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.

Career

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

Howard's most prominent roles to date include Natalie Teeger, Adrian Monk's (Tony Shalhoub) assistant on the USA Network television series Monk, and Sharon Carter, the "girl" of the title of the 1998-2001 sitcom Two Guys, a Girl, and a Pizza Place (later retitled Two Guys and a Girl).

She has 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. Her second marriage was to actor Christian Navarro on April 26, 2003, which ended in divorce in 2006, without issue.

On November 24, 2006, Howard gave birth to a son. 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 to Jarel Portman in 2011; the couple has one son.

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

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1994	Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman	Dr. Heller's Office Temp	Episode: "Madame Ex"
1996-97	Boston Common	Joy Byrnes	32 episodes
1998-2001	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 and Alice	Alice O'Connor	8 episodes
2005-09	Monk	Natalie Teeger	87 episodes; won Gracie Allen Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress - Comedy Series (2009)
2010	Nolan Knows Best	Julie Nolan	Pilot

[ Source: Wikipedia ]