Known from movies

Monk (2005-2009)
as Natalie Teeger

Two Boys, a Girl and a Pizzeria (1998–2001)
as Sharon Carter

Me, Myself and Irene (2000)
as Layla

Son of the Mask (2005)
as Tonya Avery



Early life, family, educational background

American actress Traylor Elizabeth Howard, was born on June 14, 1966 in Orlando, Florida, USA, to Peggy E. Howard (née Traylor) and Robert M. Howard. Her father is the Junior President of the Howard Fertilizer and Chemical Company. She is seemingly an only child as there is no information that she has any siblings.

She graduated from Lake Highland Preparatory School in Orlando, Florida in 1984. She graduated with a degree in communications and advertising and a minor in English from Florida State University in 1988. While there, she was a member of the sorority Pi Beta Phi.

Career

Television

Traylor appeared as Dr. Heller’s Office Temp in the episode “Madame Ex” in “Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman” in 1994.

From 1996 to April 1997 she played Joy Byrnes in the NBC sitcom “Boston Common”, one of the main characters on the show alongside Alfred Molina, and considered her breakthrough role, as it brought her to the attention of other mainstream networks. Traylor appeared in 32 episodes of the series and received positive reviews and praise for her portrayal of Joy. When it first aired, the show had one of the highest ratings of its time, but ratings dropped after the show aired on Sundays and so was cancelled.

From 1998 to 2001, she played Sharon Carter in the sitcom “Two Guys, a Girl and a Pizza Place”, which was shortened to “Two Guys and a Girl”, starring Richard Ruccolo, Ryan Reynolds and Traylor as the ‘girl ‘. A self-confident character with commitment issues, Sharon was one of the show’s major successes as audiences liked her. The series had four booming seasons and has greatly helped the careers of its main actors, especially Ryan Reynolds. Similar to what happened with “Boston Common,” the show’s ratings plummeted after the broadcast was moved – the show originally aired on Wednesday nights, but was moved to a late-night Friday slot.

After the dramatic drop in ratings, the show was brought back to Wednesday nights, but it failed to gain the same popularity as before, leading to its cancellation in 2001.

In 2002, Traylor appeared in several television series. She appeared in “The West Wing” episode “100,000 Airplanes” as Lisa Sherborne; as Ashley Riverton in the episode “First Monday”, “Right to Die”; and in the episode “Remembrance” as Sarah Frazen in “The Division”.

That same year, she appeared as Alice O’Connor in “Bram and Alice” – eight episodes of the show were filmed, but only four aired, as the show was canceled a month after its premiere, but the cast received praise for their performances.

The show followed a Pulitzer Prize winner, Bram, who receives word from a girl named Alice who claims to be his daughter, the result of a one-night stand Bram had many years earlier.

Traylor is best known for her role as Natalie Teeger in ‘Monk’. The comedy-drama series ran from 2005 to 2009 and was originally a police procedural comedy but changed genre to a riveting comedy-drama thriller. “Monk” stars Tony Shalhoub as the title character, Adrian Monk, and Traylor plays his assistant. She first appeared in the tenth episode of season three and quickly became a fan favorite – the show was the most watched on cable until “The Walking Dead” broke their record, and the series finale had an audience of 9.4 million.

For her role as Natalie, Traylor won a 2009 Gracie Allen Award for Best Supporting Actress – Comedy Series; the series ended later that year. Traylor is good friends with Emmy Clarke, the actress who played her daughter in “Monk.”

She appeared as Julie Nolan in the pilot episode of “Nolan Knows Best” in 2010, but the show was never picked up.

Movie

In 1994 Traylor played Fran in ‘Till the End of the Night’ and in 1998 he played Anne Henning in ‘Confessions of a Sexist Pig’. Later that year, she played the romantic lead, Kathy, in “Dirty Work,” directed by Bob Saget, narrated by Norm Macdonald, and produced by Robert Simonds. The film was critically acclaimed and was a box office failure.

Traylor played a supporting role in the 2000 film ‘Me, Myself & Irene’ starring Jim Carrey, which was a box office success and became one of the highest-grossing films of the year.

In 2005, she played Tonya Avery in ‘Son of the Mask’, dubbed the ‘worst movie of the 21^st century so far,” by some critics. Needless to say, it was poorly received and did not perform well at the box office. Traylor was proposed as a nominee in the Worst Supporting Actress category for the Razzie Award in 2006, but was ultimately not nominated.

She voiced a polar bear in the short film animation “Simon Says Let’s Stop Climate Change!” in 2010, and returned in 2016 for the sequel, “Simon Says Save the Climate!”

Other

When she was in prep school in Orlando, she appeared in a Juicy Fruit gum commercial. In 1994, she was in a series of TV commercials for “You Will” for the AT&T Corporation. She has appeared in over 30 commercials.

After graduating from college, she worked as an advertising and PR professional, and has said she enjoyed the job.

In 1999, she appeared in the music video for the Foo Fighters’ “Breakout”.

Private life

Jane Mayer interviewed Traylor in July 2019 for an article in the New Yorker – the article was about former US Senator Al Franken and the sexual allegations against him.

In 2005, Traylor performed with him on a USO tour, but Traylor disagreed with the allegations, claiming that he is a good person. change. But that didn’t happen here.’

On February 2, 1991, she married actor Cameron Hall, but their marriage ended on March 12, 1993.

She remarried actor and owner of Wally’s Vinoteca in Beverly Hills, Christian Navarro, on April 26, 2003.

Like her first marriage, her second didn’t last long either, and Traylor and Christian divorced in 2006.

None of her first marriages produced children, but after her second divorce, Traylor became pregnant and her son, Sabu Howard, was born on November 24, 2006; his father’s identity is unknown. Traylor was pregnant during the filming of season five of “Monk”, so newspapers, boxes, and other objects were placed in front of her stomach to hide her pregnancy, as her character was not pregnant.

In 2011, she married Jarel Portman – his father is a famous architect, John C. Portman Jr. Traylor and Jarel’s son Julien was born in 2012, after which Traylor retired from acting so she could spend more time with her family.

Hobbies, favorite things and interesting facts

Her mother chose the name ‘Traylor’ to keep her maiden name in the family.

After graduating from Florida State University, Traylor worked at a greeting card company.

Appearance

Traylor has blonde hair and green eyes. She is 1.65 m tall, weighs 50 kg and her vital statistics are 33-25-35.

Wealth and salary

As of early 2020, her net worth is estimated to be $2 million. Aside from the fact that she was born into a well-funded family, sources speculated that she was earning around $6,000 a week, rising to $26,388 a month.

Source: IMDb, Wikipedia