Rachelle Wood

Rachelle Wood was born to Mark and Judy Wood in Glendale, California. She attended nine different schools before the seventh grade and learned to make fast friends. In 1996 one of those friends was on an NBC sitcom called Something So Right (1996) and the producers needed a friend for her character for a few episodes. That gave Rachelle her first taste of Hollywood, but it didn't leave her hungry for seconds. A "sports-girl" at heart, it took being laid up with a volleyball injury for Rachelle to take the time to meet with M Management, which she did at age 16. The print modeling agents, Maria and Carole, convinced her to go on a casting call for a Chrysler campaign. Rachelle liked the response she got and agreed to attend another casting call, this time for Abercrombie & Fitch. When she got the job she decided she should take advantage of her good luck. Her modeling agents introduced her to Innovative Artists Commercial Division and soon Rachelle started appearing in national commercials. All this good fortune was helpful in enabling her to put herself through college. She soon met a talent manager who saw she was something special. He encouraged her to move to New York to study acting. After studying at the Stella Adler Academy and experiencing the Big life in the Big Apple, Rachelle returned ready for Hollywood. Along with a number of TV appearances, Rachelle played the lead in an independent feature. The horror film, which was shot over eight weeks almost entirely at night, required serious commitment and tested Rachelle's love of acting, because she was also balancing a full college course schedule during the day. Now a recent college graduate, Rachelle stays busy with all her meetings and auditions and regular bookings in commercials, print modeling, television and feature films. You might have seen Rachelle in commercials for such products as Clean & Clear, Head & Shoulders, Revlon, Reebok, Chevy and Nintendo. She appeared in episodes of such sitcoms as Rules of Engagement (2007) with David Spade, Patrick Warburton and Oliver Hudson and How I Met Your Mother (2005). She also guested in an episode of It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia (2005) as a put-upon fashion model and showed a distinct flair for comedy. She has also had roles in such feature films as Bad Blood (2012) and Ghosts of Girlfriends Past (2009).