Traylor Howard

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Traylor Howard
Howard during a visit to Kandahar Airfield, Afghanistan, December 19, 2005
Born	(1966-06-14) June 14, 1966 (age 55) Orlando, Florida, U.S.
Occupation	Actress
Years active	1994–2010, 2016, 2020
Spouse(s)	Cameron Hall ​ (m. 1991⁠–⁠1993)​ Christian Navarro ​ ​ (m. 2003⁠–⁠2006)​ Jarel Portman ​ (m. 2011)​
Children	2

Traylor Elizabeth Howard (born June 14, 1966) 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.

Early life[]

Howard was born in Orlando, Florida, to Peggy E. (née Traylor) and Robert M. Howard, Jr., president of the Howard Fertilizer and Chemical Company. She attended Lake Highland Preparatory School in Orlando, Florida.^[1] She went on to graduate from Florida State University with a degree in communications and advertising and a minor in English.

Career[]

In 1994 Howard appeared in one of the "You Will" series of television commercials for AT&T Corporation.

Howard's most prominent acting roles were as Natalie Teeger, assistant to Tony Shalhoub's Adrian Monk on the USA Network television series Monk from 2005 to 2009,^[2] and as Sharon Carter, the "girl" of the title of the ABC sitcom Two Guys and a Girl (titled Two Guys, a Girl, and a Pizza Place for the first two seasons), from 1998 to 2001.

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 defends 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."^[3]

She also starred in the short-lived sitcoms Boston Common and Bram & Alice alongside actor Alfred Molina. 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.

Personal life[]

Howard has been married three times. Her first marriage was to actor Cameron Hall on February 2, 1991, which ended in divorce on March 12, 1993; the couple had no children.^{[citation needed]} Her second marriage was to Christian Navarro on April 26, 2003, which ended in divorce in 2006. They also had no children.^{[citation needed]}

On November 24, 2006, Howard gave birth to a son, Sabu. She was pregnant with him during season five of Monk, so she spent several episodes with boxes, newspapers, and the like in front of her abdomen to hide the pregnancy. Traylor married for the third time in 2011 to Jarel Portman, son of famed architect John C. Portman Jr.; the couple's son Julien was born in 2012.^[4]

Filmography[]

Film[]

Television[]

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