Deborah Ann Woll

Birthday: 7 February 1985, Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA

Height: 178 cm

Deborah was born in 1985, in Brooklyn, New York, from Irish and German heritage. She took acting, piano and dance classes. She went to high school at Packer Collegiate Institute and graduated from the BFA program at the USC School of Theatre at the University of Southern California.Deborah started to work as an actress on television and her breakout was in the highly-acclaimed HBO vampire drama, True Blood (2008), as a young and fierce vampire girl, "Jessica Hamby". From that moment, she gained roles in such films as Mother's Day (2010), Seven Days in Utopia (2011), Someday This Pain Will Be Useful to You (2011), Catch .44 (2011), opposite Bruce Willis and Forest Whitaker, and Ruby Sparks (2012). Woll's boyfriend, Edward E.J. Scott, is a comedian and his family are afflicted with choroideremia, which is a condition that slowly blinds its victim. She uses her celebrity status to help advocate for them and others with the disease. She has been quoted as saying that her boyfriend's bravery in fighting his disability has inspired her own battle with Celiac disease, which makes her body intolerant to foods containing gluten. Show less «

I've never been a much of a glamor girl.

I definitely like a little bit of darkness, a little edge. I get a little bored when things are mayb...Show more »

I definitely like a little bit of darkness, a little edge. I get a little bored when things are maybe too simple or too... expected. Show less «

I don't see myself going back to blonde outside of work though. I really like the red.

I always fancied someone might call me "Red", like Katharine Hepburn.

I think that part of the difficulty of being a celebrity is that you may have to hide what you're fe...Show more »

I think that part of the difficulty of being a celebrity is that you may have to hide what you're feeling and you aren't totally allowed to be yourself, because you're in the public eye. Show less «

I think it's fascinating that there's a whole holiday dedicated to things that we fear and that's so...Show more »

I think it's fascinating that there's a whole holiday dedicated to things that we fear and that's so interesting about the nature of humanity. Show less «

As a fair skinned blonde, I disappeared into the background. I've always been a loner, so I suppose ...Show more »

As a fair skinned blonde, I disappeared into the background. I've always been a loner, so I suppose dyeing my hair red was a way to say, 'I'm here, I exist, I'm a human being and you can't just push me aside.' Show less «

I was shy and a hard worker, so acting was a way to focus whatever nervous energy I was experiencing...Show more »

I was shy and a hard worker, so acting was a way to focus whatever nervous energy I was experiencing onto a goal. Show less «

It's interesting to take a look at people who deal with prejudice on a daily basis - it's been a rea...Show more »

It's interesting to take a look at people who deal with prejudice on a daily basis - it's been a real eye opener for me. Show less «

I think it's fun to play with worlds that you can add a lot of your own imagination to. With True Bl...Show more »

I think it's fun to play with worlds that you can add a lot of your own imagination to. With True Blood (2008), you're not limited by anything, there are just leaps and bounds of the imagination you can take with these characters. Show less «

Acting is somewhat mysteriously taught. There are so many different methods and systems and processe...Show more »

Acting is somewhat mysteriously taught. There are so many different methods and systems and processes for teaching acting because it will always be an elusive art-form. Show less «

Where you come from is such a huge part of who you are today.

My skin is pretty low-maintenance, but I'm a big sunscreen wearer, which I think is the big thing wh...Show more »

My skin is pretty low-maintenance, but I'm a big sunscreen wearer, which I think is the big thing when it comes to wrinkles, right? Show less «

I think a lot of drama, nowadays, is character-based and development-based, but True Blood (2008) is...Show more »

I think a lot of drama, nowadays, is character-based and development-based, but True Blood (2008) is very plot-oriented. Show less «

Things that are unknown attract us.

Deborah Ann Woll

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