Bryce Dallas Howard

American film actress, director, producer, and writer, who made her acting debut as an extra in her father Ron Howard's film Parenthood (1989) and went on to have small roles in films and make stage appearances for the next several years. After she came to the attention of M. Night Shyamalan, he cast her in what would be her breakout film, the psychological thriller The Village (2004) and then in the fantasy thriller Lady in the Water (2006). Howard met actor Seth Gabel at New York University and the two dated for five years before marrying on 17 June 2006. She had only one previous boyfriend and claims to have pursued Gabel vigorously after first meeting him. They had planned to start a family together in their 30s; however, seven days after their wedding, she learned that she was expecting their first child. Howard gave birth to their son named Theodore, nicknamed Theo, on 16 February 2007. Howard openly discussed having experienced post-partum depression. With the help of a physician and a therapist she recovered from the depression, which lasted for about 18 months. Howard gave birth to the couple's second child, daughter Beatrice, on 19 January 2012. Link to Wikipedia biography