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 writer and actor, and her mother Sara Wood is an actress and acting coach. She is the daughter of Dana Wood, a musician, as well as Ira David Wood III, an actor. Evan and her brothers have performed at Theatre In The Park, Raleigh in the same place where her father serves as the executive director. After a long and drawn-out audition process at the age of five, she was old when she was able to screen-test against Kirsten Dunst. Together with her mother and brother Ira, she moved to Los Angeles in 1996. Since then, she has enjoyed success in television series as well as movies on TV and feature films. She's been in Practical Magic (1998) and starred in the comedy S1m0ne (2002) as Al Pacino's daughter, and the film followed with Thirteen (2003), with Holly Hunter. Her character of Tracy in "Thirteen," which she starred in was nominated at the Golden Globes for Best Performance by an Actress in a Drama and a nomination for the Screen Actors Guild Award 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 recognized for the Leading Role category. She won a Golden Globe and Emmy nomination for "Outstanding Supporting Actress in an Miniseries or Movie" for her portrayal of Veda Pierce in the HBO miniseries Mildred Pierce (2011). Her stellar portrayal of Stephanie Rourke's estranged son in Darren Aronofsky’s The Wrestler (2008) earned her recognition. Sara Wood and Ira David Wood III are her parents. Ira David Wood IV's younger sister and Dana Wood's younger sister. Dancer. She likes to sing, take a horseback ride, and rollerblade. She is the black belt for tae do. She has kept in touch all through her Once and Again (1999), castmates: Mischa Barrton, Julia Whelan and Shane West.