Date of Birth: September 7, 1987
Place of Birth: Raleigh, North Carolina
Interesting Tidbit: Changed her middle name from 'Rachael' to 'Rachel'
Evan Rachel Wood's breakthrough role came playing Sela Ward and Billy Campbell’s daughter Jesse on the TV series, "Once and Again," during the 1999-2002 seasons. Wood followed that up with her first feature film starring role in "Digging to China" opposite Kevin Bacon and Mary Stuart Masterson. In 1999 Wood played one of Nicole Kidman and Sandra Bullock's nieces in the witchy film, "Practical Magic."
Additional film credits include "Simone" with Al Pacino, "Little Secrets" with Vivica A Fox, and "Missing" with Tommy Lee Jones and Cate Blanchett.
Wood earned a Golden Globe nomination for her starring turn in "Thirteen," a coming-of-age in a confusing world drama from writer/director Catherine Hardwicke. Other notable credits include "Pretty Persuasion," "The Upside of Anger," "Down in the Valley," and "Running with Scissors."
