Evan Rachel Wood
- Actress
- Director
- Writer
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: The Vampire Chronicles (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).
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: The Vampire Chronicles (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).