Annie Wood
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Annie Wood is an American film, television and voice-over actress, host and writer.
Wood was born in Los Angeles
and is best known as the bubbly host of the nationally syndicated dating game show Bzzz!
. She was recently sister-in-law to Cameron Diaz in My Sister's Keeper
and appeared in the role of sexy and quirky "Lara" in the Lionsgate Dane Cook
/Jessica Alba
movie Good Luck Chuck
. Her television credits include ER
, Joey
, NYPD Blue
, Becker
, Costello, Strong Medicine and Disney's
That's So Raven!
. Annie also has a large cult following from her lead role in 1995 female prison movie Cellblock Sisters: Banished Behind Bars.
She has appeared as guest on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
and Politically Incorrect with Bill Maher
.
Annie Wood has performed stand-up comedy at The Improv in Los Angeles following Jerry Seinfeld
.
Annie Wood has authored a book of short stories, “Where Would I Be Without Me? Stories, Scenes and Significant Others,” (ISBN 0-7388-1609-4) reflecting her observations on love, life and relationships. She is unconnected with Annie E Wood, author of Jo`s Holiday on Dartmoor.
Annie is a produced playwright and a screenwriter. Her award winning screenplay, "Martin's Theory" was recently an official selection in the Beverly Hills Film Festival.
She is frequently confused as being married to actor Henry Ian Cusick
, which she is not. Mr. Cusick is married to theatre director and playwright Annie Wood Cusick.
Annie Wood is actually happily married to writer/actor, Peter Arpesella.
She is the founder of the volunteer website, www.dogoodstuff.org
Wood has been an active supporter of non-profit organizations including:
Wood was born in Los Angeles
Los Ángeles
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and is best known as the bubbly host of the nationally syndicated dating game show Bzzz!
Bzzz!
Bzzz! is a relationship game show that first aired in limited syndication from January 22 to March 8, 1996. Following this trial run, it later expanded to full national syndication, airing from September 9, 1996 to September 5, 1997, with reruns continuing on some stations until 2001...
. She was recently sister-in-law to Cameron Diaz in My Sister's Keeper
My Sister's Keeper (film)
My Sister's Keeper is a 2009 American drama film directed by Nick Cassavetes and starring Cameron Diaz, Abigail Breslin, Sofia Vassilieva, and Alec Baldwin...
and appeared in the role of sexy and quirky "Lara" in the Lionsgate Dane Cook
Dane Cook
Dane Jeffrey Cook is an American stand-up comedian and film actor. He has released five comedy albums: Harmful If Swallowed; Retaliation; Vicious Circle; Rough Around The Edges: Live From Madison Square Garden; and Isolated Incident. In 2006, Retaliation became the highest charting comedy album...
/Jessica Alba
Jessica Alba
Jessica Marie Alba is an American television and film actress. She began her television and movie appearances at age 13 in Camp Nowhere and The Secret World of Alex Mack . Alba rose to prominence as the lead actress in the television series Dark Angel...
movie Good Luck Chuck
Good Luck Chuck
Good Luck Chuck is a 2007 romantic comedy film starring Dane Cook and Jessica Alba. In the film, women find their "one true love" after having sex with a dentist named Chuck...
. Her television credits include ER
ER (TV series)
ER is an American medical drama television series created by novelist Michael Crichton that aired on NBC from September 19, 1994 to April 2, 2009. It was produced by Constant c Productions and Amblin Entertainment, in association with Warner Bros. Television...
, Joey
Joey (TV series)
Joey is an American sitcom, which stars Matt LeBlanc reprising his role as Joey Tribbiani from the sitcom Friends. It premiered on the NBC television network, on September 9, 2004, in the former time slot of its parent series, Thursday nights at 8:00 p.m...
, NYPD Blue
NYPD Blue
NYPD Blue is an American television police drama set in New York City, exploring the internal and external struggles of the fictional 15th precinct of Manhattan...
, Becker
Becker (TV series)
Becker is an American television sitcom that ran from 1998 to 2004 on CBS. Set in the New York City borough of The Bronx, the show starred Ted Danson as John Becker, a misanthropic doctor who operates a small practice and is constantly annoyed by his patients, co-workers, friends, and practically...
, Costello, Strong Medicine and Disney's
Disney Channel
Disney Channel is an American basic cable and satellite television network, owned by the Disney-ABC Television Group division of The Walt Disney Company. It is under the direction of Disney-ABC Television Group President Anne Sweeney. The channel's headquarters is located on West Alameda Ave. in...
That's So Raven!
That's So Raven
That's So Raven is an American cable television teen sitcom/fantasy series. The show premiered on the Disney Channel on January 17, 2003, and ended on November 10, 2007. The show spawned Disney Channel's first spin-off series: Cory in the House...
. Annie also has a large cult following from her lead role in 1995 female prison movie Cellblock Sisters: Banished Behind Bars.
She has appeared as guest on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
The Tonight Show
The Tonight Show is an American late-night talk show that has aired on NBC since 1954. It is the longest currently running regularly scheduled entertainment program in the United States, and the third longest-running show on NBC, after Meet the Press and Today.The Tonight Show has been hosted by...
and Politically Incorrect with Bill Maher
Politically Incorrect
Politically Incorrect is a late-night, half-hour political talk show hosted by Bill Maher that ran from 1993 to 2002. It premiered on Comedy Central from 1993 to 1997, and later on ABC in 1997, which cancelled it in 2002....
.
Annie Wood has performed stand-up comedy at The Improv in Los Angeles following Jerry Seinfeld
Jerry Seinfeld
Jerome Allen "Jerry" Seinfeld is an American stand-up comedian, actor, writer, and television and film producer, known for playing a semi-fictional version of himself in the situation comedy Seinfeld , which he co-created and co-wrote with Larry David, and, in the show's final two seasons,...
.
Annie Wood has authored a book of short stories, “Where Would I Be Without Me? Stories, Scenes and Significant Others,” (ISBN 0-7388-1609-4) reflecting her observations on love, life and relationships. She is unconnected with Annie E Wood, author of Jo`s Holiday on Dartmoor.
Annie is a produced playwright and a screenwriter. Her award winning screenplay, "Martin's Theory" was recently an official selection in the Beverly Hills Film Festival.
Film
- 2009: My Sister's KeeperMy Sister's Keeper (film)My Sister's Keeper is a 2009 American drama film directed by Nick Cassavetes and starring Cameron Diaz, Abigail Breslin, Sofia Vassilieva, and Alec Baldwin...
- Tommy's wife - 2007: Good Luck ChuckGood Luck ChuckGood Luck Chuck is a 2007 romantic comedy film starring Dane Cook and Jessica Alba. In the film, women find their "one true love" after having sex with a dentist named Chuck...
- Lara - 2006: Heart of Fear - Samantha Hunt
- 2006: Christopher Brennan Saves the World - Diora
- 1995: Caged Hearts - Marcy
- 1995: Cellblock Sisters: Banished Behind Bars - April
- 1991: Breathing FireBreathing FireBreathing Fire is a 1991 martial arts movie starring Jonathan Quan, Eddie Saavedra, Ed Neal, Jerry Trimble, and Bolo Yeung which was filmed on location in the San Gabriel valley in California. The movie also features famed 1997 Canadian TMOV kick-boxing champion Jason Li.Michael, a Vietnam vet,...
- April
Television
- 2006: That's So Raven!That's So RavenThat's So Raven is an American cable television teen sitcom/fantasy series. The show premiered on the Disney Channel on January 17, 2003, and ended on November 10, 2007. The show spawned Disney Channel's first spin-off series: Cory in the House...
- Kendra Blair - 2006: The Chelsea Handler Show - Book Club Hostess
- 2005: JoeyJoey (TV series)Joey is an American sitcom, which stars Matt LeBlanc reprising his role as Joey Tribbiani from the sitcom Friends. It premiered on the NBC television network, on September 9, 2004, in the former time slot of its parent series, Thursday nights at 8:00 p.m...
- The Trashy Woman - 2003: Strong Medicine - Molly
- 2002: For Your Love - Miss Hall
- 2001: Dead Last - Waitress
- 2001: NYPD BlueNYPD BlueNYPD Blue is an American television police drama set in New York City, exploring the internal and external struggles of the fictional 15th precinct of Manhattan...
- Tiffany - 2000: ERER (TV series)ER is an American medical drama television series created by novelist Michael Crichton that aired on NBC from September 19, 1994 to April 2, 2009. It was produced by Constant c Productions and Amblin Entertainment, in association with Warner Bros. Television...
- Amber Skye - 1998-2000: BeckerBecker (TV series)Becker is an American television sitcom that ran from 1998 to 2004 on CBS. Set in the New York City borough of The Bronx, the show starred Ted Danson as John Becker, a misanthropic doctor who operates a small practice and is constantly annoyed by his patients, co-workers, friends, and practically...
- Theresa Campbell - 1998: Costello - Mae Mae
- 1996-1997: Bzzz!Bzzz!Bzzz! is a relationship game show that first aired in limited syndication from January 22 to March 8, 1996. Following this trial run, it later expanded to full national syndication, airing from September 9, 1996 to September 5, 1997, with reruns continuing on some stations until 2001...
- Host - 1995: Love Street - Laura/Tara
- 1990: Fall from Grace - Jessica Hahn
Video Games
- 2005: Tekken 5Tekken 5is the sixth installment in the popular Tekken series. It also marks the tenth anniversary of the series. It was updated for the PlayStation Portable and PlayStation 3 as Tekken 5: Dark Resurrection and succeeded by Tekken 6.- Story :...
- Julia Chang - 2006: Tekken 5: Dark ResurrectionTekken 5: Dark ResurrectionTekken 5: Dark Resurrection is an update to Tekken 5 and is technically the seventh game in the Tekken series. The arcade version was released in Japan in 2005 and in North America in 2006, while the PSP version was released later that year...
- Julia Chang - 2009: Tekken 6Tekken 6is a fighting game developed and published by Namco Bandai. It is the eighth game in the Tekken franchise. It was released in Japanese arcades on November 26, 2007 as the first game running on the PlayStation 3-based System 357 arcade board. The game received an update, subtitled Bloodline...
- Julia Chang - 2009: Tekken 6: Bloodline Rebellion - Julia Chang
Personal life
She is an avid reader, writer and lover of life. She loves photography, painting, great conversation and meditating in her organic garden with her dog, Lucy. Lucy was on the cover of "Lucky Dog" magazine a month after Annie was on the cover of "Women's World."She is frequently confused as being married to actor Henry Ian Cusick
Henry Ian Cusick
Henry Ian Cusick is a Scottish-Peruvian actor of stage, television, and film. He is well-known for his role as Desmond Hume on the United States television series Lost, for which he received a Primetime Emmy Award nomination....
, which she is not. Mr. Cusick is married to theatre director and playwright Annie Wood Cusick.
Annie Wood is actually happily married to writer/actor, Peter Arpesella.
She is the founder of the volunteer website, www.dogoodstuff.org
Wood has been an active supporter of non-profit organizations including:
- AIDS Project Los Angeles
- March of Dimes
- L.A. Works
- Wildlife RefugeWildlife refugeA wildlife refuge, also called a wildlife sanctuary, may be a naturally occurring sanctuary, such as an island, that provides protection for species from hunting, predation or competition, or it may refer to a protected area, a geographic territory within which wildlife is protected...
- PETAPeople for the Ethical Treatment of AnimalsPeople for the Ethical Treatment of Animals is an American animal rights organization based in Norfolk, Virginia, and led by Ingrid Newkirk, its international president. A non-profit corporation with 300 employees and two million members and supporters, it claims to be the largest animal rights...
- Earthsave LA
- Drop in the Bucket
- Food on Foot
- Amnesty InternationalAmnesty InternationalAmnesty International is an international non-governmental organisation whose stated mission is "to conduct research and generate action to prevent and end grave abuses of human rights, and to demand justice for those whose rights have been violated."Following a publication of Peter Benenson's...
- Project Angel FoodProject Angel FoodProject Angel Food is a nonprofit agency whose mission is to nourish the body and spirit of men, women and children affected by HIV/AIDS, cancer and other life-threatening illnesses. Volunteers and staff cook and deliver free and nutritious meals prepared with love throughout Los Angeles County,...
- Haven House
- Senior Smiles
- Save the Children
External links
- Annie Wood Official website
- Annie Wood myspace fan page
- [Separate from the singer/actress Annie Wood, there is another Annie Wood who is a poet and revolutionary thinker and peace advocate. Born in Seattle, Washington in 1983 and currently living in San Francisco California.]