Deborah Ann Woll

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Deborah Ann Woll
File:Deborah Ann Woll by Gage Skidmore 2.jpg
Woll in 2017
Born (1985-02-07) February 7, 1985 (age 39)
New York City, U.S.
Education University of Southern California (BFA)
Occupation Actress
Years active 2007–present
Spouse(s) E. J. Scott (m. 2018)

Deborah Ann Woll (born February 7, 1985) is an American actress. She played Jessica Hamby in the HBO drama series True Blood (2008–2014), which earned her a nomination for a Screen Actors Guild Award. She is also known for her role as Karen Page in the Marvel series Daredevil (2015–2018), The Defenders (2017), The Punisher (2017–2019), and Daredevil: Born Again. Her film roles include Mother's Day (2010), Seven Days in Utopia (2011), 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 the commercially-successful Escape Room (2019) and its 2021 sequel. In 2022, she provided the voice and motion capture of Faye in the video game God of War: Ragnarok.

Early life

Woll was born on February 7, 1985 in Brooklyn, New York, United States. Her father is an architect,[1] and her mother, Cathy Woll, is a teacher at the Berkeley Carroll School.[2][3] She is of Irish and German descent.[4][5] Woll attended the Packer Collegiate Institute,[6] the USC School of Theatre—where she received a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in 2007[7]—and the Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts in London.[8]

Career

Acting

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 action-adventure television film Aces 'N' Eights (2008).

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Woll at the Screen Actors Guild Awards in 2010, where she and her True Blood co-stars were nominated for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series

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.[9] In 2009, she and her True Blood co-stars won the Satellite Award for Best Cast – Television Series at the 14th annual ceremony. At the 16th Screen Actors Guild Awards which took place the year following, she and her co-stars were nominated for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series. Woll maintained the role of Jessica until the series' ending in 2014.[10]

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.[11] In 2010, Woll made her feature film debut in the psychological horror Mother's Day.[12] In 2011, she starred in the supernatural thriller Little Murder,[13][14] the sports drama Seven Days in Utopia,[15] the action film Catch .44,[16] and the comedy-drama Someday This Pain Will Be Useful to You.[17]

In 2012, Woll made a brief appearance in the romantic comedy-drama film Ruby Sparks. The year following, she performed at the Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts in the play Parfumerie.[18][19] That same year, she joined the cast of the drama film The Automatic Hate.[20] In 2015, she starred in the independent romantic drama film Forever.[21] She has portrayed Karen Page in the Marvel series for Netflix,[22][23] specifically as the female lead in Daredevil and as a recurring actor in The Punisher and The Defenders.[24][25] Daredevil earned her a nomination for a Saturn Award. In 2018, Woll starred in the comedy film Silver Lake.[26] She also appeared in the action thriller film Escape Room in 2019, a role she reprised in its sequel Escape Room: Tournament of Champions (2021).[27] The former was a major commercial success,[28] surpassing initial expectations and debuting with $18.2 million,[29] and finishing with $155.7 million.[30]

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Deborah Ann Woll and Jessica Henwick at the 2017 San Diego Comic-Con

Woll provided the voice of Faye in the video game God of War: Ragnarok in 2022. This was also Woll's first role where she performed the motion capture for a character.[31][32] In 2022, she performed as Katherine in director Shana Cooper's stage production of The Taming of the Shrew at the Old Globe in San Diego.[33][34] In 2023, she played Harper in Angels in America: Millennium Approaches staged by Hungarian director Janos Szasz at Washington, D.C.'s Arena Stage.[35] Following the creative overhaul of Daredevil: Born Again, it was reported in January 2024 that Woll and Daredevil co-star Elden Henson were now set to reprise their roles as Karen and Foggy Nelson, but it was unclear how many episodes they would appear in at that time.[36][37]

Tabletop gaming

Woll starred in the second season of Force Grey: Lost City of Omu (2017), a Dungeons & Dragons (D&D) web series which focused on the Tomb of Annihilation storyline,[38][39][40] and appeared as a guest player in Critical Role's second campaign.[41][42] In 2019, she was the Dungeon Master of the Geek & Sundry show Relics and Rarities, which used a modified version of D&D.[43][44][45] In May 2019, Woll stated that Relics and Rarities had not yet been picked up for a second season and said, "I can say I have written a second season, or at least I’ve outlined it. It's ready to be fleshed out. Whether or not we get picked up, [...][the cast] will be coming over to my house and playing it, cameras or not".[45]

Since 2019, she has been a regular guest in seasons 7 through 11 of the web show GameNight! by BoardGameGeek; in each episode, the cast introduces and plays a new board game.[46][47] In 2022, it was announced that Woll would be the Dungeon Master for the ongoing D&D actual play show Children of Éarte. It premiered in March 2022 on the Demiplane Twitch channel.[48][49] Woll was nominated for the "Best Game Master (Actual Play Video)" award at the 2023 New Jersey Web Festival for her work on Children of Éarte; the show itself was also nominated for "Best Overlay Design (Actual Play Video)" and "Outstanding Actual Play (Video)".[50] In 2023, Woll was the author of the D&D adventure module Heroes' Feast: Saving the Children's Menu released digitally on D&D Beyond.[51] She also appeared as a guest player in the show Faster, Purple Worm! Kill! Kill! on the Dungeons & Dragons Adventures FAST channel which premiered in November 2023.[52]

Personal life

Woll began dating E. J. Scott in December 2007. They married in December 2018.[53] Scott has choroideremia, a condition that ultimately results in blindness, and Woll uses her platform to help raise awareness of the disease.[54] She has said that Scott's attitude towards his disability has inspired courage in her own, admittedly less life-changing, battle with celiac disease.[55][56]

She is an enthusiastic Dungeons & Dragons player and has been interviewed by D&D Beyond and Dragon Talk.[41][57] She has appeared in several Dungeons & Dragons charity specials, as both a player and a Dungeon Master, produced by Lost Odyssey Events.[58][59][60][61]

Filmography

Film

Year Title Role Notes Ref.
2008 La Cachette Sarah Short film
2010 Mother's Day Lydia Koffin [12]
2011 Little Murder Molly [13]
Seven Days in Utopia Sarah [15]
Someday This Pain Will Be Useful to You Gillian Sveck [17][62]
Catch .44 Dawn [16]
2012 Ruby Sparks Lila [62]
2013 Highland Park Lilly [63]
2014 Meet Me in Montenegro Wendy [63]
2015 The Automatic Hate Cassie [20]
Forever Alice [64]
2018 Silver Lake Mary [26]
2019 Stucco Deliverer Short film [65]
Escape Room Amanda Harper [62]
2021 Escape Room: Tournament of Champions Theatrical cut only [66][67]
Ida Red Jeanie Walker [68]
2022 Willing to Go There Margaret Short film [69]
2023 Adventure Never Ends: A Tabletop Saga Herself Documentary [70]
TBA Queen of the Ring Gladys Gillem Post-production
TBA The Cycle TBA In production [71]

Television

Year Title Role Notes Ref.
2007 Life Nancy Wiscinski Episode: "Powerless"
2008 Aces 'N' Eights Terrified Woman Television film
ER Aurora Quill Episode: "Owner of a Broken Heart" [72]
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation Waitress Stephane Episode: "For Gedda" [72][73]
My Name Is Earl Greta 2 episodes [72][73]
The Mentalist Kerry Sheehan Episode: "Red Brick and Ivy" [72][73]
2008–2014 True Blood Jessica Hamby Main role; 70 episodes [9][10]
2009 Law & Order: Special Victims Unit Lily Milton Episode: "Solitary" [11]
2013 Hell's Kitchen Herself Episode: "Twenty Chefs Compete"
Axe Cop Best Fairy Ever (voice) Episode: "The Dumb List" [74]
2015–2018 Daredevil Karen Page Main role; 39 episodes [22][23]
2017 The Defenders 4 episodes [25][75]
2017–2019 The Punisher 5 episodes [75]
2023 Quantum Leap Carly Farmer Episode: "Fellow Travelers"
2025 Daredevil: Born Again Karen Page Post-production [37][76]

Web series

Year Title Role Notes Ref.
Series
2017 Force Grey: Lost City of Omu Jamilah, human barbarian Main role; 17 episodes. Dungeons & Dragons show presented by Geek & Sundry, Nerdist and Wizards of the Coast. [38][39][40]
2018 Critical Role Twiggy, gnome rogue (Arcane Trickster) Campaign two, Episode: "The Stowaway" [41][42]
2019 Relics and Rarities Dungeon Master Creator & main role; 6 episodes & 1 special (D&D Live 2019: The Descent). Presented by Geek & Sundry. [77][78][79]
2019–present GameNight! Herself Guest role; 58 episodes. Presented by BoardGameGeek. [47]
2022 Champions Of The Realm Jamilah Main role; 1 episode. Limited series presented by Dungeons & Dragons, RealmSmith, and Lost Odyssey Events. [80][81]
Legends of the Multiverse Sunny Main role; 20 episodes. Presented by Dungeons & Dragons. [82][83]
2022–present Children of Éarte Dungeon Master Main role. Ongoing series presented by Demiplane. [48][49]
2023 Faster, Purple Worm! Kill! Kill! Herself Guest role; 3 episodes. Presented on the Dungeons & Dragons Adventures FAST channel. [52][84]
Events and one-shots
2018 The Witch of Briarcleft Dungeon Master Presented by Wizards of the Coast at the Stream of Many Eyes event. [85][86]
2019 Lost Odyssey: The Book of Knowledge Dungeon Master Presented by Geek & Sundry, Roll20, and Lost Odyssey Events; charity special to support the Autism Society of America. [87][58][59]
2020 Celebrity RPG: Wasteland 3 Edition Mickey Presented by Geek & Sundry and Nerdist; sponsored by Xbox Game Pass. [88]
Lost Odyssey: Champions Herself Presented by GameStop and Lost Odyssey Events; charity special to support Treehouse. [89][90][91]
Deborah's Game Dungeon Master Presented by Wizards of the Coast at the D&D Live 2020: Roll w/ Advantage event. [92][93]
Lost Odyssey: Night of Dread Herself Presented by Dungeons & Dragons and Lost Odyssey Events; charity special to support Extra Life. [94][60]
2021 SURVIVORS: Custom RPG One-shot Dungeon Master Presented by Skybound Entertainment; set in the universe of The Walking Dead: Survivors. [95][96]
Faster, Purple Worm! Kill! Kill! Herself Presented by Wizards of the Coast and G4 at the D&D Live 2021 event. [97][98]
The Dungeon & The Dragon Mechabus Presented by Wizards of the Coast at the D&D Celebration 2021 event. [99][100]
Lost Odyssey: Promised Gold Dungeon Master Presented by Dungeons & Dragons, IGN, and Lost Odyssey Events; charity special to support Extra Life. [61][101]
2023 Lost Odyssey: The Red Scribe TBA Presented by The Lord of the Rings: Rise to War and Lost Odyssey Events; charity special to support Extra Life. [102][103]

Video games

Year Title Role Ref.
2022 God of War Ragnarök Faye [31]

Stage

Year Title Role Venue Ref.
2013 Parfumerie Amalia Balash Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts [18]
2022 The Taming of the Shrew Katherine Old Globe (San Diego) [34]
2023 Angels in America Part One: Millennium Approaches Harper Arena Stage [35]

Awards and nominations

Year Award Category Work Result
2009 Satellite Awards Best Cast in a Television Series True Blood Won
2010 Screen Actors Guild Awards Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series Nominated
Scream Awards Breakout Performance - Female Nominated
2015 Fangoria Chainsaw Awards Best Supporting Actress on Television Nominated
2019 Saturn Awards Best Actress in Streaming Presentation Daredevil Nominated

See also

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