50 facts about Bryce Dallas Howard: she and her siblings were babysat by family friend Tom Cruise

50 facts from life of an actress Bryce Dallas Howard.

1. Howard's middle name comes from the city where she was conceived.

2. Was born on March 2, 1981, Los Angeles, California, to director Ron Howard.

3. Played Victoria in the third Twilight film.

4. Wanted to pursue acting from a young age and graduated from NYU's Tisch School of Arts in 2003.

5. Married her longtime boyfriend actor Seth Gabel in 2006.

6. Gave birth in February 2007 to their son Theodore Norman Howard Gabel.

7. Is the oldest of four children.

8. His mother Cheryl is also actress.

9. Middle names of her three other siblings come from the cities where they were concieved.

10. Attended the renowned Stagedoor Manor Performing Arts camp in the Catskills region of New York.

11. Is a close friend Natalie Portman.

12. Knew from an early age she wanted to be an actress.

13. Howard is the third generation of her family to act.

14. Her grandparents, Rance and Jean Speegle Howard, both took to the stage.

15. Was cast in his first movie when he was just 18 months old.

16. Her uncle Clint who is Ron Howard's brother, is an actor as well.

17. Howard is the goddaughter of Henry Winkler, who co-starred with her father in the ABC sitcom, Happy Days.

18. Bryce's parents were cautious about their children getting too close to the Hollywood limelight too soon to keep their childhood as normal as possible.

19. Bryce Howard and her siblings grew up in Greenwich, Connecticut, far from Hollywood's glare.

20. Learned from her father what it took to navigate the film world life.

21. Considered dropping her last name.

22. She earned a BFA in drama in 2003 at the Tisch School of Arts at New York University

23. She was part of several Broadway productions.

24. Appeared with her mom in 1995 in the film, Apollo 13.

25. The movie was directed by her father.

26. After graduating from NYU she took a supporting role as Heather in Book of Love.

27. She appeared twice in Shyamalan projects, The Village, and Lady in Water.

28. Sometimes Howard goes by the nickname Bry.

29. Was one of the stars in the third Spiderman movie, playing Gwen Stacy.

30. She was a vegan.

31. After M. Night Shyamalan saw her play in a Broadway play, she didn't even have to audition.

32. Her and her husband dated together for over five years.

33. Howard did all of her own stunts for the crane scene from Spider-Man 3.

34. She was pregnant during filming stunts for Spider-Man 3, she dind't know she was pregnant at that time.

35. Her first passion for writing before she get into acting.

36. Decided to become vegan after she saw Earthlings.

37. Was the first celebrity face for Kate Spade.

38. She admires Meryl Streep, Susan Sarandon, Cate Blanchett, Glenn Close, among many others.

39. Directed a video for M83 called "Claudia Lewis."

40. "Keeping Up With the Kardashians," is her guiltiest pleasure.

41. She switched her vegan diet to vegetarian in order to help boost her amino acid levels in preparation for her pregnancy.

42. Due to a rare medical condition she developed after her pregnancy, she now eats meat.

43. She is good friends with Kirsten Dunst, Jessica Chastain and Jake Gyllenhaal.

44. She doesn't drink. She credits seeing the negative effects of alcoholism in her family as the reason behind the decision.

45. Met her husband at New York University.

46. Actor Josh Gad is her son Theo godfather.

47. Openly discussed having experienced post-partum depression.

48. Gave birth to the couple's second child, daughter Beatrice Jean Howard-Gabel, on January 19, 2012.

49. She came to know Natalie Portman while both attended Stagedoor Manor.

50. In an appearance on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, she mentioned that she and her siblings were babysat by family friend Tom Cruise on several occasions.