Evan Rachel Wood

Evan Rachel Wood was conceived in Raleigh, North Carolina on September 7 1987. Her father, Ira David Wood III (a theatre actor, writer, director) is her father. Sara Wood Wood is her mother, as well as an actress. Her older brothers are Dana Wood, a musician and Ira David Wood IV who have also been actors. Evan and her brothers performed in the Theatre In The Park, Raleigh, where her father is the executive director. At the age of five she auditioned against Kirsten Dunst to play the lead part in Interview with the Vampire: The Vampire Chronicles (1994) following a lengthy audition process. In 1996, she moved to Los Angeles along with her brother Ira and mother. She has been a prominent character in TV series, feature films, and TV movies since. She was in Practical Magic (1998) as well as in the comedy S1m0ne (2002) as the daughter of Al Pacino, and followed that with Thirteen (2003) in which she starred alongside Holly Hunter. Her role as Tracy in "Thirteen" earned 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 Female Actress in an Leading Role. When she received the award from SAG, she was the youngest actress to be nominated in the Leading Role category. Her performance in the role of Veda Pierce in the HBO mini-series Mildred Pierce (2011) brought her an Emmy nomination and an Emmy nomination and a Golden Globe award. She also earned acclaim for her impressive performance as Stephanie, Mickey Rourke's estranged daughter, in Darren Aronsofsky's The Wrestler (2008). Sara Wood and Ira David Wood III are her parents. The younger sister to Ira David Wood IV and Dana Wood. Dancer. She is a lover of dancing and sing, as well as rollblade and horseback ride. She holds the black belt in tae kwon-do. She keeps in touch with many of her Once and Again (1999 castmates: Mischa Barrton, Julia Whelan and Shane West.