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My Take
What impresses me most about Nikki Reed is not Twilight, though playing Rosalie made her famous. It is that as a teenager she co-wrote Thirteen, turning her own turbulent adolescence into raw, unsparing cinema and winning an Independent Spirit Award for the performance. That kind of self-exposure takes nerve most adults never find. I see the same instinct in everything since: writing, producing, and building a sustainable jewelry brand rather than coasting on franchise fame. She strikes me as someone who treats celebrity as a tool, not an identity. If she returns to writing personal films, I suspect her second act could outshine the vampire years entirely.
Overview
Nikki Reed is an American actress, screenwriter, and entrepreneur best known for her role as Rosalie Hale in The Twilight Saga (2008–12). Reed rose to prominence when she starred in and co-wrote the psychological drama film Thirteen (2003) with director Catherine Hardwicke, for which she won Best Breakthrough Performance and was nominated for Best First Screenplay at the 19th Independent Spirit Awards.
Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Nikki Reed
- Name (Japanese)
- ニッキー・リード
- Reading
- にっきー・りーど
- Born
- May 17, 1988 (age 38)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Taurus / Dragon
- Origin
- West Los Angeles, California, United States
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- 163 cm
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- television actor / film actor / actor / screenwriter / film producer
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Alexander Hamilton High School
- University
- Private
Awards & achievements
- Young Hollywood Awards
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
5. Works & records
| Category | Title | Role | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| Notable work | The Twilight Saga | — | |
| Notable work | Mini's First Time | — | |
| Notable work | Sleepy Hollow | — | |
| Notable work | Lords of Dogtown | — |
6. Links
Television actor — see all → · Film actor — see all → · More people from United States →
7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-11
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.