Evan Rachel Wood

Evan Rachel Wood was born in Raleigh, North Carolina, on September 7, 1987. Her father, Ira David Wood III (a theatre actor as well as writer and director) is her father. Sara Wood Wood is her mother and is an actress. There are two older brothers, Dana Wood, a singer, as well as Ira David Wood IV, who also has acted. Evan and her brothers frequently appeared at Theatre In The Park in Raleigh. Her father was the founder of the theater and serves as its director of operations. After a long and drawn-out audition process at the age of five, she was old when she had the opportunity to screen-test with Kirsten Dunst. Along with her mom and brother Ira the family moved to Los Angeles in 1996. Since her arrival, she has had successes in TV series and movies on television, as well as feature films. Tracy played her part in Practical Magic (1998) and S1m0ne (2002 the child of Al Pacino). Holly Hunter followed with Thirteen (2004). The role she played as Tracy in "Thirteen," which she performed in received her a nomination at the Golden Globes for Best Performance by an Actress in a Drama and a nomination for the Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by female actors in a Leading Role. At the time she was nominated by SAG and was the most youthful actor in the Leading Role category. Her performance in the role of Veda Pierce in the HBO miniseries Mildred Pierce (2011) brought her an Emmy nomination and an Emmy nomination and a Golden Globe award. Also, she received praise for her strong performance as Stephanie who is Mickey Rourke's estranged daughter, in Darren Aronofsky's The Wrestler (2008). Sara Wood and Ira David Wood III are her parents. Ira David Wood III's younger sister. She has been trained in dance. She is a singer, loves to do horseback riding, and rollerblade. She is the black belt for tae Kwon-Do. Keeps in touch with a majority of her Once and Again (1999) co-stars: Mischa Barton, Julia Whelan and Shane West.