Traylor Howard

Traylor Elizabeth Howard[2] (born June 14, 1966[1]) is an American actress. Her roles include Sharon Carter on the television series Two Guys and a Girl, and Natalie Teeger on the USA Network series Monk.

Traylor Howard
Photography of actor Traylor Howard, 2005
Howard during a visit to Kandahar Airfield, Afghanistan, December 19, 2005
Born (1966-06-14) June 14, 1966[1]
Orlando, Florida, U.S.
OccupationActress
Years active1994–present
TelevisionTwo Guys and a Girl, Monk
Spouse
Jarel Portman
​
(m. 2011)​
Children2

Early life

Howard was born in Orlando, Florida to Peggy (née Traylor[3]) and Robert M. Howard, Jr.[2] She is the middle of three children, and has an older brother, John R. Howard,[4] and a younger brother. She attended Lake Highland Prep in Orlando,[5] then graduated from Florida State University with a degree in communications, advertising, and English.[6] She worked at SeaWorld in Orlando as a teenager.[7]

Career

While in middle school, Howard appeared in a Juicy Fruit chewing gum commercial.[6] Howard started her career in 1994 when she appeared in one of the "You Will" series of television commercials for AT&T Corporation.

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

Howard then 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) along side Ryan Reynolds, from 1998 to 2001.[9] Like Boston Common, Two Guys and a Girl was set in Boston, Massachusetts.[10] After the third season of Two Guys and a Girl aired, Traylor featured as Jim Carrey's adulterous bride in the full-length movie Me, Myself & Irene.[11]

In 1999 she appeared in the Foo Fighters' music video "Breakout". During the third season of The West Wing, Howard made a guest appearance. She was the romantic lead in the Norm Macdonald film Dirty Work.

In July 2000, Howard appeared 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, she starred in the short-lived sitcom Bram & Alice alongside actor Alfred Molina.[14]

Howard's next major role was from 2005 to 2009 as Natalie Teeger, assistant to Tony Shalhoub's Adrian Monk on the USA Network television series Monk.[15]

In March 2023, Traylor was announced as a cast member in a scheduled full-length movie for Peacock, Mr. Monk’s Last Case: A Monk Movie, reprising her role as Natalie Teeger.[16] The movie is set to release on December 8, 2023.[17]

Personal life

In 1991, Howard married Cameron B. Hall in Orlando, Florida.The couple then lived in Beverly Hills, California.[2][18]

In April 2003, Howard married Christian Navarro, a wine merchant. The couple divorced in 2005.[19] In November 2006, Howard gave birth to a son, Sabu.[20]

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

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 she performed on a USO tour in 2005. She defended Franken against misconduct allegations, saying, in part, "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."[22]

Filmography

Film
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)
2023 Mr. Monk’s Last Case: A Monk Movie Natalie Teeger

Television
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 (aka Two Guys, a Girl and a Pizza Place) 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;
won Gracie Allen Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress – Comedy Series (2009)
2010 Nolan Knows Best Julie Nolan Pilot[23]
2020 Peacock Presents: The At-Home Variety Show Featuring Seth MacFarlane Natalie Teeger Episode: "Monk In Quarantine"

References
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  2. "Hall - Howard". Boca Raton News. 5 August 1990. pp. 7E. Retrieved 24 August 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 25 August 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. Abbott, Jim (8 March 1996). "'Boston Common' has Orlando link, via L.A." Television. The Orlando Sentinel. pp. E-4. Retrieved 25 August 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. "Star Spotlight: Traylor Howard". TV Preview. The Marshall (TX) News Messenger. 2 February 1997. p. 11. Retrieved 24 August 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. "'Girl' and her dolphin". The Orlando Sentinel. 27 June 1999. pp. A-2. Retrieved 24 August 2023.
  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. "'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. 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)
  16. "Monk Is Coming Back — Get Ready for an All-New Monk Movie on Peacock". Peacock Blog. 2023-03-30. Retrieved 2023-08-25.
  17. Silva, Gabriela (23 August 2023). "Mr. Monk's Last Case: Everything we know about the Monk movie". Dexerto. Retrieved 2023-08-25.
  18. "Hall-Howard". The Orlando Sentinel. 3 February 1991. pp. K-8. Retrieved 24 August 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  19. "Monk Star's Husband Seeks Divorce". South Florida Sun Sentinel. 18 March 2005. pp. 4A – via Newspapers.com.
  20. Lynch, Lorrie (15 April 2007). "Who's News". USA Weekend. Florida Today (Magazine). USA Today. p. 2. Retrieved 25 August 2023.
  21. Green, Josh (May 18, 2014). "Building on his father's legacy" (PDF). The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. p. 2. Retrieved February 1, 2016.
  22. Mayer, Jane (19 July 2019). "The Case of Al Franken". The New Yorker.
  23. "Shows A-Z - nolan knows best on abc". TheFutonCritic.com. 2010-06-05. Retrieved 2020-05-14.
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