Nikki Reed dishes on fiancé Ian Somerhalder

PARK CITY, Utah, Jan. 26 (UPI) -- Nikki Reed couldn't be happier with fiancé Ian Somerhalder.

The 26-year-old actress gushed about the 36-year-old actor to Us Weekly at the third annual Catdance Film Festival on Saturday. Reed hosted the event for Fresh Step cat litter as part of the company's Million Meow Mission to benefit shelter cats.

"He's so beautiful inside and out!" she declared of her betrothed. "He's quite possibly the most amazing man that's ever walked the planet, it's crazy. I'm so lucky, I love him."

Reed and Somerhalder have been linked since July 2014, and got engaged earlier this month. The actress also lauded her beau as "the most thoughtful human being on the planet" in an interview with E! News at the ceremony.

Reed is known for portraying Rosalie Hale in the Twilight series of films, and will appear with Ellen Burstyn and Danny Glover in Scout. Somerhalder currently stars as Damon Salvatore on The CW series The Vampire Diaries.