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
Diesmal für immer (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
Der Womanizer - Die Nacht der Ex-Freundinnen (2009).
