Evan Rachel Wood

Evan Rachel Wood was conceived in Raleigh, North Carolina on September 7, 1987. Her father, Ira David Wood III is a theatre actor writer, director and writer, and her mother, Sara Wood, is an actress as well as acting coach. Her brothers who are older than her 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 which is where her father serves as the executive director. After a lengthy audition at the age of five, she was old when she had the opportunity to screen-test with Kirsten Dunst. With her mother and brother Ira, she moved to Los Angeles in 1996. Since then, she has enjoyed successes in TV series as well as movies on TV and feature films. She was a star in Practical Magic (1998), as Al Pacino’s daughter. The comedy S1m0ne(2002) was followed by Thirteen (2003) with Holly Hunter. Her breakthrough role in the movie 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 the Leading Role. At the time she received the nomination from SAG, she was the youngest actor to be nominated in the Leading Role category. Her performance in the role of Veda Pierce in the HBO miniseries Mildred Pierce (2011) brought her an Emmy nomination as well as an Emmy nomination and a Golden Globe award. The actress also received acclaim for her powerful performance as Stephanie her character, Mickey Rourke's estranged daughter, in the Darren Aronofsky film The Wrestler (2008). She is the daughter of Ira David Wood III and Sara Wood. Little sister of Ira David Wood IV and Dana Wood. Dancer. She loves to dance and sing, as well as rollblade and even horseback ride. She is an black belt in Tae-Kwon do. Keeps in touch with the majority of her Once and Again (1999) co-stars: Mischa Barton, Julia Whelan and Shane West.