Evan Rachel Wood

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Birthday:

7 September 1987, Raleigh, North Carolina, USA

Birth Name:

Evan Rachael Wood

Height:

170 cm

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). Show less «

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. ...Show more »

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]. Show less «

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 peo...Show more »

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. Show less «

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, go...Show more »

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. Show less «

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.

[on playing "Tracy" in Thirteen (2003)] Once you commit, you commit. You can't hold back. We all knew that the only way we would pull this [...Show more »

[on playing "Tracy" in Thirteen (2003)] Once you commit, you commit. You can't hold back. We all knew that the only way we would pull this [movie] off was for everyone to give everything they had. I could not hold back. Show less «

Whenever something bad happens, I just always have to tell myself that this is happening for a reason, and I have to be learning something f...Show more »

Whenever something bad happens, I just always have to tell myself that this is happening for a reason, and I have to be learning something from this and taking something away from this. And you just have to think about the big picture, and you have to remember just how small you are in the grand scheme of things, and that in the long run, you're probably going to be okay. So that's all I kept thinking about...just trying to make the best out of . Show less «

Oh God, I worry about everything, such as I'm gonna say something stupid. I'm not good at communicating what's going on in my head.

I just hate all that [show-business mingling]. I just have to come back to reality for a little bit, have a real life. I'm pretty laid-back....Show more »

I just hate all that [show-business mingling]. I just have to come back to reality for a little bit, have a real life. I'm pretty laid-back. I hang out with my friends, read, go to concerts and try and travel as much as I can. I'm not a party girl, I don't eat at the Ivy and I'm not shopping on Rodeo Drive. It's pretty easy to stay out of that if you want to. There are other places. I really like being able to go out anywhere and nobody really cares. Show less «

[on her fame] It is a little weird, and I do feel a little bit disoriented sometimes. I'm usually pretty shy around people and pretty privat...Show more »

[on her fame] It is a little weird, and I do feel a little bit disoriented sometimes. I'm usually pretty shy around people and pretty private. So yeah, it is a little weird all of a sudden to see yourself everywhere with your tongue hanging out! And a pierced tongue! Show less «

I used to not even be able to order pizza on the phone because I was just so shy. I think that's why so much comes out on-screen, because th...Show more »

I used to not even be able to order pizza on the phone because I was just so shy. I think that's why so much comes out on-screen, because that's my time to let go in a safe place. When you're doing that, it's all written down on paper and it's total fiction. Show less «

[on being independent and getting her own home] I'm such a crazy perfectionist, I probably stood in Linens 'n Things looking at the square p...Show more »

[on being independent and getting her own home] I'm such a crazy perfectionist, I probably stood in Linens 'n Things looking at the square plates or the round plates for, like, 10 minutes, going, "God, this is a big decision. These are my first plates! What am I going to get? What do I do?! Show less «

And crazy, by the way, is the highest compliment I pay. [Boyfriend Marilyn Manson] is definitely crazy. Hopefully I am, too.

[on dating Marilyn Manson] Everyone is so worried that I'm losing myself, but really I'm finding myself. I've never been more comfortable in...Show more »

[on dating Marilyn Manson] Everyone is so worried that I'm losing myself, but really I'm finding myself. I've never been more comfortable in my own skin. Show less «

You get a script that's not very good, and they're offering you millions of dollars, but you think, "Okay, this script is so bad, I won't ev...Show more »

You get a script that's not very good, and they're offering you millions of dollars, but you think, "Okay, this script is so bad, I won't even do it for a million dollars" . . . And then it gets to #1 at the box office, and people ask, "Don't you regret not doing that?" Not really. Show less «

[on translating scripts onto the screen] A script can just be a blueprint, and you've got to go in and build it and color it in and paint it...Show more »

[on translating scripts onto the screen] A script can just be a blueprint, and you've got to go in and build it and color it in and paint it. Show less «

[on doing her first nude scene, in Across the Universe (2007)] I won't just take my clothes off for anybody. It has to be the right circumst...Show more »

[on doing her first nude scene, in Across the Universe (2007)] I won't just take my clothes off for anybody. It has to be the right circumstances. I couldn't have thought of a better way to do it because it wasn't a sex scene. It's a sleeping woman and somebody is singing something, which is one of the most beautiful songs written about a woman, period. And he's singing about you. Show less «

[on Across the Universe (2007)] If I go to see a [The Beatles] film, I want it to be weird and artistic and interesting and experimental and...Show more »

[on Across the Universe (2007)] If I go to see a [The Beatles] film, I want it to be weird and artistic and interesting and experimental and psychedelic and dark at times and also beautiful--and that's what this is. Show less «

I like to do movies that I don't expect everyone to like. If someone comes up to me and says, "I hated that movie you did", I think, "At lea...Show more »

I like to do movies that I don't expect everyone to like. If someone comes up to me and says, "I hated that movie you did", I think, "At least you felt passionate about it. It stuck with you and you had some feeling about it". Show less «

I'd love to [make an album], but I've just never met people who didn't want to turn me into some pop diva.

[on Across the Universe (2007) co-star Jim Sturgess] He's the best guy friend I have. I've always hung out with guys, but it's hard to find ...Show more »

[on Across the Universe (2007) co-star Jim Sturgess] He's the best guy friend I have. I've always hung out with guys, but it's hard to find really good guy relationships that don't get weird. And it never has with us, once. Show less «

[on boyfriend Marilyn Manson] We never have to explain anything. He can say something, or I can say something, and we automatically get it. ...Show more »

[on boyfriend Marilyn Manson] We never have to explain anything. He can say something, or I can say something, and we automatically get it. And that's really nice when you can find somebody who needs no explanation. Show less «

Falling in love is one of the scariest and hardest things that someone can do, but it's also the most amazing thing that can happen to you.

I've always had a real fascination with Alice in Wonderland and really related to it in some way. And since I was little, people always nick...Show more »

I've always had a real fascination with Alice in Wonderland and really related to it in some way. And since I was little, people always nicknamed me Alice, even total strangers. I do know I'm always in Wonderland. And I'm definitely just as curious. I don't mind being amongst the mad people, I enjoy it. Show less «

[April 2011, Esquire Magazine] I'm into for anything. Meet a nice guy, meet a nice girl.

[on coming out as bisexual] I wanted to wait ... to have enough years under my belt where people knew that it wasn't a phase or anything and...Show more »

[on coming out as bisexual] I wanted to wait ... to have enough years under my belt where people knew that it wasn't a phase or anything and I wasn't doing it for attention; this is a part of who I am, and I'm old enough to really know who I am by now. Show less «