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All of us at Twiligthseries.co.za would like to wish Nikki Reed a very Happy 22nd Birthday today

Nicole “Nikki” Houston-Reed was born on 17th May 1988, in West Los Angeles, California, to Cheryl Houston (a beautician) & Seth Reed (a set designer).  She has an older brother, Nathan August Reed.  Her father is Jewish and her mother is of Cherokee and Italian descent and although she was raised without religion, she has described herself as Jewish and grew up around Judaism.   She has stated that her early home life was complicated.  Her parents divorced when she was two, and she grew up with her mother.  She describes herself as having been “shy and a bookworm”, but at the age of 12, while attending Palms Middle School, she became rebellious and emotionally volatile.  The relationship between Reed and her mother became strained.  At the age of 14, Reed was emancipated and began living on her own.  She had no desire to become an actress.

Reed and director Catherine Hardwicke finished the script for the semi-autobiographical film Thirteen in six days, a relatively short 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, starring Evan Rachel Wood, was released in 2003 to glowing reviews, giving Reed recognition in Hollywood as both an actress and a screenwriter.

Reed has continued to portray sexually promiscuous teenagers, including her character in 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 noted she disagreed with the “trendy and shallow things” that The O.C. promoted, and that she appeared in the series only on the advice of her agents. Coincidentally, Reed appeared on The O.C. at the same time as later Twilight co-stars Cam Gigandet and Jackson Rathbone. Gigandet and Reed shared a brief scene together in which it was implied that their characters had a past relationship.

One of her most distinctive roles was in Mini’s First Time, which received a limited release in the United States on July 14, 2006. In the film, Reed played a teenager who, through seduction, involves her stepfather 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.” 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 16 at the time and thus legally unable to film her scenes in a more explicit manner.

On February 12, 2008, it was announced that Reed would portray Rosalie Hale in the movie version of Twilight, which was directed by Catherine Hardwicke. In June 2008, Reed wrote a letter to her fans, thanking them for supporting her through the controversy that surrounded her, a brunette, being cast as Rosalie (described as a blonde).  She died her hair blonde for Twilight but wore wigs for New Moon & Eclipse, where she reprises her role as Rosalie Hale.

So join us in wishing her a wonderful birthday & many more