Evan Rachel Wood was born in Raleigh, North Carolina. Her mother, Sara Lynn Moore was born March 6, 1958 is an actor, director and acting coach. Wood's brother, Ira David Wood IV, is also an actress, she has another brother, Dana. Her aunt, Carol Winstead Wood, production designer is a Hollywood.
Wood's first major screen role was in the low-budget 1998 film digging to China, which also starred Kevin Bacon and Mary Stuart Masterson. Wood made his debut as a teenage actress in 2002's Little Secrets, directed by Blair Treu.
