Evan Rachel Wood (born September 7, 1987) is an American actress and activist.
She is the recipient of a
Critics' Choice Television Award
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as well as three
Primetime Emmy Award
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nominations and three
Golden Globe Award
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nominations for her work in film and television.
She began acting in the 1990s, appearing in several television series, including ''
American Gothic'' (1995–96) and ''
Once and Again'' (1999–2002). She made her debut as a leading film actress at the age of nine in ''
Digging to China'' (1997) and garnered acclaim for her
Golden Globe
The Golden Globe Awards are accolades bestowed by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association beginning in January 1944, recognizing excellence in both American and international film and television. Beginning in 2022, there are 105 members of t ...
-nominated role as the troubled teenager Tracy Freeland in the teen drama film ''
Thirteen
Thirteen or 13 may refer to:
* 13 (number), the natural number following 12 and preceding 14
* One of the years 13 BC, AD 13, 1913, 2013
Music
* 13AD (band), an Indian classic and hard rock band
Albums
* ''13'' (Black Sabbath album), 2013
* ...
'' (2003). She continued acting mostly in independent films, including ''
Pretty Persuasion
''Pretty Persuasion'' is a 2005 American black comedy film directed by Marcos Siega, written by Skander Halim, and starring Evan Rachel Wood, James Woods, Ron Livingston, Elisabeth Harnois, and Jane Krakowski. Its plot follows a 15-year-old stu ...
'' (2005), ''
Down in the Valley'' (2005), ''
Running with Scissors'' (2006), and ''
Across the Universe
"Across the Universe" is a song by the English rock band the Beatles. It was written by John Lennon and credited to Lennon–McCartney. The song first appeared on the 1969 various artists' charity compilation album ''No One's Gonna Change Our W ...
'' (2007).
Since 2008, Wood has appeared in more mainstream films, including ''
The Wrestler The Wrestler may refer to:
* ''The Wrestler'' (1974 film), an American film directed by James A. Westman
* ''The Wrestler'' (2008 film), an American film directed by Darren Aronofsky
* "The Wrestler" (song), a song from the 2008 film written and ...
'' (2008), ''
Whatever Works
''Whatever Works'' is a 2009 American comedy film directed and written by Woody Allen and starring Larry David, Evan Rachel Wood, Patricia Clarkson, Ed Begley Jr., Michael McKean, and Henry Cavill. It was released on June 19, 2009, received mi ...
'' (2009), and ''
The Ides of March
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'' (2011). She returned to television the following year in the recurring role of
Sophie-Anne Leclerq
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, the
vampire
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Queen of Louisiana, on ''
True Blood
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The serie ...
'' from 2009 to 2011. She also portrayed the title character's malicious daughter in the
HBO
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miniseries ''
Mildred Pierce
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A story of “social inequity and opportunity in America" set during the Great Depression, ''Mildred Pierce'' follows the trajectory of a lower- ...
'' (2011), for which she was nominated for the
Golden Globe
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and
Emmy Award
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for Best Supporting Actress. She stars as sentient android
Dolores Abernathy
Dolores Abernathy is a fictional character in the science fiction television series ''Westworld'', in which she is primarily portrayed by American actresses Evan Rachel Wood and Tessa Thompson. She is considered to be the lead character of the sho ...
in the HBO series ''
Westworld
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'' (2016–2022), for which she won a
Critics' Choice Award and earned
Golden Globe
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and
Emmy Award
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nominations. She also voiced Queen Iduna in the
Disney
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animated fantasy film ''
Frozen II
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'' (2019).
Early life and family
Wood was born in
Raleigh, North Carolina
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. Her mother, Sara Lynn Moore, is an actress, director, and acting coach who
converted to Judaism
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and raised her daughter in the
Jewish faith
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.
Her father,
Ira David Wood III, is an actor, theater director and playwright prominent in Raleigh, where he is the co-founder and executive director of a community theatre company called
Theatre in the Park.
Wood's brother, Ira David Wood IV, is also an actor; she has two other brothers, Dana and Thomas, and a sister named Aden. Her paternal aunt, Carol Winstead Wood, was a
production designer
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in
Hollywood.
Wood was actively involved in Theatre in the Park while growing up, including an appearance in the 1987 production of her father's musical comedy adaptation of ''
A Christmas Carol
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'' when she was just a few months old.
[ She subsequently played the ]Ghost of Christmas Past
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Following a visit from ...
in several productions there, and starred as Helen Keller alongside her mother (as Anne Sullivan) in ''The Miracle Worker
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,'' under her father's direction.
She attended Cary Elementary School in Cary, North Carolina
Cary is a town in Wake and Chatham counties in the U.S. state of North Carolina and is part of the Raleigh–Cary, NC Metropolitan Statistical Area. According to the 2020 Census, its population was 174,721, making it the seventh largest muni ...
, where she starred in its production of ''The Little Mermaid
"The Little Mermaid" ( da, Den lille havfrue) is a literary fairy tale written by the Danish author Hans Christian Andersen. The story follows the journey of a young mermaid who is willing to give up her life in the sea as a mermaid to gain a h ...
''.[ When her parents divorced, she moved with her mother to her mother's native Los Angeles in 1997 to further her acting career.][ She attended public school in California before leaving at age 12 for ]homeschooling
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. She received her high school diploma
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at 15. Wood said she earned a black belt in taekwondo
''Taekwondo'', ''Tae Kwon Do'' or ''Taekwon-Do'' (; ko, 태권도/跆拳道 ) is a Korean form of martial arts involving punching and kicking techniques, with emphasis on head-height kicks, spinning jump kicks, and fast kicking techniques. T ...
when she was 12, and that she participated in the AAU Junior Olympic Games
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Overview
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.
Career
1994–2000: Early work
Wood began her career appearing in several made-for-television films that were shot in her native North Carolina from 1994 onwards.[ She also had recurring roles in the television series '' American Gothic'' (1995–1996)] and '' Profiler'' (1998–1999), receiving a nomination for Best Supporting Young Actress in a TV Drama Series at the 21st Young Artist Awards for the latter.
Wood's first major screen role was in the low-budget 1997 film '' Digging to China'',[ as a ten-year-old girl who forms an unlikely friendship with a mentally handicapped man, played by ]Kevin Bacon
Kevin Norwood Bacon (born July 8, 1958) is an American actor. His films include the musical-drama film '' Footloose'' (1984), the controversial historical conspiracy legal thriller '' JFK'' (1991), the legal drama '' A Few Good Men'' (1992), t ...
.[ It was shot in ]Western North Carolina
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[ and won the Children's Jury Award at the ]Chicago International Children's Film Festival
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. Wood remembers the role as initially hard, but that it "eventually led to her decision that acting is something she might never want to stop doing." The following year she had a role in ''Practical Magic
''Practical Magic'' is a 1998 American fantasy romantic drama film based on the 1995 novel of the same name by Alice Hoffman. The film was directed by Griffin Dunne and stars Sandra Bullock, Nicole Kidman, Stockard Channing, Dianne Wiest, Aid ...
'', a fantasy film
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directed by Griffin Dunne
Thomas Griffin Dunne (; born June 8, 1955) is an American actor, film producer, and film director. Dunne studied acting at The Neighborhood Playhouse School of the Theatre in New York City. He is known for portraying Jack Goodman in '' An Amer ...
starring Sandra Bullock
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and Nicole Kidman
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, for which she was nominated for Best Supporting Young Actress at the 20th Young Artist Awards. It was followed by the 1999 made-for-television thriller ''Down Will Come Baby
''Down Will Come Baby'' is a 1999 American suspense thriller television film written and directed by Gregory Goodell, based on the 1991 novel of the same name by Gloria Murphy. The film tells the story of Leah (played by Meredith Baxter), a c ...
'', for which she was nominated for the YoungStar Award
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for Best Young Actress in a Mini-Series/Made for TV Film.[
From 1999 to 2002, Wood was a regular on the ]ABC
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** Disney–ABC Television ...
television family drama '' Once and Again'' in the role of Jessie Sammler. Her character dealt with her parents' divorce, anorexia, and falling in love with her best friend Katie, played by Mischa Barton
Mischa Anne Marsden Barton (born 24 January 1986) is a British-American film, television, and stage actress. She began her career on the stage, appearing in Tony Kushner's ''Slavs!'' and took the lead in James Lapine's '' Twelve Dreams'' at Ne ...
, in what became the first teen lesbian pairing on network television
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* Network science, an academic field that studies complex networks
Mathematics
...
. For her performance as Jessie, Wood was nominated for the YoungStar Award for Best Young Actress, and won Best Ensemble in a TV Series along with her co-stars Julia Whelan
Julia May Whelan (born May 8, 1984) is an American actress and author. She is best known for her role as Grace Manning on the television family drama series '' Once and Again'' (1999–2002), and her co-starring role in the 2002 Lifetime movie ' ...
and Meredith Deane
Meredith Deane (born August 9, 1989) is an American former child actress most known for her role as Zoe Manning in the TV show '' Once and Again''. She recently starred in the '' Law & Order'' episode "Profiteer" as Ashlee.
Deane attended the Da ...
, at the 22nd Young Artist Awards
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.
2001–2005: Breakthrough
Wood made her teenage debut as a leading film actress in 2001's '' Little Secrets'', directed by Blair Treu
Blair Treu is an American film director. He directed ''Little Secrets (2001 film), Little Secrets'' and ''Wish Upon a Star''. More recently he has teamed up with Brigham Young University (BYU) professor Stephen F. Duncan, KBYU-TV and BYU Televisio ...
, where she played 14-year-old aspiring concert violinist Emily Lindstrom. For that role, she was nominated for Best Leading Young Actress at the 24th Young Artist Awards. Wood next played a supporting role in Andrew Niccol
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's 2002 satirical science fiction
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film '' Simone'', which starred Al Pacino
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. That same year, Wood was recognized as One to Watch at the Young Hollywood Awards
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.
Wood's breakout movie role followed with Catherine Hardwicke's 2003 film ''Thirteen
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* 13 (number), the natural number following 12 and preceding 14
* One of the years 13 BC, AD 13, 1913, 2013
Music
* 13AD (band), an Indian classic and hard rock band
Albums
* ''13'' (Black Sabbath album), 2013
* ...
''. She starred as Tracy Louise Freeland, a young teen who sinks into a downward spiral of hard drugs, sex, and petty crime. Her performance garnered critical acclaim, earning her Golden Globe
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and Screen Actors Guild
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nominations for Best Lead Actress. During the time of ''Thirteen''s release, Wood was featured on the cover of ''Vogue
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'', with the magazine naming her as one of the "It Girls" of Hollywood. She similarly appeared, along with eight other teen actresses, on the cover of '' Vanity Fair''s Young Hollywood issue in July 2003. A supporting role opposite Cate Blanchett
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and Tommy Lee Jones
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in Ron Howard
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's '' The Missing'', in which she played the kidnapped daughter Lilly Gilkeson, followed the same year, earning her a nomination for Best Leading Young Actress at the 25th Young Artist Awards.
In 2005, Wood appeared opposite Kevin Costner
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and Joan Allen
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in the Mike Binder
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Life and career
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-directed ''The Upside of Anger
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'', a well-reviewed film in which Wood played Lavender "Popeye" Wolfmeyer, one of four sisters dealing with their father's absence. Her character also narrated the film. Wood's next two starring roles were in dark independent films. In the 2005 Sundance Film Festival
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Grand Jury Prize nominee ''Pretty Persuasion
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'', a black comedy
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focusing on the themes of sexual harassment in schools and attitudes about women in media and society, Wood played Kimberly Joyce, a manipulative, sexually active high-schooler. One critic commented, "Wood does flip cynicism with such precise, easy rhythms and with such obvious pleasure in naughtiness that she's impossible to hate." David Jacobson's neo-western
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'' Down in the Valley'' premiered later that year, in which Wood's character, Tobe, falls in love with an older man, played by Edward Norton
Edward Harrison Norton (born August 18, 1969) is an American actor and filmmaker. He has received numerous awards and nominations, including a Golden Globe Award and three Academy Award nominations.
Born in Boston, Massachusetts and raised ...
, a cowboy who is at odds with modern society. Of her performance, it was written that "Wood conveys every bit of the adamant certainty and aching vulnerability inherent in late adolescence." Wood has commented on her sexually-themed roles, saying that she is not aiming for the "shock factor" in her film choices. Also in 2005, Wood starred in the music videos for Bright Eyes' "At the Bottom of Everything" and Green Day
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's " Wake Me Up When September Ends".
2006–2008: Continued success
By 2006, Wood was described by ''The Guardian
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'' as being "one of the best actresses of her generation." Later that year, she received the Spotlight Award for Emerging Talent at ''Premiere
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A work will often have many premières: a world première (the first time it is shown anywhere in the world), its first ...
'' magazine's annual Women in Hollywood gala. Also in 2006, Wood appeared with an all-star ensemble cast as Natalie Finch in the comedy-drama
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film '' Running with Scissors''. Directed by Ryan Murphy and starring Annette Bening
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, the film was based on the memoir
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by Augusten Burroughs
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Christopher Richter Robison was born in ...
, which is a semi-autobiographical
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account of Burroughs' childhood in a dysfunctional family.
Wood had roles in two films released in September 2007. '' King of California'', which premiered at the Sundance Film Festival, tells the story of a bipolar jazz musician (Michael Douglas
Michael Kirk Douglas (born September 25, 1944) is an American actor and film producer. He has received numerous accolades, including two Academy Awards, five Golden Globe Awards, a Primetime Emmy Award, the Cecil B. DeMille Award, and the AF ...
) and his long-suffering teenage daughter, Miranda (Wood), who are reunited after his two-year stay in a mental institution and who embark on a quixotic
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search for Spanish treasure. One review praised Wood's performance as "excellent." The second film was ''Across the Universe
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'', Julie Taymor
Julie Taymor (born December 15, 1952) is an American director and writer of theater, opera and film. Her stage adaptation of ''The Lion King'' debuted in 1997, and received eleven Tony Award nominations, with Taymor receiving Tony Awards for Best ...
's jukebox musical
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Some jukebox musicals use a wide variety of songs, while others confine themselves to songs perf ...
set to the songs of the Beatles
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that was nominated for the Golden Globe Award for Best Musical or Comedy. Set during the counter-cultural revolution of the 1960s, Wood played Lucy, an American teen who develops a relationship with her brother's British friend Jude (Jim Sturgess
James Anthony Sturgess''Births, Marriages & Deaths Index of England & Wales, 1916–2005.''; at ancestry.com (born 16 May 1978) is an English actor and singer-songwriter. His first major role was as Jude in the musical romance drama film ''Acros ...
). The film featured her singing musical numbers, and she has described the role as her favorite. One critic wrote that "Wood brings much-needed emotional depth."
Wood provided the voice of an alien named Mala in ''Battle for Terra
''Battle for Terra'', originally screened as ''Terra'', is a 2007 American computer-animated action-adventure science fiction film, based on the short film ''Terra'', about a race of beings on a peaceful alien planet who face destruction from col ...
'', a 2007 computer-animated
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science fiction film
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about a peaceful alien planet that faces destruction from colonization by the displaced remainder of the human race. The film won the 2008 Grand Prize at the Ottawa International Animation Festival
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. The film was also screened at the San Francisco International Film Festival
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, where she received an award at the Midnight Awards. In 2007, Wood also starred in the Vadim Perelman
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-directed ''The Life Before Her Eyes
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'', based on the Laura Kasischke
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novel of the same name, about the friendship of two teens of opposite character who are involved in a Columbine-like shooting incident at their school and are forced to make an impossible choice. Wood played the younger version of Uma Thurman
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's character, Diana. One critic cited her performance as "hands-down extraordinary." Wood stated that she intended the film to be the last one in which she played a teenager.
The following year, she co-starred in Darren Aronofsky
Darren Aronofsky (born February 12, 1969) is an American film director, producer, and screenwriter. His films are noted for their surrealistic, melodramatic, and sometimes disturbing elements, often in the form of psychological fiction.
Aronof ...
's ''The Wrestler The Wrestler may refer to:
* ''The Wrestler'' (1974 film), an American film directed by James A. Westman
* ''The Wrestler'' (2008 film), an American film directed by Darren Aronofsky
* "The Wrestler" (song), a song from the 2008 film written and ...
'', winner of the Golden Lion
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Award for Best Film at the Venice Film Festival
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, about Randy "Ram" Robinson (Mickey Rourke
Philip Andre "Mickey" Rourke Jr. (; born September 16, 1952) is an American actor and former boxer who has appeared primarily as a leading man in drama, action, and thriller films.
During the star of the 1980s, Rourke played supporting roles i ...
), a professional wrestler from the 1980s who is forced to retire after a heart attack threatens to kill him the next time he wrestles. Wood played Stephanie, Robinson's estranged daughter. Of her performance, one critic wrote, "Once her character stops stonewalling her father and hears him out, Wood provides a fine foil for Rourke in their turbulent scenes together."
2009–present: Further film and television career
Wood co-starred in Woody Allen
Heywood "Woody" Allen (born Allan Stewart Konigsberg; November 30, 1935) is an American film director, writer, actor, and comedian whose career spans more than six decades and multiple Academy Award-winning films. He began his career writing ...
's ''Whatever Works
''Whatever Works'' is a 2009 American comedy film directed and written by Woody Allen and starring Larry David, Evan Rachel Wood, Patricia Clarkson, Ed Begley Jr., Michael McKean, and Henry Cavill. It was released on June 19, 2009, received mi ...
'', which premiered at the 2009 Tribeca Film Festival
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, playing the young wife of Larry David
Lawrence Gene David (born July 2, 1947) is an American comedian, writer, actor, and television producer. He and Jerry Seinfeld created the television sitcom ''Seinfeld'', on which David was head writer and executive producer for the first seve ...
's character. She later expressed regret for taking the role and that she would not work with Allen again. In May 2009, she played Juliet in six fundraising performances of William Shakespeare
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's ''Romeo and Juliet
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'' at the Theater In The Park; the production was directed by her brother Ira, who also starred. That same year, Wood was named Young Hollywood Superstar at the Young Hollywood Awards.
Wood had a recurring role in the second and third seasons of the HBO
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supernatural drama series, ''True Blood
''True Blood'' is an American fantasy horror drama television series produced and created by Alan Ball. It is based on ''The Southern Vampire Mysteries'', a series of novels by Charlaine Harris. A reboot is currently in development.
The serie ...
'', from 2009 to 2011 as Sophie-Anne Leclerq
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This article includes main characters (i.e. characters played by a main cast member) ...
. Wood had a role in the film ''The Conspirator
''The Conspirator'' is a 2010 American mystery historical drama film directed by Robert Redford and based on an original screenplay by James D. Solomon. It is the debut film of the American Film Company. The film tells the story of Mary Surrat ...
'', which premiered at Ford's Theatre
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in Washington, D.C. in April 2011, directed by Robert Redford
Charles Robert Redford Jr. (born August 18, 1936) is an American actor and filmmaker. He is the List of awards and nominations received by Robert Redford, recipient of various accolades, including an Academy Awards, Academy Award from four nomi ...
(about the conspiracy surrounding the assassination of Abraham Lincoln
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). She also had a role in ''The Ides of March
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''. She portrayed the title character's daughter in the 2011 HBO miniseries ''Mildred Pierce
''Mildred Pierce'' is a psychological drama by James M. Cain published by Alfred A. Knopf in 1941.
A story of “social inequity and opportunity in America" set during the Great Depression, ''Mildred Pierce'' follows the trajectory of a lower- ...
'', for which she was nominated for the Golden Globe Award
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and the Primetime Emmy Award
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for Best Supporting Actress.
In late 2012 she began filming '' 10 Things I Hate About Life'', a followup to the hit 1999 teen comedy '' 10 Things I Hate About You'' in which she and Thomas McDonell
Thomas Hunter Campbell McDonell (born May 2, 1986) is an American actor. He is known for his role as Finn Collins on the CW post-apocalyptic series '' The 100''.
Early life
McDonell was born and raised in Manhattan, New York, and attended boar ...
played a couple who meet while attempting suicide. Filming was suspended when she became pregnant with her son; when it resumed again in 2013 Wood left the production, claiming she had not been paid beyond her $300,000 advance since the production company had not been able to raise enough money to pay her for the filming already completed. In response they sued her for $30 million; as of 2021 the suit has not been resolved but the film can no longer be finished.
Wood starred with Chris Evans in a 2010 ad campaign filmed by Frank Miller
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for Gucci
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Guilty Eau fragrances. Both actors reprised their roles for additional ads in 2013 and 2016. Wood played Gabi in the 2013 psychological
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romantic thriller
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A good thriller provides entertainment by making viewers uncomfortable with moments of suspense, the heightened feeling of anxiety and fright. A thril ...
film ''Charlie Countryman
''Charlie Countryman'' (originally titled ''The Necessary Death of Charlie Countryman'' as well as ''Kill Charlie Countryman'') is a 2013 romantic drama film directed by Fredrik Bond in his directorial debut, written by Matt Drake, and starring Sh ...
'' with Shia LaBeouf
Shia Saide LaBeouf (; born June 11, 1986) is an American actor, performance artist, and filmmaker. He played Louis Stevens in the Disney Channel series ''Even Stevens'', a role for which he received Young Artist Award nominations in 2001 and ...
and Rupert Grint
Rupert Alexander Lloyd Grint (; born 24 August 1988) is an English actor. Grint rose to fame for his role as Ron Weasley in the ''Harry Potter'' film series, for which he was cast at age eleven, having previously acted only in school plays a ...
. She voiced Marianne in the 2015 film '' Strange Magic''.
In 2016, Wood began starring as sentient android Dolores Abernathy in the HBO science fiction Western series ''Westworld
''Westworld'' is an American science fiction-thriller media franchise that began with the 1973 film ''Westworld'', written and directed by Michael Crichton. The film depicts a technologically advanced Wild-West-themed amusement park populate ...
''. Her performance was praised as "spectacular", "tour-de-force, turn-on-a-dime", as well as "a tremendous technical achievement".
In August 2019, Wood announced on Twitter and D23 Expo
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that she was cast to voice Queen Iduna in ''Frozen II
''Frozen 2'' (stylized as ''Frozen II'') is a 2019 American computer-animated musical fantasy film produced by Walt Disney Animation Studios and distributed by Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures. The 58th animated film produced by the st ...
''. The film was released in November 2019 to commercial success.
Other ventures
Music
In 2012, Wood recorded "I'd Have You Anytime
"I'd Have You Anytime" is a song written by George Harrison and Bob Dylan, released in 1970 as the opening track of Harrison's first post- Beatles solo album, ''All Things Must Pass''. The pair wrote the song at Dylan's home in Bearsville, nea ...
" which is on the fourth CD of '' Chimes of Freedom: The Songs of Bob Dylan Honoring 50 Years of Amnesty International'', a compilation production for the benefit of the organization.[ See als]
"The Story Behind '"I'd Have You Anytime.'"
/ref> She performed as electro-pop duo, Rebel and a Basketcase, with multi-instrumentalist Zach Villa in 2016. The duo disbanded in August 2017. Wood is one-half of cover band Evan + Zane, which she formed with guitarist/singer-songwriter Zane Carney in 2018.
Wood appeared on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 for the first time in 2019 when " Show Yourself", the duet she sang alongside Idina Menzel
Idina Kim Menzel ( ; ; born May 30, 1971) is an American actress and singer. Particularly known for her work in musicals on the Broadway stage and having achieved mainstream success across stage, film and music, Menzel has garnered the honorif ...
from the ''Frozen II'' soundtrack, debuted on the chart at number 99. The song peaked at number 70.
Activism
In June 2016, the Human Rights Campaign
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released a video in tribute to the victims of the Orlando nightclub shooting
On , 2016, Omar Mateen, a 29-year-old man, killed 49 people and wounded 53 more in a mass shooting at Pulse, a gay nightclub in Orlando, Florida, United States. Orlando Police officers shot and killed him after a three-hour standoff.
In a 9- ...
; in the video, Wood and others told the stories of the people killed there.
In February 2018, she testified before the United States House Judiciary Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security and Investigations in support of the Sexual Assault Survivors' Bill of Rights Act. In April 2019, she testified before the California State Senate
The California State Senate is the upper house of the California State Legislature, the lower house being the California State Assembly. The State Senate convenes, along with the State Assembly, at the California State Capitol in Sacramento, Cal ...
to help pass the Phoenix Act, which extended the statute of limitations
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in domestic-violence cases from three to five years and requires police to have additional training. In her testimony, Wood said the abuse she experienced by singer Marilyn Manson
Brian Hugh Warner (born January 5, 1969), known professionally as Marilyn Manson, is an American rock musician. He came to prominence as the lead singer of the band which shares his name, of which he remains the only constant member since it ...
had been physical, sexual and emotional, including antisemitism
Antisemitism (also spelled anti-semitism or anti-Semitism) is hostility to, prejudice towards, or discrimination against Jews. A person who holds such positions is called an antisemite. Antisemitism is considered to be a form of racism.
Antis ...
, and that she had subsequently been diagnosed with complex post-traumatic stress disorder
Complex post-traumatic stress disorder (C-PTSD; also known as complex trauma disorder) is a psychological disorder that is theorized to develop in response to exposure to a series of traumatic events in a context in which the individual perceive ...
.
Personal life
Wood has said, "My mother is Jewish
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and I was raised with the religion." In 2012, she stated, "I believe in God but I am not religious. I am spiritual. My definition of God isn't in any religion. It's very personal."
Wood dated English actor Jamie Bell
Andrew James Matfin Bell (born 14 March 1986) is an English actor and dancer. He rose to prominence for his debut role in ''Billy Elliot'' (2000), for which he won the BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role, becoming one of the youngest ...
between 2005 and 2006. In January 2007, her relationship with Marilyn Manson
Brian Hugh Warner (born January 5, 1969), known professionally as Marilyn Manson, is an American rock musician. He came to prominence as the lead singer of the band which shares his name, of which he remains the only constant member since it ...
became public; Wood was the inspiration for Manson's song " Heart-Shaped Glasses" and appeared in the song's music video. They became engaged in January 2010 but ended their relationship seven months later.
In 2011, Wood publicly disclosed that she is bisexual
Bisexuality is a romantic or sexual attraction or behavior toward both males and females, or to more than one gender. It may also be defined to include romantic or sexual attraction to people regardless of their sex or gender identity, whi ...
, and rekindled her relationship with Jamie Bell. They were married in October 2012 and had a son in July 2013. In May 2014, they announced their separation. By 2015, Wood was in a relationship with her bandmate Zach Villa
Zach Villa (born March 17, 1987) is an American actor and musician. Villa was born in Clinton, Iowa. He is best known for his role as real-life serial killer Richard Ramirez in the ninth season of the FX anthology horror series ''American Horr ...
. They were engaged in January 2017 but called it off that September. As of December 2021, Wood and Bell are in dispute over the custody of their son. Bell said he was deprived of contact with him when Wood moved from Los Angeles to Nashville; Wood claimed she did this to protect the child from former fiancé Marilyn Manson. Bell argued in court that Wood's "story defies credibility", and accused her of "withholding our son from me for other reasons of her own invention."
In 2020, Wood wrote a message on Twitter regarding the death
Death is the irreversible cessation of all biological functions that sustain an organism. For organisms with a brain, death can also be defined as the irreversible cessation of functioning of the whole brain, including brainstem, and brain ...
of Kobe Bryant
Kobe Bean Bryant ( ; August 23, 1978 – January 26, 2020) was an American professional basketball player. A shooting guard, he spent his entire 20-year career with the Los Angeles Lakers in the National Basketball Association (NBA). Widely r ...
, describing Bryant as a "rapist", a reference to his 2003 sexual assault case. Many, including Bryant's widow, criticized Wood for the comment, and Wood deleted her Twitter account soon after.
Marilyn Manson abuse allegations
In 2016, Wood told a ''Rolling Stone
''Rolling Stone'' is an American monthly magazine that focuses on music, politics, and popular culture. It was founded in San Francisco, San Francisco, California, in 1967 by Jann Wenner, and the music critic Ralph J. Gleason. It was first kno ...
'' reporter she had been rape
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d twice years ago, once by a "significant other".[Brodsky, Rachel (February 2, 2021)]
"Evan Rachel Wood: A timeline of her comments on abuse and assault after her Marilyn Manson allegations"
. ''The Independent''. In February 2021, Wood named Manson as her alleged abuser on Instagram
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, where four other women made similar allegations against him. 16 people have made accusations against Manson, and four have sued him for sexual assault. The Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department
The Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department (LASD), officially the County of Los Angeles Sheriff's Department, is a law enforcement agency serving Los Angeles County, California. LASD is the largest sheriff's department in the United States a ...
said they were investigating Manson due to allegations of domestic violence. In September 2022, the LACSD presented the report of their 19-month investigation on Manson to California district attorney
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George Gascón
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. Gascón called the file "partial", and said more evidence was needed in order to file charges.
In March 2022, HBO
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released the docuseries
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*Television documentary series, sometimes called d ...
''Phoenix Rising'', focusing on these allegations and the circumstances that led Wood, who was 18 at the time, to enter a relationship with the then-37-year-old Manson. That month, Manson filed a lawsuit against Wood for defamation, intentional infliction of emotional distress, violations of the California Comprehensive Computer Data Access and Fraud Act The California Comprehensive Computer Data Access and Fraud Act is in §502 of the California Penal Code.
According to the State Administrative Manual of California, the purposes is as follows:
The Comprehensive Computer Data Access and Fraud Act ...
, as well as the impersonation of an FBI agent and falsifying federal documents. Neither HBO nor ''Phoenix Rising'' director Amy J. Berg
Amy J. Berg is an American filmmaker. Her 2006 documentary '' Deliver Us from Evil'' (2006), about sex abuse cases in the Roman Catholic Church, was nominated for an Academy Award and won Berg the Writers Guild of America Award for Best Documenta ...
were named in the suit.
Filmography
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