Aimee Lou Wood facts for kids

Quick facts for kids Aimee Lou Wood
Wood in 2023
Born	Stockport, Greater Manchester, England
Education	Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (BA)
Occupation	Actress
Years active	2016–present

Aimee Lou Wood is an English actress. She started her acting career on stage. She became famous for her role in the Netflix comedy series ... Education (2019–2023). For this role, she won a BAFTA award for Best Female Comedy Performance.

Aimee Lou Wood also gained recognition for her work in films like The Electrical Life of Louis Wain (2021) and Living (2022). She also performed in stage plays such as Uncle Vanya (2020) and Cabaret (2023). Her TV roles include Daddy ... (2024–present) and The White Lotus (2025). She even received a nomination for a Primetime Emmy Award for her role in The White Lotus.

Early Life and Education

Aimee Lou Wood was born in Stockport, Greater Manchester, England. She grew up in a town called Bramhall. Her mother works for a helpline called Childline. Her father sells cars. Aimee also has a sister named Emily Wood, who is a makeup artist.

After her parents divorced, Aimee went to Cheadle Hulme School. She then took a special course at the Oxford School of Drama. In 2017, she graduated from the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art with a degree in Acting.

Acting Career

Aimee Lou Wood started her acting career in 2016. She began by performing in plays on stage. Her first role was a handmaiden in the play Mary Stuart. This play was shown at the Almeida Theatre in London until 2017. After that, she played Laura in the play People, Places and Things. She performed this role many times during a tour across the UK.

Breakthrough in Television

In 2019, Aimee Lou Wood appeared on screen for the first time. She played Aimee Gibbs, a main character in the Netflix comedy-drama series ... Education. She acted alongside stars like Asa Butterfield and Gillian Anderson. She first tried out for a different role, but she accepted the part of Aimee when it was offered to her.

The series was very popular and critics praised Aimee's acting. At the 2021 British Academy Television Awards, she won the British Academy Television Award for Best Female Comedy Performance. This was her first major award. She was nominated again for the same award at the 2022 British Academy Television Awards. Even with her TV work, Aimee continued to act in theatre. She said she didn't want to get "stage fright" by staying away from the stage too long.

Wood (second from left) performing in Uncle Vanya

Film and Stage Roles

In 2020, Aimee Lou Wood played Jess in a short film called "Hen." She also played Sonya Serebryakova in the play Uncle Vanya. This play was filmed during the COVID-19 pandemic at the Harold Pinter Theatre. It was shown in cinemas and on the BBC in the same year. Critics loved the play and Aimee's performance. One review said she "positively shines" as Sonya.

Aimee also narrated an audiobook of Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë. It was released in September 2020.

In 2021, Aimee Lou Wood was part of the jury for the British Short Film Awards. She also made her first appearance in a feature film. She played Claire Wain in the 2021 biographical film The Electrical Life of Louis Wain. This film received good reviews. She then got her first main role in a film called Living. She starred with Bill Nighy in this drama. It was a British version of a Japanese film from 1952 called Ikiru. Living was shown at the 2022 Sundance Film Festival and was highly praised.

Aimee replaced another actress, Mia Goth, in the thriller film Sweet Dreams. In this movie, she played a character named Dorothy.

In January 2024, Aimee Lou Wood joined the cast of the third season of the HBO series The White Lotus. This season premiered in February 2025. In April 2025, Aimee shared her thoughts about a comedy sketch that made fun of her character from The White Lotus. She called the sketch "mean and unfunny."

Personal Life

Wood's teeth are a distinctive feature of her appearance.

Aimee Lou Wood lives in South East London. She used to be in a relationship with her ... Education co-star Connor Swindells. They were together from January 2019 to March 2020.

Aimee has talked about her struggles with how she saw her body. In a 2020 interview, she shared that she had always struggled with her body image. She said that filming scenes in ... Education helped her accept her body as it is. Aimee also mentioned that seeing model Georgia May Jagger helped her feel more confident about her unique teeth. She had been bullied for them before.

In an interview in April 2025, Aimee Lou Wood shared that she was diagnosed with ADHD a few years ago. She also found out she has some "autistic traits." She was advised to get a formal autism assessment.

Filmography

Film

Key

Denotes works that have not yet been released

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Ref.
2020	Hen	Jess	Short film
	Uncle Vanya	Sonya Serebryakova	Cinematic release of the stage play recording
2021	The Electrical Life of Louis Wain	Claire Wain
2022	Living	Miss Margaret Harris
2024	Seize Them!	Queen Dagan
TBA	The Idiots	Anna Dostoevskaya	Filming
	Sweet Dreams	Dorothy

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Ref.
2019–2023	... Education	Aimee Gibbs	Main role, 32 episodes
2024	Alice & Jack	Maya	Miniseries
2024–present	Daddy ...	Gemma	Main role; also executive producer
2025	The White Lotus	Chelsea	Main role; season 3
	Toxic Town	Tracey Taylor	Miniseries
	Film Club	Evie	Main role; also co-creator

Stage

Awards and Nominations

See also

In Spanish: Aimee Lou Wood para niños