Evan Rachel Wood
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{{Infobox actor
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| caption = Wood at the Toronto Film Festival, 2007
| birthdate = {{birth date and age|1987|9|7}}
| birthplace = [[Raleigh, North Carolina|Raleigh]], [[North Carolina]]
| yearsactive = 1994 — present
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'''Evan Rachel Wood''' (born [[September 7]], [[1987]])<ref name="birthdate">{{cite web|last=|first=|authorlink=|coauthors=|title=Biography|publisher=The Official Evan Rachel Wood Fansite|date=2002|url=http://web.archive.org/web/20050204121334/www.erw2002.com/biography.htm|format=|accessdate=2007-08-28}}</ref> is an [[United States|American]] [[film]], [[television]], [[theater]] [[actress]] and [[singer]]. She began her acting career in the late 1990s, appearing in several television roles, including ''[[American Gothic (TV series)|American Gothic]]'' and ''[[Once and Again]]''. Wood made her debut as a leading film actress in 2002's ''[[Little Secrets]]'', and became well known after her transition to a more adult oriented [[Golden Globe]]-nominated role in the critically acclaimed ''[[Thirteen (film)|Thirteen]]'' (2003).<ref name="praise">{{cite news|last=|first=|coauthors=|title=Wood re-lives high school bullying for inspiration|pages=|publisher=DailyIndia.com|date=[[2006-06-17]]|url=http://www.dailyindia.com/show/35106.php/Wood_re-lives_high_school_bullying_for_inspiration|accessdate=2006-06-17}}</ref>
Wood continued acting in mostly independent films, including ''[[Pretty Persuasion]]'' (2005), ''[[Down in the Valley (film)|Down in the Valley]]'' (2006), ''[[Running with Scissors (film)|Running With Scissors]]'' (2006), and in the big studio production ''[[Across the Universe (film)|Across the Universe]]'' (2007). Wood's acting has drawn critical praise and has been described by ''[[The Guardian]]'' newspaper as being "wise beyond her years" and as "one of the best actresses of her generation".<ref name="guardian">{{cite news|last=O'Toole|first=Lesley|coauthors=|title=Distress princess|pages=|publisher=Guardian Unlimited |date=[[2006-06-24]]|url=http://www.guardian.co.uk/theguide/film/story/0,,1803495,00.html?gusrc=rss|accessdate=2006-06-24}}</ref> Her relationship with singer [[Marilyn Manson (singer)|Marilyn Manson]] has received considerable media coverage.
==Biography==
===Early life and family===
Wood was born in [[Raleigh, North Carolina|Raleigh]], [[North Carolina]], the daughter of Sara Lynn Moore, an actress, director and acting coach, and Ira David Wood III, an actor, singer, theater director and playwright.<ref name="guardian" /> Wood's brother, [[Ira David Wood IV]], is also an actor. Wood has another brother, Dana. Her paternal aunt, Carol Winstead Wood, is a [[Hollywood]] production designer.<ref name="Carolw">{{cite news|last=McDowell|first=Robert W.|coauthors=|title=PREVIEW: Theatre in the Park Preview: A Christmas Carol, Starring David Wood as Scrooge, Will Have New Scenery and New Choreography|pages=|publisher=Classical Voice of North Carolina|date=December, 2004|url=http://www.cvnc.org/reviews/2004/december/C-Carol.html|accessdate=2007-10-04}}</ref>
Evan Rachel Wood is [[Jew]]ish.<ref name="Reed1">Nikki Reed and Evan Rachel Wood both mentioned that they are Jewish on the ''Thirteen'' DVD commentary, between the 10:00 and 11:00 minute mark</ref><ref name="heritage">{{cite news|last=Bloom|first=Nate|coauthors=|title=Celebrity Jews in the news - 13 GOING ON 30|pages=|publisher=The Jewish News Weekly of Northern California|date=[[2007-06-18]]|url=http://www.jewishsf.com/content/2-0-/module/displaystory/story_id/726/edition_id/4/format/html/displaystory.html|accessdate=2006-06-12}}</ref> She has described the music of [[The Beatles]] as being a major part of her life since her first family Christmas.<ref name="beatles">{{cite news|title='Thirteen' no more: Evan Rachel Wood grows up|pages=|publisher=CNN.com|date=[[2007-09-12]]|url=http://www.cnn.com/2007/SHOWBIZ/Movies/09/18/film.evanrachelwood.ap/index.html|accessdate=2006-11-08}}</ref> Wood and her brothers were actively involved in [[Theatre In The Park]], a community theater directed by her father, while growing up; she played the Ghost of Christmas Past in a production of ''[[A Christmas Carol]]'' at the theater when she was several months old, and later starred as [[Helen Keller]] alongside her mother (who played Annie Sullivan) in a production of ''[[The Miracle Worker]]'', under her father's direction.<ref>[http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,1035886,00.html Celeb Spotlight: Evan Rachel Wood]</ref><ref>[http://www.news.com.au/couriermail/story/0,23739,22651997-5003420,00.html Evan Rachel Wood lives life to the full]</ref>
===Acting career===
Wood began her career appearing in several made-for-television films from 1994 and onwards, also playing an occasional role in the [[television]] series ''[[American Gothic (TV series)|American Gothic]]''. In 1996, Wood's parents separated and later divorced, and Wood moved with her mother to her mother's native Los Angeles County, California.<ref name="guardian" /><ref name="age5">{{cite news|last=Dicker|first=Ron|coauthors=|title=Two Postcards From Toronto: Evan Rachel Wood, Emile Hirsch Give Hollywood A Glimpse Of Its Future|pages=|publisher=Hartford Courant|date=[[2007-09-16]]|url=http://www.courant.com/entertainment/movies/hc-sholede0916.artsep16,0,336017.story|accessdate=2007-09-16}}</ref> After a one-season role on the television drama, ''[[Profiler]]'', Wood was cast in the supporting role of Jessie Sammler on the television show ''[[Once and Again]]''. Wood's first major screen role was in the low-budget 1998 film, ''[[Digging to China]]'', which also starred [[Kevin Bacon]] and [[Mary Stuart Masterson]]. Wood remembers the role as initially being "hard", but notes that it eventually led to her decision that acting is something she "might never want to stop doing".<ref name="guardian" /> In 2002, Wood played a supporting role in the film ''[[S1m0ne]]'', which starred [[Al Pacino]]. Wood's breakthrough movie role followed, with the somewhat controversial 2003 [[independent film]] ''[[Thirteen (film)|Thirteen]]''. The film garnered strong critical acclaim, and her performance was nominated for a [[Golden Globe Award]] as ''Best Actress - Drama'' and for a Screen Actors Guild (SAG) Award for Best Actress. During the time of ''Thirteen'''s release, ''[[Vanity Fair (magazine)|Vanity Fair]]'' named Wood as one of the ''It Girls of Hollywood'', and she appeared, along with the other actresses, on the magazine's July 2003 cover.<ref name="Vanity">Woolcott, James "Teen Engines: Riding with the Kid Culture" (July 2003) p. 157</ref> A supporting role opposite [[Cate Blanchett]] and [[Tommy Lee Jones]], in [[Ron Howard]]'s ''[[The Missing]]'', followed the same year.
In 2005, she appeared in ''[[The Upside of Anger]]'', opposite [[Kevin Costner]], and [[Joan Allen]], a well-reviewed film in which Wood played one of several sisters dealing with their father's absence.<ref name="guardian" /> Her next two starring roles were in the dark [[independent film]]s, ''[[Pretty Persuasion]]'' (also 2005), in which she played a villainous, sexually active high-schooler, and ''[[Down in the Valley (film)|Down in the Valley]]'', in which her character falls in love with an older man posing as a [[cowboy]] ([[Edward Norton]]). Wood has commented on her choice of sexually themed roles, saying that she is not aiming for the "shock factor" in her film choices.<ref name="guardian"/> In 2005, Wood starred in the [[music video]]s for [[Bright Eyes (band)|Bright Eyes]]' "At the Bottom of Everything" and [[Green Day]]'s "[[Wake Me Up When September Ends]]". In September of 2006, she received [[Premiere (magazine)|Premiere]] magazine's "Spotlight Award for Emerging Talent".<ref name="telegraph">{{cite news|last=From correspondents in California|first=|coauthors=|title=Cate Blanchett gets Hollywood gong|pages=|publisher=The Daily Telegraph|date=[[2006-09-22]]|url=http://www.news.com.au/dailytelegraph/story/0,22049,20456753-5001028,00.html|accessdate=2006-09-21}}</ref> Later that year, Wood appeared with an all-star ensemble cast in the film, ''[[Running with Scissors (film)|Running With Scissors]]''. Also in 2006, she was described by ''[[The Guardian]]'' as being "wise beyond her years" and as "one of the best actresses of her generation".<ref name="guardian"/>
[[Image:Wood-douglas.jpg|thumb|200px|left|Wood with [[Michael Douglas]] in 2007's ''King of California'']]
Wood has roles in two films released in September, 2007: ''[[King of California]]'' and ''[[Across the Universe (film)|Across the Universe]]'', a musical directed by [[Julie Taymor]] and set in [[Liverpool]], [[United Kingdom]], [[New York City]] and [[Vietnam]]; Wood sang musical numbers live during filming in the latter film. Starring in 2008's [[Vadim Perelman]]-directed ''[[The Life Before Her Eyes]]'', Wood played a younger version of [[Uma Thurman]]'s character; Wood has stated that she intends the film to be the last time she plays a teenager.<ref name="timesonline"/> Next, Wood will provide the voice of an [[Extraterrestrial life in popular culture|alien]] in the animated film ''[[Terra]]'', play writer [[Anne Brontë]] in the film ''[[Brontë]]'', and will be involved in the film ''[[Phantasmagoria: The Visions of Lewis Carroll]]''.<ref name="age5"/><ref name="timesonline">{{cite news|last=Maher|first=Kevin|coauthors=|title=Evan Rachel Wood's hard day’s night|pages=|publisher=Times Online|date=[[2007-09-27]]|url=http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/film/article2538406.ece|accessdate=2007-09-27}}</ref> Wood has stated that she prefers [[music]] to movies and is planning to launch a [[singing]] [[career]]. Wood and ''[[Across the Universe (film)|Across the Universe]]'' co-star, [[Jim Sturgess]] are reported to be involved in the upcoming [[Julie Taymor]] [[Broadway theatre|Broadway]] production of a ''[[Spider-Man]]'' [[Spider-Man in other media#Stage|musical adaptation]]. Music for the show will be composed and written by [[Bono]] and [[The Edge]], of the band [[U2]].<ref name="spider">{{cite news|last=Karakaya|first=Jenny|coauthors=|title=''Across the Universe'' Interviews with Jim Sturgess and Julie Taymor|pages=|publisher=New York Post|date=[[2007-09-24]]|url=http://www.nypost.com/entertainment/movies/news/n13344.htm|accessdate=2007-10-05}}</ref>
===Personal life===
[[Image:Evan rachel wood eugene2.jpg|thumb|150px|right|Evan Rachel Wood in 2005]]
Wood was home-schooled for most of her schooling years, and received her [[high school diploma]] at age fifteen.<ref name="AJLM">{{cite news|last=Pilcher|first=Bradford R.|coauthors=|title=Evan Rachel Wood|pages=|publisher=American Jewish Life Magazine|date=9/10, 2006|url=http://www.atlantajewish.com/content/092006/kibbitz-erw.html|accessdate=2007-01-15}}</ref> She has a black belt in [[Tae Kwon Do]] and enjoys singing, having recorded the songs "Christmas Isn't Christmas Without You" and "Silver and Gold" for the ''School's Out Christmas Album'', which featured various artists. Wood has said that her character in ''Across the Universe'', whom she describes as an "old soul, street smart and ahead of her time", is close to her real-life personality.<ref name="guardian" /> Wood also describes herself as being "laid-back" and "not a party girl", citing her choice to stay away from what is considered a typical Hollywood lifestyle.<ref name="guardian" /> In 2006, Wood, who was described by [[the Guardian]] as an "[[Anglophile]]", dated her "[[Wake Me Up When September Ends]]" music video co-star, English actor [[Jamie Bell]].<ref name="guardian" /><ref name="timesonline"/> She is also a friend of actor [[Joseph Gordon-Levitt]].<ref name="guardian" />
In 2007, Wood's relationship with [[Marilyn Manson]] became public. The two met at a party at the [[Chateau Marmont Hotel]]; Wood has stated that she was attracted to Manson's frequent use of black [[eye liner]] and has described their relationship as "healthy and loving."<ref name="herald1">{{cite news|last=Herald wire services|first=|coauthors=|title=They owe it all to eyeliner|pages=|publisher=Boston Herald|date=[[2007-07-12]]|url=http://thetrack.bostonherald.com/moreTrack/view.bg?articleid=1010826|accessdate=2007-07-12}}</ref> Two portraits of Wood, painted by Manson, have been exhibited at the Celebritarian Corporation Gallery of Fine Art. Wood is also the inspiration behind Manson's song "[[Heart-Shaped Glasses]]" and appeared with Manson in the song's music video. Manson has said that Wood's appearance in the film was the highest-paid music video role ever.<ref name="timesonline"/> Since dating Manson, Wood has made notable changes in her personal style; wearing vintage clothing and retro makeup, as well as coloring her hair black. Gossip columnists have commented that her new look is similar to Manson's ex-wife, [[Dita Von Teese]].<ref name="BackseatCuddler">{{cite news|last=Backseat Cuddler|first=|coauthors=|title= Evan Rachel Wood is Turning into Dita von Teese|pages=|publisher=Backseat Cuddler|date=[[2008-04-16]]|url=http://backseatcuddler.com/2008/04/16/evan-rachel-wood-is-turning-into-dita-von-teese/}}</ref>
==Filmography==
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! Year !! Title !! Role !! Notes
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|rowspan="2"| 1998 || ''[[Practical Magic]]'' || Kylie Owens ||
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| ''[[Digging to China]]'' || Harriet Frankovitz || limited release
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| 1999 || ''[[Down Will Come Baby]]'' || Robin Garr || made-for-television
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|rowspan="2"| 2002 || ''[[Little Secrets]]'' || Emily Lindstrom ||
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| ''[[S1m0ne]]'' || Lainey Christian ||
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|rowspan="2"| 2003 || ''[[The Missing]]'' || Lily Gilekson ||
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| ''[[Thirteen (film)|Thirteen]]'' || Tracy Louise Freeland || Golden Globe nomination
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|rowspan="2"| 2005 || ''[[Pretty Persuasion]]'' || Kimberly Joyce || limited release
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| ''[[The Upside of Anger]]'' || Lavender 'Popeye' Wolfmeyer ||
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|rowspan="4"| 2006 || ''[[Running with Scissors (film)|Running with Scissors]]'' || Natalie ||
|-
| ''[[Down in the Valley (film)|Down in the Valley]]'' || Tobe || limited release
|-
| ''[[Asterix and the Vikings]]'' || Abba (English Dub) || limited release
|-
| ''[[Shark Bait]]'' || Chordelia (Voice) ||Also known as ''The Reef''
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|rowspan="3"| 2007 || ''[[King of California]]'' || Miranda ||
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| ''[[Across the Universe (film)|Across the Universe]]'' || Lucy Carrigan ||
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| ''[[Terra (film)|Terra]]'' || Mala (voice) ||
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|rowspan="2"| 2008 || ''[[The Life Before Her Eyes]]'' || Young Diana ||
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| ''[[Phantasmagoria: The Visions of Lewis Carroll]]'' || Alice || rumored
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|rowspan=2| 2009 || ''[[The Wrestler (2009 film)|The Wrestler]]''|| Stephanie || ''post-production''
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| ''Untitled Woody Allen Project'' || Lead || ''post-production''
|}
==References==
{{Commons|Evan Rachel Wood}}
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==External links==
*{{imdb name|id=0939697|name=Evan Rachel Wood}}
*{{tvtome person|id=1486|name=Evan Rachel Wood}}
*[http://www.girl.com.au/evan%20_rachel_wood.htm Interview, 2003, Girl.com]
*[http://archives.cnn.com/2001/SHOWBIZ/TV/03/08/sbtst.wood/ Interview, 2001, CNN.com]
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