Thursday, June 21, 2012

Who is Kevin Wayne Durant ?

Who is Kevin Wayne Durant? The basketball world know him as Kevin Durant he is an American professional basketball player. Playing the position of small forward, Durant currently plays with the Oklahoma City Thunder of the National Basketball Association.
Standing at 6'9" (235 lbs) and playing the position of small forward, Durant was the consensus 2007 National College Player of the Year and the 2006–2007 Big 12 Player of the Year, amongst other awards. After a standout freshman season at the University of Texas,[2] Durant opted to enter the NBA Draft,[3] where he was selected second overall by the Seattle SuperSonics. There he went on to win the NBA Rookie of the Year Award after his debut season. In 2007, Durant signed an endorsement contract with Nike.[4] In the 2009–2010 NBA season, Durant led the NBA in scoring and became the youngest player ever to win the NBA scoring title.[5] He is a 3-time NBA scoring champion and a 3-time member of the All NBA First Team.

Early life and high school career

Kevin Durant was born September 29, 1988 Washington, D.C. on September 29, 1988, one of four children of Wanda and Wayne Pratt. Durant has one sister, Brianna, and two brothers, Tony, and Rayvonne. Durant was raised by his parents and his grandmother, Barbara Davis. During his childhood, Durant and Michael Beasley grew up together, and had a close friendship. The two remain friends to this day.
A basketball player from his earliest days, Durant played for a successful Amateur Athletic Union (AAU) youth basketball team, the PG Jaguars, based in Prince George's County, Maryland. The Jaguars won multiple national championships with Durant and fellow future blue chip recruits Michael Beasley of the Minnesota Timberwolves, and Chris Braswell from the University of North Carolina at Charlotte. Durant wore, and continues to wear, the number 35 jersey in honor of his childhood mentor and Amateur Athletic Union coach, Charles Craig, who was murdered at the age of 35.[6]
Durant later moved on to play AAU basketball with fellow McDonald's All-American Ty Lawson of the Denver Nuggets, for the D.C. Blue Devils. After spending two years at National Christian Academy, and one year at Oak Hill Academy, Durant grew five inches and was 6'7" when he started at Montrose Christian School in Rockville, Maryland for his senior year, during which he grew two more inches.[7] At Montrose, Durant led the team in scoring and steals and was named the Washington Post All Met Basketball Player of the Year. During his time at Montrose, he played in The Les Schwab Invitational, a nationally drawing invitational basketball tournament in Oregon State. Durant also played with current New Orleans Hornets point guard Greivis Vasquez while at Montrose. Vetter described Durant as a hard working player, complete with size, and incredible skills in shooting, ball handling, defense, and even some post up moves.[8] Durant also was named a McDonald's All American and named co-MVP of the 2006 McDonald's All American game along with Chase Budinger. Behind Greg Oden, Durant was widely regarded as the second-best high school prospect.[9][10]

College career

A 6'9" swingman with a 7'5" wingspan,[11] Durant was one of four freshman starters for the University of Texas basketball team. Durant started in all 35 games of the season, which culminated with a loss in the second round of the NCAA tournament to the University of Southern California. Texas finished third in the conference with a 12–4 record and was the runner-up in the 2007 Big 12 Men's Basketball Tournament.[12]
Although he had a slender frame, Durant frequently used it to his advantage by posting up bigger players, while shooting over smaller guards.[13] ESPN analyst Dick Vitale praised Durant as the "most prolific offensive skilled big perimeter" ever and proceeded to compare Durant's game to those of current NBA stars like Kevin Garnett and Dirk Nowitzki.[14] After a 37-point, 23-rebound winning performance against the Texas Tech Red Raiders, head coach Bob Knight described Durant as quick, fast and mobile, and being "really good".[15] Texas coach Rick Barnes admitted to rarely calling set plays for Durant, instead relying on Durant himself and on his teammates to find him within the flow of the offense.[16]
Coming into the season, Durant was widely hailed by the media as the Big 12's top freshman and a top candidate to be named Freshman of the Year.[17] He averaged 25.8 points per game and 11.1 rebounds per game during his freshman season with the Texas Longhorns. In Big 12 games he averaged 28.9 points and 12.5 rebounds per game. His college career high for scoring was 37 points, which he achieved on four occasions. Durant had thirty 20-point games his freshman year, including 37 in a losing effort against Kansas for the regular-season Big 12 title.
In March 2007, Durant was named the NABC Division I Player of the Year,[18] and received the Oscar Robertson Trophy[19] and the Adolph F. Rupp Trophy,[20] becoming the first freshman to win each of these awards. On March 30, 2007, he was selected as the Associated Press college player of the year, becoming the first freshman and the first Texas athlete to receive this award since its inception in 1961.[18][21] On April 1, 2007, he became the first freshman to receive the Naismith Award[22] and on April 7, 2007, won the John R. Wooden Award.[23] Less than a week after being drafted by the Seattle SuperSonics, the University of Texas announced the retirement of Durant's No.35 jersey. The number will now hang in the rafters at the Frank Erwin Center along with the No.11 of former Longhorn great T. J. Ford.[24] Durant's jersey is now one of nine retired by the University of Texas .[25]

College statistics

College Year GP GS MIN SPG BPG RPG APG PPG FG% FT% 3P%
Texas 2006–07 35 35 35.9 1.9 1.9 11.1 1.3 25.8 .473 .816 .404

Professional career

Rookie season


Durant declared himself eligible for the 2007 NBA Draft on April 11, 2007 and signed his first professional contract on May 25 with the Upper Deck Company, who later heralded Durant to be the focus of their 2007–08 NBA trading card line. On June 28, 2007, Durant was taken second overall in the 2007 NBA Draft by the Seattle SuperSonics. It was expected that either he or Greg Oden, the starting center for Ohio State, were to go Number 1 in the draft. However, Oden was drafted first overall by the Portland Trail Blazers.[2] In the proceeding month, Durant went on to sign a seven-year, $60 million endorsement deal with Nike—a rookie deal only surpassed by LeBron James' contract with Nike.[26] In doing so, Durant reportedly turned down a potential $70 million contract with Adidas, opting for Nike since he had worn them all his life.
On October 31, 2007, Durant made his NBA debut with 18 points, 5 rebounds, and 3 steals[27] in a loss to the Denver Nuggets.[28] On November 16, 2007 Durant made the first game-winning shot of his NBA career with a key 3-pointer to beat the Atlanta Hawks in double overtime.[29] Durant finished with 21 points, 3 rebounds, 2 assists, 3 steals, and 3 blocks.[30] On November 30, 2007, Durant scored 35 points to beat the Indiana Pacers.[31] In a game against the Denver Nuggets, he flirted with a triple double as he came up with 37 points, 8 rebounds and 9 assists. In the last game of his rookie season, Durant finally recorded his first double-double of his career with a then career-high 42 points and a career-high 13 rebounds, and also added 5 assists. In addition to leading all rookies in scoring for the season, he was named the NBA Western Conference Rookie of the Month for November,[32][33] December[34] (2007), January,[35] March[36] and April[37] (2008).[38] Durant's 20.3 point per game season average broke the SuperSonics' 40-year-old rookie record set by Bob Rule during the 1967–68 season. On April 30, 2008, Associated Press reported that Durant was awarded the NBA Rookie of the Year Award for the 2007–08 season.[39]

2008–09 season


Following the 2007–08 season, the Seattle SuperSonics relocated from Seattle, Washington to Oklahoma City, Oklahoma as the Oklahoma City Thunder. Although Durant was not selected to play in the 2009 NBA All-Star Game in Phoenix, he did take part in two events. On February 13, 2009, Durant led the Sophomore team to a 122–116 victory over the Rookie side at the T-Mobile Rookie Challenge & Youth Jam. He was crowned the MVP for the game after he set the scoring record with 46 points, breaking the old mark set in 2004 when Suns F-C Amar'e Stoudemire had 36 for the sophomores. The next day, Durant came from behind to win the first ever H-O-R-S-E Competition in NBA All-Star weekend history, beating out Joe Johnson from the Atlanta Hawks and O. J. Mayo from the Memphis Grizzlies after getting four quick letters early in the game.

2009–10 season

Entering the season, the team was not expected to compete for a playoff berth; however, led by Durant, they finished the regular season with 50 wins and earned the eighth seed in the Western Conference playoffs. The 27-game improvement from the previous year was the sixth biggest turnaround in NBA history. Durant won the 2010 H-O-R-S-E contest to win his second in a row. He also made his first All-Star Game appearance, and coached the rookies at the T-Mobile Rookie Challenge and Youth Jam. He became the youngest in league history to win the scoring title at 21, averaging 30.1 points per game, beating out LeBron James. Durant also set the modern record for most games in a row with at least 25 points, breaking Allen Iverson's old record.
On April 18, 2010, Durant made his playoff debut with 24 points in a 79–87 loss to the Los Angeles Lakers. He scored 32 in a 95–92 loss in game 2, but responded with 29 points and 19 rebounds in a 101–96 win at Oklahoma City. He then went on to put up 22 points in the game four win against the defending champs. In game 5, Durant chipped in 17 points as his team lost, 111–87. Game 6 ended the season for the Thunder as Pau Gasol tipped the ball in for a buzzer-beating basket. The Los Angeles Lakers went on to round 2 of the playoffs as they won 95–94. Durant scored 26 points in his last game of the season. On May 2, 2010, the NBA announced that Durant finished second in the MVP voting for the 2009–2010 season, behind LeBron James. Durant joined LeBron James as the forwards on the 2010 All-NBA First Team, alongside Dwight Howard, Kobe Bryant and Dwyane Wade, as announced by the NBA on May 6, 2010. It was his first selection to an All-NBA team.

2010–11 season

On July 7, 2010, Durant announced on his Twitter page that he signed a 5-year contract extension with the Thunder.[40] The extension is worth about $86 million.[41] For a second straight year, Durant led the NBA in scoring, averaging 27.7 points a game[42] and finished 5th in MVP voting.[43] Durant made his second All-Star appearance, and scored 34 points, helping the West defeat the East 148–143.[44] Durant led the Thunder to 55 wins, and the number four seed in the Western Conference. The Thunder lost in the Western Conference Finals to the eventual NBA champions, the Dallas Mavericks.[45]

2011–12 season

Durant reached his career high in scoring on February 19, 2012, in a home match against the Denver Nuggets that OKC won 124–118. Durant scored 51 points, while his teammate Russell Westbrook scored 40. Durant was voted to play as a starter for the 2012 NBA All-Star Game for the second consecutive year. He scored 36 points and was awarded his first career All-Star Game MVP.[46]. Durant scored the game-winner with 1.5 left on the game clock to beat Dallas Mavericks 99–98 during game 1 of their 2012 first round NBA playoff series.[47]

International career

In late February 2007, Durant received an invitation to the Team USA Basketball training camp, becoming the second freshman after Greg Oden to achieve this.[48] After playing only a handful of games in the 2007 NBA Summer League, Durant was chosen to play for Team USA and participate in the State Farm USA basketball challenge, alongside NBA all-stars like Kobe Bryant, LeBron James, Chris Bosh and Dwight Howard.[49] Although Durant held his own in scoring 22 points for the Blue team in one game, he was ultimately dropped when the roster was trimmed to the twelve-player limit.[50] Coach Mike Krzyzewski cited the experience of the remaining players as the deciding factor in making the cut.[50] He was also one of the last cuts to the USA Men's Senior National Team for the 2008 Summer Olympics.
Durant was finally able to represent the USA at 2010 FIBA World Championship and turned out to be the go-to-guy since other stars were unavailable for various reasons. Before the tournament, he downplayed this notion saying "he was another guy on the team."[51] Eventually, he led Team USA to its first FIBA World Championship since 1994 and was named MVP of the Tournament.[52] Along the way, Durant broke several Team USA scoring records including most points in a tournament (205) and most points in a single game (38). He averaged 22.8 points, 6.1 rebounds, 3.1 assists and 1.4 steals in nine games.
He has expressed interest in playing for the 2012 U.S. Olympic Team.

NBA career statistics

Legend
  GP Games played   GS  Games started  MPG  Minutes per game
 FG%  Field-goal percentage  3P%  3-point field-goal percentage  FT%  Free-throw percentage
 RPG  Rebounds per game  APG  Assists per game  SPG  Steals per game
 BPG  Blocks per game  PPG  Points per game  Bold  Career high

Led the league

Regular season

Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
2007–08 Seattle 80 80 34.6 .430 .288 .873 4.4 2.4 1.0 .9 20.3
2008–09 Oklahoma City 74 74 39.0 .476 .422 .863 6.5 2.8 1.3 .7 25.3
2009–10 Oklahoma City 82 82 39.5 .476 .365 .900 7.6 2.8 1.4 1.0 30.1[53]
2010–11 Oklahoma City 78 78 38.9 .462 .350 .880 6.8 2.7 1.1 1.0 27.7[54]
2011–12 Oklahoma City 66 66 38.6 .496 .387 .860 8.0 3.5 1.3 1.2 28.0[55]
Career
380 380 38.1 .468 .364 .878 6.6 2.8 1.2 1.0 26.3
All-Star
3 2 29.0 .516 .364 .867 5.0 1.7 1.7 .7 28.3

Playoffs

Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
2010 Oklahoma City 6 6 38.5 .350 .286 .871 7.7 2.3 .5 1.3 25.0
2011 Oklahoma City 17 17 42.5 .449 .339 .838 8.2 2.8 .9 1.1 28.6
Career
23 23 41.4 .423 .326 .847 8.0 2.7 .8 1.2 27.7

Awards and honors

Milestones and records
Seattle SuperSonics/Oklahoma City Thunder Franchise Records
  • Consecutive games scoring 30 or more points [7 (twice), from December 22, 2009 to January 2, 2010 and from April 4, 2010 to April 14]
  • Consecutive games scoring 25 or more points (29, from December 22, 2009 to February 23, 2010)
  • Most 30+ point games in one season (48, 2009–2010)
  • Most points in one season (2,472; 2009–2010)

Other achievements

Personal

Wanda Pratt.
Durant is the son of Wanda and Wayne Pratt. He has one sister, Brianna and two brothers, Tony and Rayvonne.[62] His grandmother, Barbara Davis, helped to raise him.[63] Durant and Michael Beasley grew up together having a close friendship and remain best friends.[64] Durant is a spokesperson for the Washington, D.C. branch of P'Tones Records, a nationwide non-profit after-school music program.[65]
From when he entered the draft, in 2007, Durant was represented by agent Aaron Goodwin, but on February 17, 2012, Durant announced he was splitting from Goodwin.[66]








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Wednesday, June 20, 2012

Who is Evan Rachel Wood?


Who is Evan Rachel Wood? [1]The entertainment and acting world knows Evan Rachel Wood as an American actress and singer. She began her acting career in the late 1990s, appearing in several television series, including American Gothic and Once and Again. She made her debut as a leading film actress in Little Secrets (2002) and became well known after her transition to a more adult-oriented Golden Globe-nominated role in the teen drama film Thirteen (2003).[2]
Wood continued acting mostly in independent films, including Pretty Persuasion (2005), Down in the Valley (2006), Running with Scissors (2006), and in the big studio production Across the Universe (2007). Since 2008, Wood has appeared in more mainstream films, including The Wrestler (2008), Whatever Works (2009) and The Ides of March (2011). She has also returned to television, playing the supporting role of Queen Sophie-Anne on True Blood from 2009 to 2011 and playing Kate Winslet's daughter in the HBO miniseries Mildred Pierce, a role for which she was nominated for the Golden Globe and Emmy Award for Best Supporting Actress.
Wood has been described by The Guardian as "one of the best actresses of her generation."[3] Her personal life, particularly her relationship with Marilyn Manson, to whom she was engaged until August 2010, has attracted press attention.[4]

Early life and family

Evan Rachel Wood was born September 7, 1987 in Raleigh, North Carolina. Her father, Ira David Wood III, is a locally prominent actor, singer, theater director, and playwright who is the Executive Director of a local regional theatre company called Theatre in the Park.[5] Her mother, Sara Lynn Moore (born March 6, 1958), is an actress, director, and acting coach.[3] Wood's brother, Ira David Wood IV, is also an actor; she has another brother, Dana. Her paternal aunt, Carol Winstead Wood, is a Hollywood production designer.[6]
Wood's as Hlen Keller in The Miracle Worker
Wood and her brothers were actively involved in Theatre in the Park while growing up, including an appearance by her in the 1987 production of her father's internationally renowned musical comedy adaptation of A Christmas Carol when she was just a few months old.[7] Subsequently, she played the Ghost of Christmas Past in several productions at the theater, and she later starred as Helen Keller alongside her mother (who played Annie Sullivan) in a production of The Miracle Worker, under her father's direction.[8][9]

Career

Early Works: 1994–2000

Wood began her career appearing in several made-for-television films from 1994 onward,[citation needed] also playing an occasional role in the television series American Gothic. In 1996, Wood's parents separated and later divorced, and Wood moved with her mother to her mother's native Los Angeles County, California.[3][10] After a one-season role on the television drama Profiler, Wood was cast in the supporting role of Jessie Sammler on the television show Once and Again.
Wood's in Digging to China
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. The film won the Children's Jury Award at the Chicago International Children's Film Festival.[11] Wood remembers the role as initially being hard, but notes that it "eventually led to her decision that acting is something she might never want to stop doing."[3] She also had a role in Practical Magic, a family fantasy film directed by Griffin Dunne and starring Sandra Bullock and Nicole Kidman, that same year.

2001–2005

Wood made her teenage debut as a leading film actress in 2002's Little Secrets, directed by Blair Treu, where she played aspiring 14-year-old concert violinist Emily Lindstrom. For that role, she was nominated for Best Leading Young Actress at the Young Artist Awards.[12] That same year, Wood played a supporting role in the Andrew Niccol-directed science fiction satirical drama film, S1m0ne, which starred Al Pacino.
Wood's breakthrough movie role followed with the 2003 film Thirteen. She played the role of Tracy Louise Freeland, one of two young teens who sink into a downward spiral of hard drugs, sex, and petty crime. Her performance was nominated for a Golden Globe Award as Best Actress - Drama and for a Screen Actors Guild (SAG) Award for Best Actress. During the time of Thirteen's release, Vanity Fair named Wood as one of the It Girls of Hollywood, and she appeared, along with the other actresses, on the magazine's July 2003 cover.[13] A supporting role opposite Cate Blanchett and Tommy Lee Jones in Ron Howard's The Missing, in which she played the kidnapped daughter, Lilly Gilkeson, in a Searchers-style western, followed the same year. Also in 2003 she played the part of Nora Easton in the episode "Got Murder?" of TV series CSI: Crime Scene Investigation.
In 2005, Wood appeared in the Mike Binder-directed The Upside of Anger, opposite Kevin Costner and Joan Allen, a well-reviewed film in which Wood played Lavender "Popeye" Wolfmeyer, one of four sisters dealing with their father's absence. Her character also narrated the film.[3]
Wood's next two starring roles were in dark independent films. In the 2005 Grand Jury Prize Sundance Film Festival nominee Pretty Persuasion, a black comedy/satirical focusing on themes of sexual harassment and discrimination in schools and attitudes about females in media and society, Wood played Kimberly Joyce, a villainous, sexually active high-schooler. One critic commented, "Wood does flip cynicism with such precise, easy rhythms and with such obvious pleasure in naughtiness that she's impossible to hate."[14]
Woods in Down in the Valley
In Down in the Valley, which was directed by David Jacobson, Wood's character, Tobe, falls in love with an older man, a cowboy who is at odds with modern society (Edward Norton). Of her performance, it was written that "Wood conveys every bit of the adamant certainty and aching vulnerability inherent in late adolescence."[15] Wood has commented on her choice of sexually themed roles, saying that she is not aiming for the "shock factor" in her film choices.[3]
In 2005, Wood starred in the music videos for Bright Eyes' "At the Bottom of Everything" and Green Day's "Wake Me Up When September Ends".



2006–present

In September 2006, Wood received Premiere magazine's "Spotlight Award for Emerging Talent."[16] Also in 2006, she was described by The Guardian as being "wise beyond her years" and as "one of the best actresses of her generation."[3]
Woods in Running with Scissors
Later in 2006, Wood appeared with an all-star ensemble cast as Natalie Finch in the Golden Globe-nominated 2006 comedy-drama film Running with Scissors. Directed by Ryan Murphy and starring Annette Bening, the film was based on the memoir by Augusten Burroughs, which is a semi-autobiographical account of Burroughs' childhood in a dysfunctional family. Wood was awarded the 2007 Cannes Film Festival Chopard Trophy for Female Revelation for her performance.[17]
Wood had roles in two films released in September 2007. King of California, which premiered at the Sundance Film Festival,[18] a story of a bipolar jazz musician (Michael Douglas) and his long-suffering teenage daughter, Miranda (Wood), who are reunited after his two-year stay in a mental institution and who embark on a quixotic search for Spanish treasure. One review praised Wood's performance as "excellent".[19]
Woods in Across the Universe
Across the Universe, a Julie Taymor-directed musical that was nominated for a Golden Globe and an Academy Award and was set in Liverpool, New York City, and Vietnam, focused on the tribulations of several characters during the counter-cultural revolution of the 1960s. It was set to the songs of The Beatles. Wood, who has described the music of The Beatles as a major part of her life, played Lucy, who develops a relationship with Jude (Jim Sturgess).[20] The film featured her singing musical numbers and she describes the role as her favorite, calling director Julie Taymor "one of the most amazing directors out there."[21] One critic wrote that "Wood brings much-needed emotional depth."[22]
Wood provided the voice of an alien named Mala, a mechanically inclined free-thinker, in Battle for Terra, a 2008 computer-animated science fiction film about a peaceful alien planet that faces destruction from colonization by the displaced remainder of the human race. The film won the 2008 Grand Prize at the Ottawa International Animation Festival. The film showed at the San Francisco International Film Festival, where she received an award at the Midnight Awards along with Elijah Wood.[23]
Wood's in The Life Before Her Eyes
Wood starred in 2008's Vadim Perelman-directed The Life Before Her Eyes, based on the Laura Kasischke novel of the same name, about the friendship of two teens of opposite character who are involved in a Columbine-like shooting incident at their school and are forced to make an impossible choice. Wood played the younger version of Uma Thurman's character, Diana. One critic cited her performance as "hands-down extraordinary".[24] Wood stated that she intended the film to be the last one in which she played a teenager.[25]
In the same year, she also co-starred in director Darren Aronofsky's The Wrestler,[26] winner of the Golden Lion Award for Best Film at the Venice Film Festival, about Randy "Ram" Robinson (Mickey Rourke), a professional wrestler from the 1980s who is forced to retire after a heart attack threatens to kill him the next time he wrestles. Wood played Stephanie, Randy "Ram" Robinson's estranged daughter. Of her performance, one critic wrote, "Once her character stops stonewalling her father and hears him out, Wood provides a fine foil for Rourke in their turbulent scenes together."[27]
Wood has a role in Woody Allen's Whatever Works,[28] which premiered at the 2009 Tribeca Film Festival. She plays the young wife of Larry David's[29] character. In May 2009, she played Juliet in six fundraising performances of William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet at the Theater In The Park.[30] The production was directed by her brother, who also starred.
Wood's in True Blood
Wood had a recurring role in the second and third seasons of the HBO supernatural drama series, True Blood, from 2009 to 2011 as Sophie-Anne Leclerq. She appeared at the 2010 MTV Video Music Awards on September 12, 2010.[31] Wood had a role in the film The Conspirator, which premiered at Ford's Theatre in Washington D. C. in April, 2011, directed by Robert Redford (about the conspiracy surrounding the assassination of Abraham Lincoln). She also had a role in The Ides of March.[32]

In production

Wood has been attached to play writer Anne Brontë in the film Brontë, the title character in Flora Plum[33] and will be involved in the film Phantasmagoria: The Visions of Lewis Carroll.[10][25] Variety reported in May 2010 that Wood and Marilyn Manson were attached to star in a slasher film entitled Splatter Sisters.[34]

Personal life

Wood has described her religion as Jewish[35] (her mother is a convert to Judaism and her father is Christian).[36][37] She briefly attended Cary Elementary, a public school in Cary, North Carolina. She was home-schooled and received her high school diploma at age 15.[38] Wood has a black belt in taekwondo.[39]
Evan Rachel Wood and Jamie Bell
Wood began dating British actor Jamie Bell in 2005 after they co-starred in the music video for Green Day's song "Wake Me Up When September Ends". They got tattoos of each others' first initial;[40] in Wood's case, a "J" on her left ankle.[41] After a year together, the relationship ended in 2006.[42] Wood later commented that, "We had matching tattoos because we knew our love would last for ever. Trouble is, it didn't, things happened, we split. But I don't regret the tattoo. It reminds me of a great, great period in my life."[43]
Evan Rachel Wood and Marilyn Manson
In January 2007, Wood's relationship with Marilyn Manson became public.[44] The two met at a party at the Chateau Marmont Hotel; Wood has stated that she was attracted to Manson's frequent use of black eye liner and once described their relationship as "healthy and loving."[45] Two portraits of Wood, painted by Manson, have been exhibited at the Celebritarian Corporation Gallery of Fine Art.[citation needed] Wood is also the inspiration behind Manson's song "Heart-Shaped Glasses", and she appeared with Manson in the song's music video. Manson has said that Wood's appearance was the highest-paid music video role ever.[25] The couple split in November 2008; according to Wood, they "both decided to take some time apart so [they] could concentrate on work."[46] They later re-united and it was reported in early January 2010 that the couple was engaged to be married.[47] On August 17, 2010, People magazine reported that the couple had ended their engagement earlier that month.[48]
In summer 2011, Wood was reported to have rekindled her relationship with Jamie Bell, five years after they first parted ways.[49] Wood wears a diamond ring on her ring finger that often gets mistaken for an engagement ring, but she has stated on her Twitter: "Sorry to disappoint, but I have been wearing that diamond on my left hand since I was 14. It was my aunt's. Any engagement rumor is false."
In April 2011, Wood came out as bisexual in an interview with Esquire.[50]

Filmography

Film
Year Title Role Notes
1998 Digging to China Harriet Frankovitz Limited release
1998 Practical Magic Kylie Owens Nominated — Young Artist Award for Best Performance in a Feature Film - Supporting Young Actress
1999 Down Will Come Baby Robin Garr TV Film
Nominated — YoungStar Award for Best Performance by a Young Actress in a Mini-Series/Made for TV Film
2002 Little Secrets Emily Lindstrom Nominated — Young Artist Award for Best Performance in a Feature Film - Leading Young Actress
2002 S1m0ne Lainey Christian
2003 The Missing Lily Gilkeson Nominated — Young Artist Award for Best Performance in a Feature Film - Leading Young Actress
2003 Thirteen Tracy Louise Freeland Bratislava International Film Festival Award for Acting
Las Vegas Film Critics Society Award for Youth in Film
Phoenix Film Critics Society Award for Breakout Performance - On Screen
Prism Award for Best Performance in a Theatrical Feature Film
Nominated — Broadcast Film Critics Association Award for Best Young Performer
Nominated — Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Drama
Nominated — MTV Movie Award for Best Breakthrough Female Performance
Nominated — Phoenix Film Critics Society Award for Best Actress
Nominated — Phoenix Film Critics Society Award for Best Performance by a Youth in a Lead or Supporting Role - Female
Nominated — Satellite Award for Best Actress - Motion Picture Drama
Nominated — Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role
Nominated — Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association Award for Best Actress
2005 Pretty Persuasion Kimberly Joyce Limited release
2005 The Upside of Anger Lavender 'Popeye' Wolfmeyer
2006 Running with Scissors Natalie Finch
2006 Down in the Valley October "Tobe" Limited release
2006 Asterix and the Vikings Abba (English dub) Limited release
2006 Shark Bait Cordelia (voice) Also known as The Reef
2007 King of California Miranda
2007 Across the Universe Lucy Carrigan
2007 Battle for Terra Mala (voice)
2007 The Life Before Her Eyes Young Diana Limited release
2008 The Wrestler Stephanie Ramzinski Nominated — Utah Film Critics Association Award for Best Supporting Actress
2009 Whatever Works Melodie
2010 The Conspirator Anna Surratt
2011 The Ides of March Molly Stearns Nominated — Broadcast Film Critics Association Award for Best Cast
Nominated — Central Ohio Film Critics Association Award for Best Ensemble
2013 A Case of You[51]
Post-production
2013 Barefoot[52] Daisy Kensington Filming
2013 The Necessary Death of Charlie Countryman[53] Gabi Banyai Pre-production
Television Series
Year Title Role Notes
1998 Profiler Chloe Waters 6 Episodes
Nominated — Young Artist Award for Best Performance in a TV Drama Series - Supporting Young Actress
1999–2002 Once and Again Jessie Sammler 55 Episodes
Young Artist Award for Best Ensemble in a TV Series (Drama or Comedy)
Nominated — YoungStar Award for Best Young Actress/Performance in a Drama TV Series
2002 The West Wing Hogan Cregg 1 episode The Black Vera Wang
2003 CSI: Crime Scene Investigation Nora Easton Got Murder? - Season 3, Episode 12
2009–2011 True Blood Queen Sophie-Anne Leclerq 6 episodes
2011 Mildred Pierce Veda Pierce HBO Miniseries
Nominated — Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress – Series, Miniseries or Television Film
Nominated — Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Miniseries or a Movie
Nominated — Satellite Award for Best Supporting Actress – Series, Miniseries or Television Film

Awards

Awards
Year Result Award Category Nominated Work
1999 Nominated Young Artist Awards Best Performance in a Feature Film: Supporting Young Actress Practical Magic
Nominated YoungStar Awards Best Performance by a Young Actress in a Mini: Series/Made for TV Film Down Will Come Baby
2000 Nominated Young Artist Awards Best Performance in a TV Drama Series: Supporting Young Actress Profiler
Nominated YoungStar Awards Best Young Actress/Performance in a Drama TV Series Once and Again
2001 Won Young Artist Awards Best Ensemble in a TV Series (Drama or Comedy)
2002 Nominated Young Artist Awards Best Performance in a Feature Film: Leading Young Actress Little Secrets
2003 Nominated Young Artist Awards Best Performance in a Feature Film: Leading Young Actress The Missing
Won Bratislava International Film Festival Special Mention Award Thirteen
Nominated Washington DC Area Film Critics Association Awards Best Actress
2004 Won Las Vegas Film Critics Society Youth in Film
Nominated Phoenix Film Critics Society Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role
Nominated Best Performance by a Youth in a Lead or Supporting Role: Female
Won Breakthrough Performance: On Screen
Won Prism Awards Performance in a Theatrical Feature Film
Nominated Young Artist Awards Best Performance in a Feature Film: Leading Young Actress
Nominated Satellite Awards Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture: Drama
Nominated MTV Movie Awards Breakthrough Female Performance
Nominated Broadcast Film Critics Association Best Young Actor/Actress
Nominated Golden Globes Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture: Drama
Nominated Screen Actors Guild Awards Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role
2008 Nominated Utah Film Critics Association Best Supporting Performance by an Actress The Wrestler
2011 Nominated Emmy Awards Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Miniseries or Movie Mildred Pierce
Nominated Satellite Awards Best Actress in a Supporting Role in a Series, Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made for Television
2012 Nominated Golden Globes Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Series, Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made for Television
Nominated Broadcast Film Critics Association Best Acting Ensemble The Ides of March
Nominated Central Ohio Film Critics Association Best Ensemble




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