-budget
films, including Lords of Dogtown and Mini's First Time.
Early life: Reed was born in Los Angeles,
California, the daughter of Seth Reed, a set designer,
and Cheryl Houston, a hairdresser; she has an older
brother, Nathan. Reed's father is Jewish and her mother
has Cherokee Native American and Italian ancestry. Reed
grew up with the Jewish religion, as her brother had a
Bar Mitzvah, although it has been noted that she has
"questioned religion". She wears contact
lenses and glasses.
Reed has described her home life as
"complicated". Her parents divorced when she
was two, and she grew up with her mother. At the age of
fourteen, Reed moved out and began living on her own.
She has since noted that during this time, she
"grew up very fast", was "mature and
responsible", as well as a "shy kid" and
a "bookworm" who had no specific desire to
become an actress. Director Catherine Hardwicke was
Reed's father's ex-girlfriend, and also a close friend
of Reed's family. Hardwicke asked Nikki to co-write a
teenage comedy script. Reed, however, eventually wrote a
serious dramatic script based on the experiences she
went through as a teenager.
Career: Reed and Hardwicke finished the script
for the semibiographical film, Thirteen, in six days, a
relatively fast time for a Hollywood script to be
written. Producers asked Reed to play a role in the film
because they had trouble casting it, considering it an
"uncomfortable" role for most young actresses.
The film, also starring Evan Rachel Wood, was filmed and
released in 2003 to glowing reviews, giving Reed
recognition in Hollywood as both an actress and a
screenwriter. Following the film's release, Reed also
appeared on The Ellen DeGeneres Show, and hosted a
number of award shows, including the Young Hollywood
Awards (2003), and the Independent Spirits Awards
Nomination Show, followed by the West Independent
Spirits Awards, both in 2004.
Reed has continued to participate in racy roles that
involve the portrayal of sexually promiscuous teenagers,
including Lords of Dogtown, also directed by Hardwicke.
In early 2006, she appeared on the series The O.C.,
playing Sadie, a new love interest for the character
Ryan Atwood. Reed has noted that she disagrees with what
she describes as the "trendy and shallow
things" that The O.C. promotes, and that she
appeared in the series because of advice from her
agents.
Her most recent film role is in Mini's First Time, which
received a limited release in the United States on July
14, 2006. In the film, Reed plays a teenager who,
through seduction, involves her step-father in a plot to
murder her mother. Reed has noted that her character
does not "understand the weight of
consequence", and that she enjoyed playing someone
who she describes as "crass" and having a
"trucker's mouth".[6] Reed's character
participates in explicit sex scenes, which had to be
filmed from the point of view of Reed's back, as she was
sixteen at the time and thus legally unable to film her
scenes in a more explicit manner.
Reed has written another script, which may soon be
produced, set in New Zealand between the 1960s and the
1980s. Reed has noted that she feels she is a versatile
actress, but feels typecast in roles of "sexy bad
girls", noting that producers often tell her that
she is too "sexy" for a particular part.
Personal life: After Thirteen's success, Reed
returned to her Los Angeles high school, but dropped out
again after a year. She cited her experiences, involving
"mothers [who] were sneaking into the school at
lunchtime to confront and harass me about the film"
as the reason for her departure. Reed was subsequently
home-schooled, and eventually received her high school
diploma.
Reed, who resides in New York City and Los Angeles,
began dating actor Victor Rasuk after meeting him on the
set of Lords of Dogtown but they are no longer together.
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