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'''Breeda Wool''' is an American [[actress]] and [[producer]]. She is best known for her roles as [[Mr. Mercedes (TV series)#Main|Lou Linklatter]] in the [[Audience (TV network)|Audience]] crime drama series ''[[Mr. Mercedes (TV series)|Mr. Mercedes]]'' (2017–present) and [[Unreal (TV series)#Contestants|Faith Deluth]] in the [[Lifetime (TV network)|Lifetime]]/[[Hulu]] drama series [[Unreal (TV series)|''UnREAL'']] (2015–2018). <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://tvline.com/2017/12/01/unreal-season-4-breeda-wool-return-faith/|title=UnREAL: Breeda Wool's Faith to Return|last=Roots|first=Kimberly|last2=Roots|first2=Kimberly|date=2017-12-01|website=TVLine|language=en|access-date=2019-01-05}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://comicbook.com/horror/2018/08/20/mr-mercedes-breeda-wool-season-2-lou/|title='Mr. Mercedes' Star Discusses the Possibility of Her Character Becoming a Killer|website=Horror|language=en|access-date=2019-01-05}}</ref>
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Her major film credits include [[AWOL (2016 film)|''AWOL'']] (2016), [[XX (film)|''XX'']] (2017),

Wool also appeared as Victoria in the [[Amazon Studios|Amazon]] digital series ''[[Betas]]'' (2013). She made guest appearances in [[Freeform (TV channel)|Freeform's]] [[Famous in Love|''Famous In Love'']] (2017–2018)<ref>{{Citation|title=Guess Who's (Not) Coming to Sundance?|url=http://www.imdb.com/title/tt7567376/|access-date=2019-01-05}}</ref>, [[NBC|NBC's]] [[Midnight, Texas|''Midnight, Texas'']] (2017–2018)<ref>{{Citation|title=Angel Heart|url=http://www.imdb.com/title/tt6365088/|access-date=2019-01-05}}</ref>, [[Law & Order: Special Victims Unit|''Law & Order: Special Victims Unit'']] <ref>{{Citation|title=Savior|url=http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1569097/|access-date=2019-01-05}}</ref>, two episodes of [[Law & Order: Criminal Intent|''Law & Order: Criminal Intent'']] (2001-2011) <ref>{{Citation|title=Identity Crisis|url=http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1241307/|access-date=2019-01-05}}</ref><ref>{{Citation|title=Offense|url=http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1031402/|access-date=2019-01-05}}</ref> and the two-hour series finale of [[Immortality (CSI: Crime Scene Investigation)|''CSI: Crime Scene Investigation'']] (2000-2015). <ref>{{Citation|title=CSI: Immortality|url=http://www.imdb.com/title/tt4688366/|access-date=2019-01-05}}</ref>

== Early life ==
Born and raised in [[Urbana, Illinois]], Wool knew that she wanted to be a performer at a young age. She starred in numerous theatrical productions throughout her elementary and high school career, before her talent landed her a musical theater scholarship to [[Wagner College]]. While there, she transitioned from theater to short films, starring in the [[Columbia University]] graduate short, Dandelion Fall. Her desire to pursue acting after college took her to [[New York City]], where she spent ten years performing in theater, reciting [[William Shakespeare|Shakespeare]], doing sketch comedy, and [[avant-garde]] movement dance before relocating to [[Los Angeles]]. Since making the move, she has continued to nurture her craft by taking a weekly class at the Imagined Life Theater.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.naludamagazine.com/breeda-wool/|title=Breeda Wool Interview|last=NaludaMagazine|date=2015-07-30|website=naludamagazine.com|language=en-US|access-date=2019-01-06}}</ref>

Wool's late<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.zimbio.com/A+to+Zim/articles/o3xHvsbAZqs/Lifetime+UnREAL+star+Breeda+Wool+Answers+26|title=Lifetime's 'UnREAL' star Breeda Wool Answers Your 26 Burning Questions|website=Zimbio|language=en|access-date=2019-01-06}}</ref><ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=https://www.legacy.com/obituaries/delawareonline/obituary.aspx?n=richard-patrick-wool&pid=174507115|title=Dr. Richard Patrick Wool|last=|first=|date=|website=|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=|access-date=}}</ref> father was a "wild, [[Irish]] guitar-playing scientist" and her mother, whom she greatly admires<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.zimbio.com/A+to+Zim/articles/o3xHvsbAZqs/Lifetime+UnREAL+star+Breeda+Wool+Answers+26|title=Lifetime's 'UnREAL' star Breeda Wool Answers Your 26 Burning Questions|website=Zimbio|language=en|access-date=2019-01-06}}</ref>, is a "[[California]], artist beach-babe" who studied in [[Ireland]] where they met.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.naludamagazine.com/breeda-wool/|title=Breeda Wool Interview|last=NaludaMagazine|date=2015-07-30|website=naludamagazine.com|language=en-US|access-date=2019-01-06}}</ref> They were both college professors. <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.lifetimetv.co.uk/shows/unreal/cast/faith-played-by-breeda-wool|title=Faith - Played by Breeda Wool|date=2017-02-21|website=Lifetime UK|language=en|access-date=2019-01-06}}</ref>

Wool has two sisters, Sorcha and Meghan. <ref name=":0" />

== Career ==
Wool graduated in 2004 from [[Wagner College]], where she triple-majored in Psychology, Theater and Philosophy. She performed with the [[Upright Citizens Brigade|Upright Citizen's Brigade]] improv sketch comedy troupe from 2010-2011 and studied acting at the Imagined Life Theater from 2010-2013. <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.linkedin.com/in/breeda-wool-3b440a4|title=Breeda Wool|last=|first=|date=|website=|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=|access-date=}}</ref>

In 2010, Wool starred in the critically acclaimed short film [[AWOL (2016 film)|AWOL]], which received recognition from the [[Sundance Film Festival|Sundance]] Women in Film Panel and the Gotham Independent Film Awards before being adapted as a feature-length film in 2016. <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://rainemagazine.com/daily-raine/a-casual-climb-to-the-top/|title=Breeda Wool|last=Magazine|first=Raine|date=2017-10-30|website=Raine Magazine|language=en-US|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=|access-date=2019-01-06}}</ref> She was awarded Best Shorts Actress in 2013 by the Woods Hole Film Festival for her role in the short film Lambing Season. <ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.woodsholefilmfestival.org/woodsholefilmfestivalarchives/festival-2013/2013-winners/2013-audience-and-directors-choice-awards/|title=2013 Audience and Director’s Choice Awards : FESTIVAL 2019: JULY 27 - AUGUST 3|website=www.woodsholefilmfestival.org|access-date=2019-01-06}}</ref>

She appeared in various other short films, including ''The Slows'' (2018)'','' <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://meaww.com/breeda-wool-mr-mercedes-lou-linklater-exclusive-interview|title=Breeda Wool offers a dark, unnerving, yet mesmerizing look into her character Lou Linklater in 'Mr. Mercedes'|website=https://meaww.com|language=en|access-date=2019-01-06}}</ref> ''RFLKTR'' (2018), <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.rflktrfilm.com/cast-and-crew/|title=CAST AND CREW|website=RFLKTR|language=en-US|access-date=2019-01-06}}</ref> ''Midnight Confession'' (2017), <ref>{{Cite web|url=http://augohr.de/catalogue/midnight-confession|title=Midnight Confession - aug&ohr medien|language=en-US|access-date=2019-01-06}}</ref> ''The Boy Who Cried Fish!'' (2016), <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://danceswithfilms.com/the-boy-who-cried-fish/|title=THE BOY WHO CRIED FISH {{!}} Dances With Films|language=en-US|access-date=2019-01-06}}</ref> and ''Dandelion Fall'' (2007), amongst others. <ref>{{Cite web|url=http://my.clermont-filmfest.com/index.php?m=139&c=3&id_film=100073432&o=107|title=International Short Film Festival - Clermont-Ferrand|website=my.clermont-filmfest.com|language=en|access-date=2019-01-06}}</ref>

She was featured in [[Metallica|Metallica's]] music video for Confusion. <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://twitter.com/breedawool/status/798975904282087425?lang=en|title=very proud of this video I'm in for @Metallica Claire Marie Vogel and Lars Rush for having me on the project @RollingStone #Metallicahttps://twitter.com/metallica/status/798964991609012224 …|last=Wool|first=Breeda|date=2016-11-16|website=@breedawool|language=en|access-date=2019-01-06}}</ref> Wool has appeared on various television programs, including [[The Affair (TV series)|''The Affair'']] (2014), ''[[Famous in Love|Famous In Love]]'' (2017), ''[[Vice Principals]]'' (2016), ''[[Midnight, Texas]]'' (2017), ''[[Strangers (2017 TV series)|Strangers]]'' (2017), ''[[CSI: Crime Scene Investigation]]'' (2000), ''[[Weeds (TV series)|Weeds]]'' (2005), ''[[Law & Order: Special Victims Unit]]'' (1999) and ''[[Law & Order: Criminal Intent]]'' [[Law & Order: Criminal Intent|(2001).]] <ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.imdb.com/name/nm2815589/|title=Breeda Wool|website=IMDb|access-date=2019-01-06}}</ref>

Wool was an executive producer and co-writer for the short film ''Mother's Little Helpers''. <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://meaww.com/breeda-wool-mr-mercedes-lou-linklater-exclusive-interview|title=Breeda Wool offers a dark, unnerving, yet mesmerizing look into her character Lou Linklater in 'Mr. Mercedes'|website=https://meaww.com|language=en|access-date=2019-01-06}}</ref> She also was a producer for ''RFLKTR'' (2018) and ''Miss Miao'' (2014), as well as a writer for the short film ''Shelton's Oasis'' (2013). <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://schonmagazine.com/interview-breeda-wool/|title=interview {{!}} breeda wool|website=Schön! Magazine|language=en-GB|access-date=2019-01-06}}</ref>

In 2013, Wool was cast as Victoria in [[Amazon (company)|Amazon's]] web series ''[[Betas]]''. <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://talknerdywithus.com/2015/09/11/exclusive-interview-with-breeda-wool/|title=Exclusive Interview with Breeda Wool|date=2015-09-12|website=TalkNerdyWithUs|language=en-US|access-date=2019-01-06}}</ref>

In 2015, Wool appeared in the first season of ''[[Unreal (TV series)|UnREAL]]'' as Faith, a closeted Christian lesbian. She reprised her role as Faith in a 2017 web series spin off, "The Faith Diaries"<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/ellenkilloran/2016/03/31/lifetime-launches-online-unreal-spinoff-the-faith-diaries/|title=Lifetime Launches Online 'UnReal' Spinoff, 'The Faith Diaries'|last=Killoran|first=Ellen|website=Forbes|language=en|access-date=2019-01-06}}</ref>, and returned to [[Unreal (TV series)|''UnREAL'']] in the fourth season. <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://tvline.com/2017/12/01/unreal-season-4-breeda-wool-return-faith/|title=UnREAL: Breeda Wool's Faith to Return|last=Roots|first=Kimberly|last2=Roots|first2=Kimberly|date=2017-12-01|website=TVLine|language=en|access-date=2019-01-06}}</ref>

In 2017, Wool was cast as a series regular in the [[Audience (TV network)|Audience]] crime drama ''[[Mr. Mercedes (TV series)|Mr. Mercedes]]'', a series based on the [[Stephen King|Stephen King's]] Bill Hodges trilogy. <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2017/01/mr-mercedes-breeda-wool-audience-network-drama-series-stephen-king-book-1201896141/|title=‘Mr. Mercedes’: Breeda Wool Joins Audience Network Drama Series|last=Petski|first=Denise|last2=Petski|first2=Denise|date=2017-01-28|website=Deadline|language=en|access-date=2019-01-06}}</ref> [[Mr. Mercedes (TV series)|''Mr. Mercedes'']] has been renewed for a third season on the Audience network. <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/mr-mercedes-renewed-season-3-at-audience-network-1162503|title='Mr. Mercedes' Renewed for Season 3 at Audience Network|website=The Hollywood Reporter|language=en|access-date=2019-01-06}}</ref>

== Personal life ==
Outside of acting, Wool enjoys taking long trips on the open road. When she’s not traveling, she spends her time practicing [[Bikram Yoga]], playing volleyball, drawing, and taking piano lessons.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.naludamagazine.com/breeda-wool/|title=Breeda Wool Interview|last=NaludaMagazine|date=2015-07-30|website=naludamagazine.com|language=en-US|access-date=2019-01-06}}</ref> Her favorite food is [[Vegetarianism|vegetarian]]. <ref>{{Cite web|url=http://naluda.com/interviews/breeda-wool/|title=Breeda Wool|date=2015-07-30|website=:: Naluda Interviews ::|language=en-US|access-date=2019-01-05}}</ref>

Wool lives in [[Los Angeles]], [[California]] with her partner Matt Friedman. <ref name=":0" /> Friedman, a music producer and musician, is an outspoken feminist. <ref>{{Cite web|url=http://liverampup.com/entertainment/breeda-wool-s-feminist-boyfriend-extraordinary-man-young-age-actress-soon-married.html|title=Breeda Wool's Feminist Boyfriend: Extraordinary Man For Young Age Actress. Soon-to-be-Married?|website=LIVERAMPUP|language=en|access-date=2019-01-06}}</ref>
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Revision as of 01:37, 6 January 2019

Breeda Wool is an American actress and producer. She is best known for her roles as Lou Linklatter in the Audience crime drama series Mr. Mercedes (2017–present) and Faith Deluth in the Lifetime/Hulu drama series UnREAL (2015–2018). [1][2]

Her major film credits include AWOL (2016), XX (2017),

Wool also appeared as Victoria in the Amazon digital series Betas (2013). She made guest appearances in Freeform's Famous In Love (2017–2018)[3], NBC's Midnight, Texas (2017–2018)[4], Law & Order: Special Victims Unit [5], two episodes of Law & Order: Criminal Intent (2001-2011) [6][7] and the two-hour series finale of CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (2000-2015). [8]

Early life

Born and raised in Urbana, Illinois, Wool knew that she wanted to be a performer at a young age. She starred in numerous theatrical productions throughout her elementary and high school career, before her talent landed her a musical theater scholarship to Wagner College. While there, she transitioned from theater to short films, starring in the Columbia University graduate short, Dandelion Fall. Her desire to pursue acting after college took her to New York City, where she spent ten years performing in theater, reciting Shakespeare, doing sketch comedy, and avant-garde movement dance before relocating to Los Angeles. Since making the move, she has continued to nurture her craft by taking a weekly class at the Imagined Life Theater.[9]

Wool's late[10][11] father was a "wild, Irish guitar-playing scientist" and her mother, whom she greatly admires[12], is a "California, artist beach-babe" who studied in Ireland where they met.[13] They were both college professors. [14]

Wool has two sisters, Sorcha and Meghan. [11]

Career

Wool graduated in 2004 from Wagner College, where she triple-majored in Psychology, Theater and Philosophy. She performed with the Upright Citizen's Brigade improv sketch comedy troupe from 2010-2011 and studied acting at the Imagined Life Theater from 2010-2013. [15]

In 2010, Wool starred in the critically acclaimed short film AWOL, which received recognition from the Sundance Women in Film Panel and the Gotham Independent Film Awards before being adapted as a feature-length film in 2016. [16] She was awarded Best Shorts Actress in 2013 by the Woods Hole Film Festival for her role in the short film Lambing Season. [17]

She appeared in various other short films, including The Slows (2018), [18] RFLKTR (2018), [19] Midnight Confession (2017), [20] The Boy Who Cried Fish! (2016), [21] and Dandelion Fall (2007), amongst others. [22]

She was featured in Metallica's music video for Confusion. [23] Wool has appeared on various television programs, including The Affair (2014), Famous In Love (2017), Vice Principals (2016), Midnight, Texas (2017), Strangers (2017), CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (2000), Weeds (2005), Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (1999) and Law & Order: Criminal Intent (2001). [24]

Wool was an executive producer and co-writer for the short film Mother's Little Helpers. [25] She also was a producer for RFLKTR (2018) and Miss Miao (2014), as well as a writer for the short film Shelton's Oasis (2013). [26]

In 2013, Wool was cast as Victoria in Amazon's web series Betas. [27]

In 2015, Wool appeared in the first season of UnREAL as Faith, a closeted Christian lesbian. She reprised her role as Faith in a 2017 web series spin off, "The Faith Diaries"[28], and returned to UnREAL in the fourth season. [29]

In 2017, Wool was cast as a series regular in the Audience crime drama Mr. Mercedes, a series based on the Stephen King's Bill Hodges trilogy. [30] Mr. Mercedes has been renewed for a third season on the Audience network. [31]

Personal life

Outside of acting, Wool enjoys taking long trips on the open road. When she’s not traveling, she spends her time practicing Bikram Yoga, playing volleyball, drawing, and taking piano lessons.[32] Her favorite food is vegetarian. [33]

Wool lives in Los Angeles, California with her partner Matt Friedman. [11] Friedman, a music producer and musician, is an outspoken feminist. [34]

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  2. ^ "'Mr. Mercedes' Star Discusses the Possibility of Her Character Becoming a Killer". Horror. Retrieved 2019-01-05.
  3. ^ Guess Who's (Not) Coming to Sundance?, retrieved 2019-01-05
  4. ^ Angel Heart, retrieved 2019-01-05
  5. ^ Savior, retrieved 2019-01-05
  6. ^ Identity Crisis, retrieved 2019-01-05
  7. ^ Offense, retrieved 2019-01-05
  8. ^ CSI: Immortality, retrieved 2019-01-05
  9. ^ NaludaMagazine (2015-07-30). "Breeda Wool Interview". naludamagazine.com. Retrieved 2019-01-06.
  10. ^ "Lifetime's 'UnREAL' star Breeda Wool Answers Your 26 Burning Questions". Zimbio. Retrieved 2019-01-06.
  11. ^ a b c "Dr. Richard Patrick Wool". {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |dead-url= (help)
  12. ^ "Lifetime's 'UnREAL' star Breeda Wool Answers Your 26 Burning Questions". Zimbio. Retrieved 2019-01-06.
  13. ^ NaludaMagazine (2015-07-30). "Breeda Wool Interview". naludamagazine.com. Retrieved 2019-01-06.
  14. ^ "Faith - Played by Breeda Wool". Lifetime UK. 2017-02-21. Retrieved 2019-01-06.
  15. ^ "Breeda Wool". {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |dead-url= (help)
  16. ^ Magazine, Raine (2017-10-30). "Breeda Wool". Raine Magazine. Retrieved 2019-01-06. {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |dead-url= (help)
  17. ^ "2013 Audience and Director's Choice Awards : FESTIVAL 2019: JULY 27 - AUGUST 3". www.woodsholefilmfestival.org. Retrieved 2019-01-06.
  18. ^ "Breeda Wool offers a dark, unnerving, yet mesmerizing look into her character Lou Linklater in 'Mr. Mercedes'". https://meaww.com. Retrieved 2019-01-06. {{cite web}}: External link in |website= (help)
  19. ^ "CAST AND CREW". RFLKTR. Retrieved 2019-01-06.
  20. ^ "Midnight Confession - aug&ohr medien". Retrieved 2019-01-06.
  21. ^ "THE BOY WHO CRIED FISH | Dances With Films". Retrieved 2019-01-06.
  22. ^ "International Short Film Festival - Clermont-Ferrand". my.clermont-filmfest.com. Retrieved 2019-01-06.
  23. ^ Wool, Breeda (2016-11-16). "very proud of this video I'm in for @Metallica Claire Marie Vogel and Lars Rush for having me on the project @RollingStone #Metallicahttps://twitter.com/metallica/status/798964991609012224 …". @breedawool. Retrieved 2019-01-06. {{cite web}}: External link in |title= (help); no-break space character in |title= at position 189 (help)
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  26. ^ "interview | breeda wool". Schön! Magazine. Retrieved 2019-01-06.
  27. ^ "Exclusive Interview with Breeda Wool". TalkNerdyWithUs. 2015-09-12. Retrieved 2019-01-06.
  28. ^ Killoran, Ellen. "Lifetime Launches Online 'UnReal' Spinoff, 'The Faith Diaries'". Forbes. Retrieved 2019-01-06.
  29. ^ Roots, Kimberly; Roots, Kimberly (2017-12-01). "UnREAL: Breeda Wool's Faith to Return". TVLine. Retrieved 2019-01-06.
  30. ^ Petski, Denise; Petski, Denise (2017-01-28). "'Mr. Mercedes': Breeda Wool Joins Audience Network Drama Series". Deadline. Retrieved 2019-01-06.
  31. ^ "'Mr. Mercedes' Renewed for Season 3 at Audience Network". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 2019-01-06.
  32. ^ NaludaMagazine (2015-07-30). "Breeda Wool Interview". naludamagazine.com. Retrieved 2019-01-06.
  33. ^ "Breeda Wool". :: Naluda Interviews ::. 2015-07-30. Retrieved 2019-01-05.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: extra punctuation (link)
  34. ^ "Breeda Wool's Feminist Boyfriend: Extraordinary Man For Young Age Actress. Soon-to-be-Married?". LIVERAMPUP. Retrieved 2019-01-06.
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