Evan Rachel Wood

Evan Rachel Wood was born on 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 5 Evan 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 the big screen film, Practical Magic (1998). She starred in the comedy, S1m0ne (2002) as Al Pacino's daughter, followed by Thirteen (2003), with Holly Hunter.

Evan Rachel Wood's breakout role as Tracy in Thirteen (2003) garnered 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, Evan Rachel Wood was the youngest actress to be nominated in the Leading Role category.