History Creator / DeborahAnnWoll

%%** ''Daredevil: Born Again'' (2025)

* WagTheDirector: Woll is very open about her dislike for the fact that in the two comic storylines where Karen is most prominently featured, bad things happen to her (in ''ComicBook/DaredevilBornAgain'', she became a drug-addicted porn star who sold Matt's identity out to Wilson Fisk for a fix. And in ''Guardian Devil'', she was killed by Bullseye). During production of ''Daredevil'' season 3, she worked very closely with showrunner Erik Oleson to ensure Karen's backstory steered towards something that made her more heroic. So while Karen is still a former drug user, it was something she did while she was in a toxic relationship with a drug dealer, and she kicked the habit after she got her brother killed while driving under the influence. Karen also never sells Matt out to Fisk, as Fisk instead figures out by himself that Matt is Daredevil. Meanwhile, her death in ''Guardian Devil'' is subverted at the last second by having Dex kill [[spoiler:Father Lantom]] instead.

** Jessica Hamby is seventeen years old when Bill makes her a vampire. Woll was 23 when she debuted, and 29 by the time the show concluded.
** While largely averted with Karen Page, her limelight episode in ''Daredevil'' season 3 plays it straight, as a 33 year old Woll is playing a 19 year old Karen in flashbacks.

* MetaCasting: Her husband is blind as a result of choroideremia, so her casting as the love interest of a blind man in ''Daredevil'' falls into this.

'''Deborah Ann Woll''' (born February 7, 1985 in New York City, New York) is an American actress.

Woll is perhaps best known for her roles in television, from 2008 to 2014 as [[CanonForeigner Jessica Hamby]] in ''Series/TrueBlood'', and from 2015 to 2019 as Karen Page in ''Series/Daredevil2015'', ''Series/ThePunisher2017'' and ''Series/{{The Defenders|2017}}''.

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* Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse (2015 -- 2019) as Karen Page:

** While largely averted with Karen Page, her limelight episode in ''Daredevil'' season 3 plays it straight, as a 33 year old Woll is playing a 19 year old Karen.

** Jessica is one of the few ''True Blood'' characters to not do full frontal nude scenes, between Woll having a no-nudity clause in her contract and HBO being wary of the fact that [[JailBait Jessica is perpetually 17]]. But she does have plenty of lingerie moments.

** Karen gets a few fanservicey moments, such as being briefly naked while [[SexyShirtSwitch changing into one of Matt's dress shirts]], or [[spoiler:while dancing scantily clad at a frat party in her limelight episode in season 3]].

* MetaCasting: Her role as Karen falls into this once Karen starts dating Matt, given Woll's husband is blind.

** Jessica is one of the few ''True Blood'' characters to not do full frontal nude scenes, but she does have plenty of lingerie moments.

* WagTheDirector: Woll is very open about her dislike for the fact that in the two comic storylines where Karen is most prominently featured, bad things happen to her (her drug addiction in ''ComicBook/DaredevilBornAgain'' and her fridging in ''Guardian Devil''). During production of ''Daredevil'' season 3, she worked very closely with showrunner Erik Oleson to ensure Karen's backstory steered towards something that made her more heroic. So while Karen is still a former drug user, it was something she did while she was in a toxic relationship with a drug dealer, and she kicked the habit after she got her brother killed while driving under the influence, while her death in ''Guardian Devil'' ends up being subverted at the last second by having Dex kill [[spoiler:Father Lantom]] instead.

Woll is perhaps best known for her roles in television, as [[CanonForeigner Jessica Hamby]] in ''Series/TrueBlood'' from 2008 to 2014, and currently portrays Karen Page in the Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse, as the female lead of ''Series/Daredevil2015'', and as a supporting character in ''Series/ThePunisher2017'' and ''Series/{{The Defenders|2017}}''.

* WagTheDirector: Woll has been known to dislike what was done to Karen in the comics (her drug addiction in ''ComicBook/DaredevilBornAgain'' and her fridging in ''Guardian Devil''). During production of ''Daredevil'' season 3, she worked very closely with showrunner Erik Oleson to ensure Karen's backstory steered towards something that made her more heroic. So while Karen is still a former drug user, it was something she did while she was in a toxic relationship with a drug dealer, and she kicked the habit after she got her brother killed while driving under the influence, while her death in ''Guardian Devil'' ends up being subverted at the last second by having Dex kill [[spoiler:Father Lantom]] instead.

* WagTheDirector: Woll has been known to dislike what was done to Karen in the comics (her drug addiction in ''ComicBook/DaredevilBornAgain'' and her fridging in ''Guardian Devil''). During production of ''Daredevil'' season 3, she worked very closely with showrunner Erik Oleson to ensure Karen's backstory steered towards something that made her more heroic. So while Karen is still a former drug user, it was something she did while she was in a toxic relationship with a drug dealer, and she kicked the habit after she got her brother killed while driving under the influence.

* MetaCasting: Her role as Karen falls into this once Karen starts dating Matt, given Woll's real boyfriend EJ Scott is blind.
* ShipperOnDeck:
** While not as overt as Creator/CharlieCox, she also endorses [[OfficialCouple Matt/Karen]], as seen prior to the release of ''Daredevil'' season 3, where she had several profile or header pics on Twitter that were from [[PortmanteauCoupleName Karedevil]] scenes in the show.
** Judging by some of the stuff she's posted since Punisher Season 2 seems like Deborah is now a firm [[PortmanteauCoupleName Kastle]] shipper.

* WagTheDirector: Woll has been known to dislike what was done to Karen in the comics (her drug addiction in ''ComicBook/DaredevilBornAgain'' and her fridging in ''Guardian Devil''), and during production of ''Daredevil'' season 3 worked with new showrunner Erik Oleson to ensure Karen's backstory steered away from that.

* ShipperOnDeck: While not as overt as Creator/CharlieCox, she also endorses [[OfficialCouple Matt/Karen]], as seen prior to the release of ''Daredevil'' season 3, where she had several profile or header pics on Twitter that were from [[PortmanteauCoupleName Karedevil]] scenes in the show.
** Judging by some of the stuff she's posted since Punisher Season 2 seems like Deborah is now a firm [[PortmantearCoupleName Kastle]] shipper.

'''Deborah Ann Woll''' (born February 7, 1985) is an American actress.

* JustForFun/OneOfUs: She's quite the tabletop fan, even being the lead on Geek & Sundry's ''Relics & Rarities.''

* Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse (2015 -- present) as Karen Page:

** ''Series/{{The Punisher|2017}}'' (2017)

* OneOfUs: She's quite the tabletop fan, even being the lead on Geek & Sundry's ''Relics & Rarities.''

** ''Series/{{Daredevil|2015}}'' (2015 -- present)

* ShipperOnDeck: While not as overt as Creator/CharlieCox, she also endorses [[OfficialCouple Matt/Karen]], as seen prior to the release of ''Daredevil'' season 3 when she changed the header photo on her social media pages to an official set photo of Matt and Karen in Fisk's penthouse in which Matt is wearing his black costume.

* WagTheDirector: Woll has been known to dislike what was done to Karen in the comics, and during production of ''Daredevil'' season 3 worked with new showrunner Erik Oleson to ensure Karen's backstory steered away from that.

* StatuesqueStunner: She's 5′10″.
* ShipperOnDeck: While not as overt as Creator/CharlieCox, she also endorses [[OfficialCouple Matt/Karen]], as seen prior to the release of ''Daredevil'' season 3 when she changed the header photo on her social media pages to an official set photo of Matt and Karen in Fisk's penthouse in which Matt is wearing his black costume.

* OneOfUs: Woll is a ''hardcore'' TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons fan and longtime Dungeon Master.

Woll is perhaps best known for her roles in television, as [[CanonForeigner Jessica Hamby]] in ''Series/TrueBlood'' from 2008 to 2014, and currently portrays Karen Page in the Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse, first appearing as the character in ''Series/Daredevil2015'', which she reprised on ''Series/ThePunisher2017'' and ''Series/{{The Defenders|2017}}''.