Evan Rachel Wood Biography

Birth Name : Evan Rachael Wood 

Date of Birth : 7 September 1987, Raleigh, North Carolina, USA 

Height : 5' 7" (1.70 m) 

Occupation : Actress, singer

Evan Rachel Wood was born in Raleigh, North Carolina to actor/director parents. She made her acting debut at age three at Raleigh's Theater In The Park, owned and run by her father. When she was seven, Wood landed roles in two TV movies: In The Best of Families (1994) and Search for Grace (1994). The following year she played a supporting role in the TV movie A Father for Charlie (1995), starring Lou Gossett Jr., followed by Death in Small Doses (1995), starring Richard Thomas. She also landed a recurring role on three episodes of the CBS TV series American Gothic. By the time she was eight, Wood played Helen Keller in the Theater In The Park's stage production of The Miracle Worker, co-starring her mother as Annie Sullivan and directed by her father. She received rave reviews in the local papers for her subtle performance.

An exceptionally gifted actress, Evan Rachel Wood specialized in playing girls who had often seen and experienced too much at very early ages. She first gained attention while still in grade school on the cult TV series "American Gothic" (CBS, 1995-96) and "Once And Again" (ABC, 1999-2002), before wowing critics with her portrayal of a young girl who dives headlong into sex and drugs in the disturbing indie drama, "Thirteen" (2003), for which she received a Golden Globe nomination. After that star-making performance, Wood alternated between mainstream Hollywood features and independent productions, though the latter remained her bread and butter with turns in "Down in the Valley" (2006), "Running with Scissors" (2006) and "Across the Universe" (2007). She delivered another sterling performance, this time opposite Mickey Rourke as his estranged daughter in "The Wrestler" (2009), before landing the recurring role of a vampire queen for the second and third seasons of the hit show "True Blood" (HBO, 2008- ). By the time she earned critical applause for "Mildred Pierce" (HBO, 2011), Wood was already well-established as a talented young actress who time and again impressed audiences alike with her mature and complex performances.

Evan Rachel Wood is definitely hot, but when most guys hear about her relationship with the eccentric Marilyn Manson, her sex appeal suddenly drops. We assume the perfect date would include pre-drinking absinthe before a night on the town sacrificing animals and giving ourselves self-made tattoos with hot pokers. But the on-again-off-again duo called it quits for good in August 2010. And we couldn't be happier that she's finally seeing the light. In the May issue of Esquire, the newly-single Wood, likeTrue Blood co-star before her Anna Paquin, came out as bisexual. Proving she's got class to back up her sass, she's also been the face of Gucci's Guilty campaign since 2010.