With girls, friendships are hard because you have to learn to get to a maturity level to love them but not want to be them.

She has an older brother Nathan August Reed. The film starring Evan Rachel Wood was released in 2003 with positive reviews giving Reed some recognition in Hollywood as both an actress and a screenwriter. She cited her experiences involving "mothers who were sneaking into the school at lunchtime to confront and harass her about the film" as the reason for her departure.

She is married to musician Paul McDonald. Nicole Houston "Nikki" Reed (born May 17 1988) is an American film and television actress screenwriter singer-songwriter and model. Reed has since appeared in several films including Lords of Dogtown and Mini's First Time.