- Born
- Birth nameEvan Rachael Wood
- Nickname
- Evie
- Height5′ 7″ (1.70 m)
- Evan Rachel Wood was born September 7, 1987, in Raleigh, North Carolina. Her father, Ira David Wood III, is a theatre actor, writer and director, and her mother, Sara Wood, is an actress and acting coach. She has two older brothers--Dana Wood, a musician, and Ira David Wood IV, who has also acted. Evan and her brothers sometimes performed at Theatre In The Park in Raleigh, which her father founded and where he serves as executive director.
At the age of five she screen-tested against Kirsten Dunst for the lead role in Interview with the Vampire (1994) after a long auditioning process. She moved to Los Angeles with her mom and brother Ira in 1996 and has had success ever since, appearing in a TV series, TV movies and feature films. She has appeared in Practical Magic (1998), starred in the comedy S1m0ne (2002) as Al Pacino's daughter, and followed that with Thirteen (2003), with Holly Hunter. Her breakout role as Tracy in "Thirteen" garnered her a Golden Globes nomination for Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture: Drama and for a Screen Actors Guild Award nomination for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role. At the time of this SAG nomination, she was the youngest actress to be nominated in the Leading Role category. She received a Golden Globe and Emmy nomination for "Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Miniseries or Movie" for her portrayal of Veda Pierce in the HBO miniseries Mildred Pierce (2011).
She also earned acclaim for her powerful performance as Stephanie, Mickey Rourke's estranged daughter, in Darren Aronofsky's The Wrestler (2008).- IMDb mini biography by: kdhaisch@aol.com (qv's & corrections by A. Nonymous_
- SpouseJamie Bell(October 30, 2012 - 2014) (divorced, 1 child)
- ChildrenChildJack Matfin Bell
- Parents
- RelativesDana Wood(Sibling)Ira David Wood IV(Sibling)Carol Winstead Wood(Aunt or Uncle)Aden Rose Elins(Half Sibling)Thomas Miller Wood(Half Sibling)
- She has a black belt in tae kwon do.
- Dislikes her middle name, Rachel, but kept it in her stage name so casting directors wouldn't confuse her gender.
- A survivor of a double rape and severe physical abuse, she was one of 3 women giving evidence to the U.S. Congress in Washington D.C. in support of the "Sexual Assault Survivor's Bill of Rights Act" [February 2018].
- Attempted suicide when she was 22 as she battled PTSD caused by multiple rapes and a severely abusive relationship that went on for years. She later checked herself into psychiatric hospital.
- Met her boyfriend Jamie Bell at Sundance Film Festival. While dating, they went on to shoot Green Day's music video for "Wake Me Up When September Ends", where they play a couple.
- I look back on some of the stuff I wore and I'm so embarrassed. I definitely blame it on this clique of girls I was friends with back then. I've been talked into wearing stuff that I didn't want to wear. Now I like very simple, elegant things, by Oscar de la Renta or [Giorgio Armani].
- I'm in love with London. English boys are great. I completely fell in love with it over there.
- What's nice about acting is that you're not just left with yourself all the time, but you get to see the world through so many different people's eyes.
- Growing up on screen is painful. I have had to go through puberty with millions watching . . . I hope to have a career like Jodie Foster, going from child to adult actress.
- If the world were to end tomorrow, I really believe I could say I have lived a full life already--and that I have been extremely lucky.
- Westworld (2016) - $250,000 per episode (season 3)
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