Aimee Lou Wood Biography
Aimee Lou Wood is a Manchester actress. In addition, she made her screen debut on the Netflix series Sex Education, which made her receive a British Academy Television Award for Best Female Comedy Performance from two nominations after early-stage roles in Mary Stuart and Places, People, and Things.
Aimee Lou Wood Age|Birthday
Wood is 27 years old as of 2022. Additionally, she was born on 3 February 1995, in Stockport, United Kingdom. Therefore, she celebrates her birthday on 3rd February every year.
Aimee Lou Wood Height |Weight
Wood has an average height of 5 feet 7 inches (1.7 meters) tall. Additionally, she has a body weight of 52 kg (116 lbs).
Aimee Lou Wood Family
Wood was born and raised in Stockport, Greater Manchester. Additionally, her mother works for Childline and her father is known as a car dealer. Furthermore, her parents later divorce.
Aimee Lou Wood Husband
Wood was in a relationship with Connor Swindells who was her Sex Education co-star. Besides, he portrays Adam Groff, from January 2019 in the series to sometime prior to March 2020. Furthermore, she has struggled with her body image, revealing in a 2020 interview with Glamour magazine that “She has suffered with body dysmorphia her whole life. She remember prior to the first sex scene (in Sex Education), she thought, ‘Right, okay. she will start eating salads every day,’ and she just didn’t.
Aimee Lou Wood Career
Additionally, her agent is Lizzie Newell, Independent Talent Group. Besides, she was involved in various productions, such as playing Margaret in a production of Scuttlers directed by Hannah Eidinow. And also as Goody in Vinegar Tom, directed by Cressida Brown during her time at RADA. Furthermore, she started her professional acting career in 2016 by serving on stage productions. Besides, made her debut as a handmaiden in the play Mary Stuart, performed at the Almeida Theatre in London till 2017.
In regard to this, she starred as Laura in the production People, Places and Things, a role that was performed many times by Wood on a tour across the UK. Besides, she made her screen debut as Aimee Gibbs, a main character in the Netflix comedy-drama series Sex Education, where she co-stars alongside Asa Butterfield, Emma Mackey, Ncuti Gatwa and Gillian Anderson in 2019.
Furthermore, she had originally auditioned for the part of Lily, which was ultimately given to Tanya Reynolds, but accepted the role of Aimee when she became offered. Additionally, the series went on to receive critical acclaim, and her performance earned praise. Besides, she received the British Academy Television Award for Best Female Comedy Performance, which is both her first accolade and her first award won from a major association at the 2021 British Academy Television Awards.
In addition, she earned another nomination for the award at the 2022 British Academy Television Awards. Besides, she played Jess in Hen, a short film directed by James Larkin in 2020. Furthermore, she was cast in the pivotal role of Sonya in the production Uncle Vanya. This was recorded throughout the COVID-19 pandemic at the Harold Pinter Theatre and obtained both a cinematic release and also a BBC national release in that same year.
Aimee Lou Wood Education
Wood went to Cheadle Hulme School, and mostly retained her regional accent. Later, in 2017, she took a Foundation Course at the Oxford School of Drama, and graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in Acting from the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA).
Aimee Lou Wood Net worth| Salary
Wood has an estimated net worth of $1.5 Million (approximately). However, her total salary range is under review.
Lou Wood Film
- 2020 Hen
- 2021 The Electrical Life of Louis Wain
- 2022 Living Margaret Wood
- 2019–present Sex Education
Lou Wood Stage
- 2016–2017 Mary Stuart
- 2017 People, Places and Things
- 2018–2019 Downstate
- 2020 Uncle Vanya
Lou Wood Awards
- 2020 Ian Charleson Awards
- 2021 British Academy Television Awards
- 2022 National Comedy Awards
- 2022 British Academy Television Awards
