Deborah Ann Woll

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**Deborah Ann Woll** (born February 7, 1985) is an American actress. She is known for her roles as the vampire Jessica Hamby on the HBO drama series *True Blood* (2008–2014) and Karen Page in the Netflix shows *Daredevil* (2015–2018), *The Defenders* (2017), and *The Punisher* (2017–2019). She has starred in the films *Mother's Day* (2010), *Someday This Pain Will Be Useful to You* (2011), *Catch .44* (2011), *Ruby Sparks* (2012), *Meet Me in Montenegro* (2014), *The Automatic Hate* (2015), and *Escape Room* (2019).

## Early life

Deborah Ann Woll was born on February 7, 1985 in Brooklyn, New York. Her father is an architect and her mother, Cathy Woll, is a teacher at the Berkeley Carroll School. She is of Jewish German and Irish descent. She attended the Packer Collegiate Institute for high school, and received her Bachelor of Fine Arts from USC School of Dramatic Arts at the University of Southern California. She also trained at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts in London.

## Career

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Woll began her career with guest starring roles in several television series, including *Life* (2007), *ER* (2008), *CSI: Crime Scene Investigation* (2008), *My Name Is Earl* (2008), and *The Mentalist* (2008), and had a supporting role in the Western action-adventure television film *Aces 'N' Eights* (2008).

In 2008, Woll landed her breakout role as Bill Compton's vampire progeny, Jessica Hamby, in the HBO fantasy drama series *True Blood*. She originally joined as a recurring character in the first season, but was promoted to a regular cast member for the second season onwards. In 2009, she and her *True Blood* co-stars won the Satellite Award for Best Cast – Television Series at the 14th annual ceremony. Woll maintained the role of Jessica until the series' ending in 2014. In 2009, she made a guest appearance in an episode of *Law & Order: Special Victims Unit*, portraying a young woman who is found alive after being reported missing by her boyfriend.

In 2010, Woll made her feature film debut in the psychological horror *Mother's Day*. In 2011, she starred in the supernatural thriller *Little Murder*, the sports drama *Seven Days in Utopia*, the action film *Catch .44*, and the comedy-drama *Someday This Pain Will Be Useful to You*. The following year, she co-starred in the romantic comedy-drama film *Ruby Sparks*. In 2013, she performed at the Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts in the play *Parfumerie*. That same year, she joined the cast of the drama film *The Automatic Hate*.

In 2015, she starred in the independent romantic drama film *Forever*. In 2015, Woll has portrayed Karen Page in the Marvel Cinematic Universe series for Netflix, as the female lead in *Daredevil*, and as a recurring character in *The Punisher* and *The Defenders*.

Woll has been cast in the upcoming comedy film *Silver Lake*. She will also appear in the action thriller film *The Maze*.

Woll plays *Dungeons & Dragons*, appearing online in the series Force Grey (2017), on the Stream of Many Eyes where she was the Dungeon Master for celebrity players (2018) and as a guest player on *Critical Role*. She also appeared on the Geek & Sundry produced show, *Relics and Rarities*, which uses a modified version of Dungeons and Dragons, starting in February 2019

## Personal life

Woll began dating E.J. Scott in December 2007. They married on their 11th anniversary in 2018. Scott has choroideremia, a condition that ultimately results in blindness; Woll uses her celebrity status to help raise awareness of the disease. Woll has said that Scott's bravery in fighting his disability has inspired courage in her own battle with celiac disease, an autoimmune disorder which causes damage to the small intestine upon ingestion of gluten.

Woll is also very enthusiastic about playing Dungeons & Dragons, being interviewed by D&D Beyond as well as guest starring in the 45th episode of *Critical Role*Template:'s second campaign as a small gnome girl named Twiggy. She is also a regular guest on the show Game Night! by Boardgamegeek.

## See also

* List of people diagnosed with celiac disease

## References

1. ↑ "HBO: True Blood's Deborah Ann Woll Bio". http://www.hbo.com/true-blood/cast-and-crew/jessica-hamby/bio/deborah-ann-woll.html. Retrieved August 5, 2011.
2. ↑ ""True Blood" Actor Shares True Insights". September 23, 2010. http://www.berkeleycarroll.org/news/article/index.aspx?linkid=5955&moduleid=207.
3. ↑ Salamone, Gina (June 11, 2010). "A New York minute with 'True Blood' star Deborah Ann Woll". http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/tv-movies/new-york-minute-true-blood-star-deborah-ann-woll-article-1.178911.
4. ↑ "Alumna Deborah Ann Woll on True Blood". June 20, 2014. https://dramaticarts.usc.edu/qa-alumna-deborah-ann-woll-on-true-blood/.
5. ↑ MacIntyre, Ian (April 16, 2015). "Daredevil: Deborah Ann Woll Interview". http://www.dorkshelf.com/2015/04/16/daredevil-deborah-ann-woll-interview/.
6. ↑ Brown, Emma (June 7, 2012). "Deborah Ann Woll, Forever Young". http://www.interviewmagazine.com/culture/deborah-ann-woll/#\_.
7. ↑ Siegemund-Broka, Austin (August 24, 2014). "'True Blood's' Deborah Ann Woll on Series Finale: "It Was Not What I Expected"". http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/true-blood-finale-deborah-ann-727321.
8. ↑ Remington, Delia (October 6, 2009). "Deborah Ann Woll Guest Stars on Law & Order SVU". http://truebloodnet.com/deborah-ann-woll-guest-stars-law-order-svu-this-week/.
9. ↑ Kit, Borys (August 5, 2009). "Deborah Ann Woll celebrates 'Mother's Day'". http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/deborah-ann-woll-celebrates-mothers-87366.
10. ↑ Fernandez, Jay A. (August 27, 2009). "Four get away with 'Little Murder'". http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/murder-88199.
11. ↑ Clark, Krystal (August 27, 2009). "Deborah Ann Woll, Bokeem Woodbine Join Little Murder". http://screencrave.com/2009-08-27/deborah-ann-woll-bokeem-woodbine-little-murder/. Retrieved September 3, 2009.
12. ↑ Sneider, Jeff (July 28, 2010). "Robert Duvall, Lucas Black Reunite for Indie Golf Drama". http://www.thewrap.com/robert-duvall-lucas-black-reunite-indie-golf-drama-19651/.
13. ↑ Fischer, Russ (July 1, 2010). "Nikki Reed and Deborah Ann Woll Cast in Catch .44". http://www.slashfilm.com/nikki-reed-and-deborah-ann-woll-cast-in-catch-44/.
14. ↑ "Deborah Ann Woll Aboard Someday This Pain". August 19, 2010. http://www.comingsoon.net/movies/news/68900-deborah-ann-woll-aboard-someday-this-pain.
15. ↑ "Eddie Kaye Thomas, Ayre Gross, Richard Schiff, Deborah Ann Woll to Star in Parfumerie; Mark Brokaw Directs". November 4, 2013. http://www.playbill.com/news/article/eddie-kaye-thomas-ayre-gross-richard-schiff-deborah-ann-woll-to-star-in-par-211356.
16. ↑ "Romance in the Air: Eddie Kaye Thomas, Deborah Ann Woll and Richard Schiff Star in Parfumerie". December 8, 2013. http://www.playbill.com/news/article/romance-in-the-air-eddie-kaye-thomas-deborah-ann-woll-and-richard-schiff-st-212561.
17. ↑ "Joseph Cross, Adelaide Clemens & Deborah Ann Woll Join 'The Automatic Hate'". September 18, 2013. http://deadline.com/2013/09/joseph-cross-adelaide-clemons-deborah-ann-woll-join-the-automatic-hate-589798/.
18. ↑ Garrahan, Rachel (March 21, 2014). "'First Kiss' Director Debuts Trailer for 'Forever'". http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/video-first-kiss-director-debuts-690247.
19. ↑ Friedlander, Whitney (July 17, 2014). "'True Blood's' Deborah Ann Woll Joins 'Daredevil'". https://variety.com/2014/tv/news/true-bloods-deborah-ann-woll-joins-daredevil-1201264004/.
20. ↑ "'True Blood' actress to star in Marvel's 'Daredevil'". July 17, 2014. Archived from the original on July 17, 2014. https://www.webcitation.org/6R8aCVzYc?url=http://insidetv.ew.com/2014/07/17/true-blood-actress-to-star-in-marvels-daredevil/.
21. ↑ Damore, Meagan (October 8, 2016). "NYCC: Iron Fist Cast Makes First-Ever Live Appearance". Archived from the original on October 9, 2016. https://www.webcitation.org/6l7K6g1QZ?url=http://www.cbr.com/nycc-iron-fist-cast-makes-first-ever-live-appearance/. Retrieved October 9, 2016.
22. ↑ Perry, Spencer (October 31, 2016). "Deborah Ann Woll Confirmed to Appear in Marvel's The Defenders". Archived from the original on October 31, 2016. https://www.webcitation.org/6lfip8fb6?url=http://www.comingsoon.net/tv/news/781485-deborah-ann-woll-confirmed-to-appear-in-marvels-the-defenders. Retrieved October 31, 2016.
23. ↑ Ford, Rebecca (August 1, 2017). "Martin Starr, Deborah Ann Woll to Star in 'Silver Lake' (Exclusive)". https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/martin-starr-deborah-ann-woll-star-silver-lake-1025767.
24. ↑ Kroll, Justin (August 9, 2017). "Deborah Ann Woll, Logan Miller and Taylor Russell to Star in 'The Maze'". https://variety.com/2017/film/news/deborah-ann-woll-logan-miller-maze-1202521006/.
25. ↑ Ratcliffe, Amy. "Deborah Ann Woll Brings D&D Series RELICS AND RARITIES to Geek & Sundry". Nerdist. https://nerdist.com/deborah-ann-woll-dungeons-dragons-series-relics-rarities/. Retrieved 13 December 2018.
26. ↑ Jess Cohen (February 10, 2019). "Surprise! Daredevil's Deborah Ann Woll Is Married". https://www.eonline.com/uk/news/1013347/surprise-daredevil-s-deborah-ann-woll-is-married. Retrieved November 3, 2019.
27. ↑ Spencer, Amy (June 13, 2013). "True Blood Star Deborah Ann Woll's Story of Her Boyfriend's Fight Against Blindness". http://www.glamour.com/entertainment/2013/06/true-blood-s-deborah-ann-woll-s-boyfriend-s-fight-against-blindness.
28. ↑ "What Is Celiac's Disease". https://celiac.org/celiac-disease/what-is-celiac-disease/#q2tBtmtBWxKhVZAW.99.
29. ↑ "True Blood Star's Beau Is Blinded By Disease". August 14, 2009. http://www.contactmusic.com/deborah-ann-woll/news/true-blood-stars-beau-is-blinded-by-disease\_1112942.
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