Evan Rachel Wood (born September 7, 1987) is an American actress and singer.
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She made her debut as a leading film actress in Little Secrets (2002).
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She became well known after her transition to a more adult-oriented Golden Globe-nominated role in the teen drama film Thirteen (2003).
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Wood continued acting mostly in independent films, including Pretty Persuasion (2005), Down in the Valley (2006), Running with Scissors (2006), and in the big studio production Across the Universe (2007).
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Wood has been described by The Guardian as "one of the best actresses of her generation."
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Her father, Ira David Wood III, is a locally prominent actor, singer, theater director, and playwright who is the Executive Director of a local regional theatre company called Theatre in the Park.
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Since 2008, Wood has appeared in more mainstream films, including The Wrestler (2008), Whatever Works (2009) and The Ides of March (2011).
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Her personal life, particularly her relationship with Marilyn Manson, to whom she was engaged until August 2010, has attracted press attention.
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Wood and her brothers were actively involved in Theatre in the Park while growing up, including an appearance by her in the 1987 production of her father's internationally renowned musical comedy adaptation of A Christmas Carol when she was just a few months old.
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Her mother, Sara Lynn Moore (born March 6, 1958), is an actress, director, and acting coach.
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Wood's brother, Ira David Wood IV, is also an actor; she has another brother, Dana. Her paternal aunt, Carol Winstead Wood, is a Hollywood production designer.
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Subsequently, she played the Ghost of Christmas Past in several productions at the theater.
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She later starred as Helen Keller alongside her mother (who played Annie Sullivan) in a production of The Miracle Worker, under her father's direction.
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She played a supporting role opposite Cate Blanchett and Tommy Lee Jones in Ron Howard's The Missing, in which she played the kidnapped daughter, Lilly Gilkeson, in a Searchers-style western, followed the same year.
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She was Ranked #31 in the 2011 Maxim list "Hot 100" women.
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Wood's breakthrough movie role followed with the 2003 film Thirteen.
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Wood is bisexual
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Evan Rachel Wood says,"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."
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In 2008 she was ranked #7 on Entertainment Weekly's '30 Under 30' the actress list.
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In 2005, Wood starred in the music videos for Bright Eyes' "At the Bottom of Everything" and Green Day's "Wake Me Up When September Ends".
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In 2009 she was ranked #1 in Venus Zine's 25 Under 25 ladies list.
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She was in consideration for the role of Joan Jett in The Runaways (2010), but Kristen Stewart was cast, instead.
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She was originally cast in Sucker Punch (2011), but dropped out due to scheduling conflicts with "True Blood" (2008).
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Evan Rachel Wood says,"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."
