Deborah Ann Woll Filmography

Deborah Ann Woll is an American actress best known for her role as Jessica Hamby on HBO's True Blood. Deborah Ann Woll, who is of Irish and German descent, grew up in Brooklyn, New York and went to high school at the Packer Collegiate Institute. She was shy and often bullied as a child. She graduated from the BFA program in the USC School of Theatre at the University of Southern California and has since moved to Los Angeles. Woll has made guest appearances on several television programs, including Life, Aces 'n Eights, ER, CSI: Crime Scene Investigation , My Name Is Earl, The Mentalist and... Law and Order SVU. Woll received her breakout role as Bill Compton's vampire progeny, Jessica, on the HBO television series True Blood. To help prepare for the role, she watched a lot of animal attack footage. Her roles include Mother's Day, which is directed by Darren Lynn Bousman; Little Murder, which co-stars Josh Lucas; and the independent film Highland Park. Woll's boyfriend, Edward "E.J." Scott, and his family are afflicted with choroideremia, which is a condition that slowly blinds its victim.
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