Background
Howard was born in Orlando, Florida, to Peggy E. (née Traylor) and Robert M. Howard, Junior., president of the Howard Fertilizer and Chemical Company.
Howard was born in Orlando, Florida, to Peggy E. (née Traylor) and Robert M. Howard, Junior., president of the Howard Fertilizer and Chemical Company.
Florida State University.
She is best-known for her roles as Sharon Carter on the television series Two Guys and a Girl, and as Natalie Teeger on the United States of America Network series Monk. In 1994 Howard appeared in one of the "You Will" series of television commercials for American Telephone & Telegraph Company Corporation. Howard"s most prominent roles to date include Natalie Teeger, Adrian Monk"s (Tony Shalhoub) assistant on the United States of America 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.