Line #7 Creator/EvanRachelWood


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3	Evan Rachel Wood is an American actress. Born September 7th, 1987 in Raleigh, North Carolina, her first starring role was in 2002's ''Little Secrets''. She was simultaneously starring in the TV series ''Series/OnceAndAgain'', but her breakthrough role was her critically acclaimed performance in teen drama film ''Film/Thirteen2003'' for which she received a Golden Globe nomination. She is known for mostly appearing in independent films and has acted in ''Film/PrettyPersuasion'', ''Film/DownInTheValley'', ''Film/RunningWithScissors'', ''Film/{{Barefoot}}'', ''Film/AcrossTheUniverse2007'', ''Film/IntoTheForest'', ''Film/{{Kajillionaire}}'' and voice-acted in ''WesternAnimation/StrangeMagic'' and ''WesternAnimation/FrozenII''. She is now probably best known for her role as Queen Sophie Anne on ''Series/TrueBlood'' and her current starring role in ''Series/{{Westworld}}''.
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5	She is the former fiance of Music/MarilynManson and married Creator/JamieBell (then separated from him less than two years later). They have one son. She is openly bisexual and an advocate of LGBT and women's rights. She has become friends with Creator/MillieBobbyBrown of all people. [[https://twitter.com/ciairefoy/status/1210141093989359617?s=21 She also made a hilarious F-bomb review]] of the now infamous movie ''Film/{{Cats}}''. She has said she's been a victim of {{domestic abuse}} (publicly naming Music/MarilynManson as her abuser in 2021) and publicly testified in favor of a California law which gave greater resources to prosecute such cases.
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7	!!Her credits include:
8	* ''Series/{{American Gothic\|1995}}'' (1995-96) as Rose Russell
9	* ''Film/PracticalMagic'' (1998) as Kylie Owens
10	* ''Series/{{Profiler}}'' (1998-99) as Chloe Waters
11	* ''Series/OnceAndAgain'' (1999-2002) as Jessie Sammler
12	* ''Series/TouchedByAnAngel'' (2000) as Sarah Radcliff
13	* ''Series/TheWestWing'' (2002) as Hogan Cregg
14	* ''Film/S1m0ne'' (2002) as Lainey Christian Taransky
15	* ''Series/{{CSI}}'' (2003) as Nora Easton
16	* ''Film/Thirteen2003'' as Tracy Freeland
17	* ''Film/{{The Missing\|2003}}'' (2003) as Lilly Gilkeson
18	* ''Film/PrettyPersuasion'' (2005) as Kimberly Joyce
19	* ''WesternAnimation/AsterixAndTheVikings'' (2006) as Abba (voice; English dub)
20	* ''WesternAnimation/BattleForTerra'' (2007) as Mala (voice)
21	* ''Film/AcrossTheUniverse2007'' (2007) as Lucy Carrigan
22	* ''Film/TheWrestler'' (2008) as Stephanie Ramzinski
23	* ''Film/WhateverWorks'' (2009) as Melody Celestine
24	* ''Series/TrueBlood'' (2009-11) as Queen Sophie-Anne Leclerq
25	* ''Film/TheConspirator'' (2010) as Anna Surratt
26	* ''Literature/MildredPierce'' (2011) as Veda Pierce
27	* ''Film/TheIdesOfMarch'' (2011) as Molly Stearns
28	* ''WesternAnimation/RobotChicken'' (2013) as Girl, Mother (voice)
29	* ''Film/{{Barefoot}}'' (2014) as Daisy Kensington
30	* ''WesternAnimation/StrangeMagic'' (2015) as Marianne (voice)
31	* ''Film/IntoTheForest'' (2015) as Eva
32	* ''Series/{{Westworld}}'' (2016-2022) as Dolores Abernathy
33	* ''Series/DrunkHistory'' (2018-19) as Deborah Sampson, Creator/MaryShelley
34	* ''Anime/FlavorsOfYouth'' (2018) as Yi Lin (voice; English dub)
35	* ''Series/WhatWeDoInTheShadows2019'' (2019) as Evan the Immortal Princess of the Undead
36	* ''WesternAnimation/FrozenII'' (2019) as Queen Iduna (voice)
37	* ''Film/{{Kajillionaire}}'' (2020) as Old Dolio Dyne
38	* ''Film/WeirdTheAlYankovicStory'' (2022) as Music/{{Madonna}}
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40	!!Tropes featured in her work include:
41	* CelebrityResemblance: To Creator/RachelBrosnahan and Creator/AlexandraBreckenridge, with the resemblance to the former becoming something of an AscendedMeme, as they [[https://www.instagram.com/p/BhkRGGWg7rN/ both]] can [[https://www.instagram.com/p/BhkPJ3JFvDL/ attest]].
42	* EveryoneLovesBlondes: Most of her filmography.
43	* EvilRedhead: In ''Series/TrueBlood'' and ''Literature/MildredPierce''.
44	* MetaCasting: Having played lots of DamselInDistress characters, it's very appropriate that she stars in ''{{Series/Westworld}}'' as Dolores - a robot who is programmed to be a damsel, but becomes an ActionGirl. Evan even said it felt like she were fighting her base instincts when playing Dolores.
45	* NonSingingVoice: In the Creator/{{HBO}} adaptation of ''Literature/MildredPierce'', but averted in ''Film/AcrossTheUniverse2007''. {{Inverted\|Trope}} with ''WesternAnimation/FrozenII'', where she was brought on board primarily to bring a singing voice to a character who barely spoke in [[WesternAnimation/Frozen2013 the previous film]].
46	* QueerCharacterQueerActor: She's played lesbians in ''Film/{{Kajillionaire}}'' and ''Allure''. Her character's father suspects she may be a lesbian in ''Film/TheWrestler'' too.
47	* RealitySubtext:
48	** Randy of ''Film/TheWrestler'' suspects his daughter might be a lesbian. Evan is bisexual in real life.
49	** Evan claims that her character in ''Film/AcrossTheUniverse2007'' is quite close to her real personality.
50	** The {{Alice Allusion}}s with her character Dolores in ''{{Series/Westworld}}''. She's a huge fan of ''Literature/AlicesAdventuresInWonderland''.
51	--> "And since I was little, people always nicknamed me Alice, even total strangers. I do know I'm always in Wonderland. And I'm definitely just as curious. I don't mind being amongst the mad people, I enjoy it."
52	** A disturbing example: Wood is a survivor of abuse and more than likely drew from her real-life trauma when she played an abuser in ''Allure''.
53	* ThrowItIn: ''Film/Thirteen2003'':
54	** Tracy says, "What the fuck did you do?" when Evie pierces her belly button. This is because Nikki Reed had actually poked the top of Evan's belly with her needle.
55	** In the same film she and Nikki Reed supplied most of their own clothes for their characters, and began dressing more alike as filming went on without realizing.
56	* UnwillinglyGirlyTomboy: In ''Film/ShowbizKids'' she says that she hated having to dress up for publicity as a kid because she was a tomboy.
57	* WhatCouldHaveBeen:
58	** She came very close to getting the role of Claudia in ''Film/InterviewWithTheVampire'', that ended up becoming Kirsten Dunst's breakout role.
59	** She was cast as the lead in ''Film/RaiseYourVoice'' but due to production changes was replaced with Hilary Duff.
60	** She also had to drop out of ''Film/SuckerPunch'' due to conflicts with ''Series/TrueBlood''.
61	** She was the original choice for Mary Jane in ''Theatre/SpiderManTurnOffTheDark'', alongside Creator/AlanCumming. They both jumped ship once it started to become clear what a massive TroubledProduction the show would turn into.

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