An exceptionally gifted actress, Evan Rachel Wood specialized in playing girls who had seen and experienced often too much at very early ages. She first gained attention while still in grade school on the cult TV series “American Gothic” (CBS, 1995-96) and “Once And Again” (ABC, 1999-2002), before wowing critics with her portrayal of a young girl who dives headlong into sex and drugs in the disturbing indie drama, “Thirteen” (2003), for which she received a Golden Globe nomination. After that starmaking performance, Wood alternated between mainstream Hollywood features and independent
