About Nikki Reed
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. == Early life == Reed's mother is Cherokee-Italian whereas her father, a set designer, is Jewish. Reed was raised without religion but has identified as Jewish. She grew up around some Jewish practices, as her brother had a Bar Mitzvah. Reed has said in numerous interviews that her early home life was "pretty complicated". Her parents divorced when Reed was two, after her mother found her father in bed with another man. She was raised by her mother. In 2002, when Reed was 14 years old, she moved out of her mother's house and began living on her own, mainly in apartments in the Los Angeles area. After Thirteen's success, Reed returned to Alexander Hamilton High School in Los Angeles, but dropped out again after a year.
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