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 as well as a writer and director and her mother, Sara Wood, is an actress as well as acting coach. She is the daughter of Dana Wood, a musician and Ira David Wood III, an actor. Evan as well as her brothers often appeared in the Theatre In The Park in Raleigh, which her father founded and for which he serves as executive director. After a long and drawn-out audition process when she was just five years old, she old when she was able to screen-test with Kirsten Dunst. Along with her mom and brother Ira moving to Los Angeles in 1996. Since since then, she's had success in television series as well as movies on TV as well as feature films. Tracy was her character in Practical Magic (1998) and in S1m0ne (2002 the child of Al Pacino). Holly Hunter followed with Thirteen (2004). Her breakthrough role as Tracy on "Thirteen" was rewarded with an Golden Globes nomination and a Screen Actors Guild Award nomination. She was the first actress nominated for an award for a Leading Role award at the time. Her performance as Veda Pierce in the HBO mini-series Mildred Pierce (2011) was rewarded with an Emmy nomination and an Emmy nomination and a Golden Globe award. The actress also received acclaim for her impressive performance in the role of 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 IV's younger sister and Dana Wood's older sister. She has been trained in dance. She likes to sing, swim, rollerblade, and go on horseback. She holds earned a black belt in Tae Kwon Do. She has kept in touch for the majority of her Once and Again (1999) and castmates: Mischa Barrton, Julia Whelan and Shane West.