Born: September 07, 1987
Evan Rachel Wood was born in Raleigh, NC, where her father Ira David Wood ran a theater company. Along with her two brothers, she acted in her dad's stage productions before getting small roles in made-for-TV movies. In 1995, she made several guest appearances on the CBS drama American Gothic, as the daughter of Mrs. Russell (played by real-life mom Sara Lynn Moore). Her next regular role was Chloe on the NBC sci-fi police drama Profiler. She left the show to join the cast of the popular ABC family drama Once and Again as Rick's daughter Jessie. Along with child actor co-stars Julia_Whelan and Meredith_Deane, she won a Young Artist Award for her work on the show. Other TV appearances include Touched by an Angel, The_West_Wing, and CSI: Crime Scene Investigation. In 1998, Wood made her first feature film in Timothy_Hutton's directorial debut Digging to China. In the starring role of Harriet Frankovitz, she played a ten-year-old girl who befriends mentally challenged adult Ricky (Kevin_Bacon). More movie appearances followed in Griffin_Dunne's fantasy Practical_Magic, Joey_Travolta's crime movie Detour, and Andrew_Niccol's sci-fi comedy Simone. Her next leading role was in the family-friendly drama Little_Secrets as teenage concert violinist Emily Lindstrom. Her big breakthrough came in 2003 as the star of Catherine_Hardwicke's directorial debut Thirteen, which was partially written by teenage co-star Nikki_Reed. Launched into semi-stardom by the well-marketed movie, she was then offered a part in Ron_Howard's Western The_Missing, also starring Cate_Blanchett and Tommy_Lee_Jones. Projects for 2004 include the family drama The Upside of Anger and the teen comedy Pretty Persuasion. Andrea LeVasseur, Rovi
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