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Traylor Howard
Photography of actor Traylor Howard, 2005
Howard during a visit to Kandahar Airfield, Afghanistan, on December 19, 2005
Born
Traylor Elizabeth Howard

(1966-06-14) June 14, 1966 (age 58)[1]
Orlando, Florida, U.S.
EducationLake Highland Preparatory School
Alma materFlorida State University
OccupationActress
Years active1991–present
Spouses
Cameron B. Hall
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(m. 1990, divorced)​
Christian Navarro
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(m. 2003; div. 2005)​
Jarel Portman
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(m. 2011)​
Children2

Traylor Elizabeth Howard[2] (born June 14, 1966)[1] is an American actress. From 2005 to 2009, Howard played Natalie Teeger in the USA Network television series Monk. She has also starred on the sitcoms Boston Common (1996–1997) and Two Guys and a Girl (1998–2001), while her film credits include Dirty Work (1998), Me, Myself & Irene (2000), and Son of the Mask (2005).

Early life

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Traylor Elizabeth Howard was born on June 14, 1966, in Orlando, Florida, to Peggy (née Traylor[3]) and Robert M. Howard, Jr.[2] She is the middle of three children, with an older brother, John R. Howard,[4] and a younger brother. She attended Lake Highland Preparatory School,[5] and worked at SeaWorld Orlando as a teenager.[6] After graduating from Florida State University with a degree in communications, advertising, and English, Howard moved to Los Angeles, California, where she worked for a public relations firm and a greeting card company while performing in local theater productions.[7]

Career

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While in high school, Howard appeared in a Juicy Fruit chewing gum commercial.[7] She officially began her career in 1994 when she appeared in one of the AT&T Corporation's "You Will" television commercials.[citation needed]

Howard landed her first major television role in 1996 for the NBC sitcom Boston Common, portraying Joy Byrnes, a doctoral student and the love interest of Anthony Clark's Boyd Pritchett, throughout the show's two-season run. Her hometown newspaper, The Orlando Sentinel, panned the show as "magna cum lousy."[8]

From 1998 to 2001, Howard starred as Sharon Carter, the titular "girl" of the ABC sitcom Two Guys and a Girl (titled Two Guys, a Girl and a Pizza Place for the first two seasons), opposite Ryan Reynolds and Richard Ruccolo.[9][10]

In 1998, Howard starred as the romantic lead in the film Dirty Work opposite Norm Macdonald.

In 2000, Howard appeared in the film Me, Myself & Irene as Jim Carrey's adulterous bride.[11] She also featured in Foo Fighters' music video "Breakout", which served as a tie-in to the song's appearance in the film. That same year, Howard performed in the play How I Fell in Love by playwright Joel Field at the Williamstown Theater Festival in North Adams, Massachusetts.[12] It was reported that actor George Clooney visited Howard during her time at the festival.[13]

In 2002, Howard starred in the short-lived sitcom Bram & Alice alongside Alfred Molina.[14] That same year, she made a guest appearance in the third season of The West Wing.

In 2005, Howard starred in the film Son of the Mask.[15]

From 2005 to 2009, Howard starred opposite Tony Shalhoub on the USA Network comedy-drama detective series Monk as the titular character's faithful assistant, Natalie Teeger.[16] Following Monk's conclusion, Howard stepped back from acting to spend more time with her children.[17]

Howard reprised her role as Natalie Teeger in Peacock's At-Home Variety Show short episode "Mr. Monk Shelters in Place" and Monk follow-up film Mr. Monk's Last Case: A Monk Movie, which were released on May 11, 2020, and December 8, 2023, respectively.[18][19][20]

Personal life

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In 1991, Howard married Cameron B. Hall in Orlando, Florida. The couple then lived in Beverly Hills, California.[21][2][22]

In April 2003, Howard married wine merchant Christian Navarro. The couple divorced in 2005.[21][23]

In November 2006, Howard gave birth to a son, Sabu.[21][24][25]

In 2011, Howard married Jarel Portman, son of architect John C. Portman Jr. They have a son, Julien.[21][26]

In July 2019, Howard was interviewed by Jane Mayer for a New Yorker piece detailing sexual misconduct allegations against former United States Senator Al Franken, with whom Howard performed on a USO tour in 2005. Howard defended Franken, saying, "I get the whole #MeToo thing, and a whole lot of horrible stuff has happened, and it needed to change. But that's not what was happening here. Franken is a good man."[27]

Filmography

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Film

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Year Film Role Notes
1994 Till the End of the Night Fran Credited as Traylor H. Hall
1998 Confessions of a Sexist Pig Anne Henning Alternative title: Taste of Love
1998 Dirty Work Kathy
2000 Me, Myself & Irene Layla Baileygates
2005 Son of the Mask Tonya Avery
2016 Simon Says Save the Climate! Polar Bear Voice

Television

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Year Title Role Notes
1994 Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman Dr. Heller's Office Temp Episode: "Madame Ex"
1996 Buddies Melissa[12] Uncredited
1996–1997 Boston Common Joy Byrnes 32 episodes
1998–2001 Two Guys and a Girl Sharon Carter 81 episodes
2002 The West Wing Lisa Sherborne Episode: "100,000 Airplanes"
2002 First Monday Ashley Riverton Episode: "Right to Die"
2002 The Division Sarah Franzen Episode: "Remembrance"
2002 Bram & Alice Alice O'Connor 8 episodes
2005–2009 Monk Natalie Teeger 87 episodes
Gracie Allen Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress – Comedy Series (2009)
2007 Monk Webisodes Episode: "Mr. Monk Goes to the Gym"
2010 Nolan Knows Best Julie Nolan Pilot[28]
2020 Peacock Presents: The At-Home Variety Show Featuring Seth MacFarlane Natalie Teeger Episode: "Mr. Monk Shelters in Place"
2023 Mr. Monk's Last Case: A Monk Movie TV movie

Stage

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Year Title Role Venue
2000 How I Fell In Love Nessa Williamstown Theater Festival

Music video

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Year Title Role Notes
2000 Foo Fighters – "Breakout" Herself

References

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  1. ^ a b "Today in History: June 14". Metro. The Boston Globe. Associated Press. June 14, 2023. Actor Traylor Howard is 57
  2. ^ a b c "Hall - Howard". Boca Raton News. August 5, 1990. pp. 7E. Retrieved August 24, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ "...And The Bride Wore Something Blue". Orlando Evening Star. 30 July 1962. pp. 1–B – via Newspapers.com. The former Peggy Traylor, now Mrs. Robert McIntosh Howard Jr., ...
  4. ^ "Hitching Post Flag Announces Birth". Orlando Evening Star. pp. 3–A. Retrieved August 25, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ Abbott, Jim (March 8, 1996). "'Boston Common' has Orlando link, via L.A." Television. Orlando Sentinel. pp. E-4. Retrieved August 25, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ^ "'Girl' and her dolphin". Orlando Sentinel. June 27, 1999. pp. A-2. Retrieved August 24, 2023.
  7. ^ a b "Star Spotlight: Traylor Howard". TV Preview. The Marshall (TX) News Messenger. February 2, 1997. p. 11. Retrieved 24 August 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. ^ Boedeker, Hal (21 March 1996). "Campus sitcom 'Boston' is uncommonly bad". Television. The Orlando Sentinel. pp. E-6. Retrieved 24 August 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. ^ Kiesewetter, John (2 March 1998). Pearce, Sara (ed.). "TV's Spring Training". Tempo. The Cincinnati Enquirer. pp. C1–C2. Retrieved 24 August 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  10. ^ Moore, Frazier (4 March 1998). "Shows share theme, not results". Sports. The Sheboygan (WI) Press. Associated Press. pp. B6. Retrieved 24 August 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  11. ^ Boyar, Jay (23 June 2000). "Carrey times 2". Movies. The Orlando Sentinel. p. 16. Retrieved 24 August 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  12. ^ a b "'How I fell in love' at WTF". Entertainment. North Adams Transcript. 7 July 2000. pp. B6. Retrieved 24 August 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  13. ^ "Clooney sees 'Love'". The Orlando Sentinel. 20 July 2000. pp. A-2. Retrieved 25 August 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  14. ^ Boedeker, Hal (16 May 2002). "CBS hopes to cash in on the allure of crime". Life & Times. The Orlando Sentinel. pp. E2. Retrieved 24 August 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  15. ^ "Detail view of Movies Page". AFI Catalog of Feature Films. Archived from the original on December 12, 2022. Retrieved June 24, 2021.
  16. ^ Lee, Luaine (10 November 2009). "'Monk' role has been a dream job for Traylor Howard". PopMatters. Archived from the original on 2017-07-01. Retrieved 23 May 2016. (archived 2017)
  17. ^ Jason Gray-Stanford (May 21, 2021). "The Randy Disher Podcast: Traylor Howard". www.TheRandyDisherPodcast.com (Podcast). The Randy Disher Podcast. Event occurs at 01:16:20. Retrieved March 9, 2024.
  18. ^ Barsanti, Sam (May 11, 2020). "Adrian Monk is back and more miserable than ever in Peacock's first At-Home Variety Show short". news.avclub.com. Retrieved 2020-05-11.
  19. ^ "Monk Is Coming Back — Get Ready for an All-New Monk Movie on Peacock". Peacock Blog. 2023-03-30. Retrieved 2023-08-25.
  20. ^ Silva, Gabriela (23 August 2023). "Mr. Monk's Last Case: Everything we know about the Monk movie". Dexerto. Retrieved 2023-08-25.
  21. ^ a b c d Ford, Tom (2024-02-22). "What happened to Traylor Howard? Net Worth, Height, Children". The Biography. Retrieved 2024-05-04.
  22. ^ "Hall-Howard". The Orlando Sentinel. 3 February 1991. pp. K-8. Retrieved 24 August 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  23. ^ "Monk Star's Husband Seeks Divorce". South Florida Sun Sentinel. 18 March 2005. pp. 4A – via Newspapers.com.
  24. ^ "Traylor Howard welcomes a son". Peoplemag. Retrieved 2024-05-04.
  25. ^ Lynch, Lorrie (15 April 2007). "Who's News". USA Weekend. Florida Today (Magazine). USA Today. p. 2. Retrieved 25 August 2023.
  26. ^ Green, Josh (May 18, 2014). "Building on his father's legacy" (PDF). The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. p. 2. Retrieved February 1, 2016.
  27. ^ Mayer, Jane (19 July 2019). "The Case of Al Franken". The New Yorker.
  28. ^ "Shows A-Z - nolan knows best on abc". TheFutonCritic.com. 2010-06-05. Retrieved 2020-05-14.
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