• Best friends with TWILIGHT (2008/I) co-star Kristen Stewart.
  • In early 2006, she appeared on the series The O.C. playing Sadie, a new love interest for the character Ryan Atwood.
  • THIRTEEN (2003), which was written by Reed and the director, is a partially autobiographical film about Reed's rebellious life as a thirteen year old.
  • Close friends with THIRTEEN (2003) co-star Evan Rachel Wood, and with director Catherine Hardwicke.
  • Wrote the script for THIRTEEN (2003) in six days while she was on Winter Holiday.
  • Nickname: Nik
  • Trade mark: Latin look; Often plays characters that have grown up too fast, are very adventurous and somewhat damaged.
  • Her mother is of mixed Italian and Cherokee Indian descent. She was raised mostly in the Jewish faith.
  • Is the executive producer of the movie INVINCIBLE.
  • Her parents divorced when she was just two years old
  • Her mother is a hairdresser
  • Loves to go horseback riding
  • Moved out on her own when she was 14.
  • Is really good friends with her THIRTEEN co-star, Evan Rachel Wood.
  • According to an interview with Yen magazine, Nikki's father, Seth Reed, is of Jewish heritage, while her mother, Cheryl Houston, a hairdresser, has Italian and Cherokee Native American ancestry. Nikki was raised mostly in her father's Jewish religion.