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.
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Born | [1] | June 14, 1966
Occupation | Actress |
Years active | 1994–present |
Television | Two Guys and a Girl, Monk |
Spouse |
Jarel Portman (m. 2011) |
Children | 2 |
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 |
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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 |
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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
- "Today in History: June 14". Metro. Boston Globe. Associated Press. 14 June 2023.
Actor Traylor Howard is 57
- "Hall - Howard". Boca Raton News. 5 August 1990. pp. 7E. Retrieved 24 August 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
- "...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., ...
- "Hitching Post Flag Announces Birth". Orlando Evening Star. pp. 3-A. Retrieved 25 August 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
- 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.
- "Star Spotlight: Traylor Howard". TV Preview. The Marshall (TX) News Messenger. 2 February 1997. p. 11. Retrieved 24 August 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
- "'Girl' and her dolphin". The Orlando Sentinel. 27 June 1999. pp. A-2. Retrieved 24 August 2023.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- Boyar, Jay (23 June 2000). "Carrey times 2". Movies. The Orlando Sentinel. p. 16. Retrieved 24 August 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
- "'How I fell in love' at WTF". Entertainment. North Adams Transcript. 7 July 2000. pp. B6. Retrieved 24 August 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
- "Clooney sees 'Love'". The Orlando Sentinel. 20 July 2000. pp. A-2. Retrieved 25 August 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
- 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.
- 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)
- "Monk Is Coming Back — Get Ready for an All-New Monk Movie on Peacock". Peacock Blog. 2023-03-30. Retrieved 2023-08-25.
- Silva, Gabriela (23 August 2023). "Mr. Monk's Last Case: Everything we know about the Monk movie". Dexerto. Retrieved 2023-08-25.
- "Hall-Howard". The Orlando Sentinel. 3 February 1991. pp. K-8. Retrieved 24 August 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
- "Monk Star's Husband Seeks Divorce". South Florida Sun Sentinel. 18 March 2005. pp. 4A – via Newspapers.com.
- Lynch, Lorrie (15 April 2007). "Who's News". USA Weekend. Florida Today (Magazine). USA Today. p. 2. Retrieved 25 August 2023.
- Green, Josh (May 18, 2014). "Building on his father's legacy" (PDF). The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. p. 2. Retrieved February 1, 2016.
- Mayer, Jane (19 July 2019). "The Case of Al Franken". The New Yorker.
- "Shows A-Z - nolan knows best on abc". TheFutonCritic.com. 2010-06-05. Retrieved 2020-05-14.