Breeda Wool
{{short description|American actress, writer and producer}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=October 2019}}
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| birth_place = Urbana, Illinois, U.S.
| years_active = 2007–present
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| partner = Matt Friedman
| children = 1
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Breeda Wool is an American actress, writer and producer. She is best known for her roles as Lou Linklatter in the Audience crime drama series Mr. Mercedes (2017–2019){{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|access-date=5 January 2019}} and Faith Duluth in the Lifetime/Hulu drama series UnREAL (2015–2018).{{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|date=December 1, 2017|website=TVLine|access-date=5 January 2019}}
Her major film credits include AWOL (2016), XX (2017),{{Cite web|url=http://inlovemag.com/emmy-ready-breeda-wool/|title=Emmy Ready|last=Cohen|first=Sari|website=Inlove Magazine|access-date=6 January 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190108145606/http://inlovemag.com/emmy-ready-breeda-wool/|archive-date=January 8, 2019|url-status=dead}} Automatic at Sea (2016),{{Cite web|url=http://www.cucalorus.org/film/automatic-at-sea/|title=Automatic at Sea|website=Cucalorus Festival|access-date=6 January 2019}} Erasing Eden (2016){{Cite web|url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/movies/la-et-mn-mini-erasing-eden-review-20170223-story.html|title=Beaten and battered bride-to-be persists in indie drama 'Erasing Eden'|last=Walsh|first=Katie|date=August 23, 2017|website=Los Angeles Times|access-date=6 January 2019}} and Craters of the Moon (2013).{{Cite web|url=https://www.abqjournal.com/446222/showcase-brings-movies-by-and-about-native-americans-to-santa-fe-screens.html|title=Showcase brings movies by and about Native Americans to Santa Fe screens|last=Jadmak|first=Jackie|date=August 15, 2019|website=Albuquerque Journal|access-date=6 January 2019}}
Wool also appeared as Victoria in the Amazon digital series Betas (2013). She made guest appearances in Freeform's Famous in Love (2017–2018),{{Citation|title=Famous in Love: Guess Who's (Not) Coming to Sundance? {{!}} TVmaze|url=https://www.tvmaze.com/episodes/1458353/famous-in-love-2x07-guess-whos-not-coming-to-sundance|access-date=8 January 2019}} NBC's Midnight, Texas (2017–2018),{{Cite web|url=https://tvline.com/2017/07/26/midnight-texas-spoilers-breeda-wool-cast-joe-angel-mentor/|title=Midnight, Texas Adds UnREAL Actress as Tilda Swinton-esque 'Angel Warrior'|last=Swift|first=Andy|date=July 26, 2017|website=TVLine|access-date=8 January 2019}} Law & Order: Special Victims Unit,{{Cite web|url=https://ww2.kqed.org/filmschoolshorts/2016/02/02/getting-real-with-breeda-wool-from-unreal-an-exclusive-interview/|title=Getting Real with Breeda Wool from UnReal – An Exclusive Interview|website=Film School Shorts|access-date=8 January 2019}} two episodes of Law & Order: Criminal Intent (2001–2011),{{Cite web|url=https://www.lifetimetv.co.uk/shows/unreal/cast/faith-played-by-breeda-wool|title=Faith – Played by Breeda Wool|date=February 21, 2017|website=Lifetime UK|access-date=8 January 2019}} the two-hour series finale of CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (2000–2015),{{Cite web|url=https://www.csifiles.com/episodes/csi/season15/immortality_part_one.shtml|title=CSI Files – Immortality, Part One|access-date=8 January 2019}} and HBO's Room 104 (2020).
Early life
Wool was 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, 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.
Wool's late father was a "wild, Irish guitar-playing scientist" and her mother, whom she greatly admires,{{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|access-date=6 January 2019}} is a "California, artist beach-babe" who studied in Ireland where they met.{{Cite web|url=http://www.naludamagazine.com/breeda-wool/|title=Breeda Wool Interview|date=July 30, 2015|website=Naluda|access-date=6 January 2019}} They were both college professors.{{Cite web|url=https://www.lifetimetv.co.uk/shows/unreal/cast/faith-played-by-breeda-wool|title=Faith – Played by Breeda Wool|date=February 21, 2017|website=Lifetime UK|access-date=6 January 2019}}
Education
Wool graduated Wagner College, where she triple-majored in Psychology, Theater and Philosophy. Wool studied acting at the Imagined Life Theater from 2010 to 2013.{{Cite web|url=https://www.linkedin.com/in/breeda-wool-3b440a4|title=Breeda Wool|publisher=LinkedIn|access-date=8 January 2019}}
Career
In 2010, Wool began performing with the Upright Citizens Brigade improv sketch comedy troupe. 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.{{Cite web|url=https://rainemagazine.com/daily-raine/a-casual-climb-to-the-top/|title=A Casual Climb to the Top|date=October 30, 2017|website=Raine Magazine|access-date=6 January 2019}} She was awarded Best Shorts Actress in 2013 by the Woods Hole Film Festival for her role in the short film Lambing Season.{{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|website=Woods Hole film festival|access-date=6 January 2019}}
She appeared in various other short films, including The Slows (2018),{{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'|last=Prabhu|first=Suraj|date=November 21, 2018|website=Meaww|access-date=6 January 2019}} Rflktr (2018),{{Cite web|url=https://www.rflktrfilm.com/cast-and-crew/|title=Cast and crew|website=RFLKTR|access-date=6 January 2019}} Midnight Confession (2017),{{Cite web|url=http://augohr.de/catalogue/midnight-confession|title=Midnight Confession|website=aug&ohr medien|access-date=6 January 2019}} The Boy Who Cried Fish! (2016),{{Cite web|url=https://danceswithfilms.com/the-boy-who-cried-fish/|title=The Boy who cried fish|website=Dances With Films|access-date=6 January 2019}} and Dandelion Fall (2007), amongst others.{{Cite web|url=http://my.clermont-filmfest.com/index.php?m=139&c=3&id_film=100073432&o=107|title=Dandelion Fall|website=International Short Film Festival – Clermont-Ferrand|access-date=6 January 2019}}
File:Mr. Mercedes press tour.jpg
She was featured in Metallica's music video for "Confusion".{{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|last=Wool|first=Breeda|date=November 16, 2016|website=Twitter|access-date=6 January 2019}}{{Primary source inline|date=October 2019}} Wool has appeared on various television programs, including The Affair (2018), Famous in Love (2017), Vice Principals (2017), Midnight, Texas (2017), Strangers (2017), CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (2015), Weeds (2010), Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (2010), and Law & Order: Criminal Intent (2007, 2009).{{Cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2815589/|title=Breeda Wool|publisher=IMDb|access-date=6 January 2019}}
Wool was an executive producer and co-writer for the feature film Mother's Little Helpers. She also was a producer for Rflktr (2018){{Cite web|url=https://issuemagazine.com/breeda-wool/|title=Breeda Wool|website=issuemagazine.com|access-date=8 January 2019}} and Miss Miao (2014),{{Cite web|url=https://variety.com/2014/film/markets-festivals/dances-with-films-festival-announces-lineup-1201170482/|title=Dances With Films Festival Announces Lineup|last=Bacardi|first=Francesca|date=May 2, 2014|website=Variety|access-date=8 January 2019}} as well as a writer for the short film Shelton's Oasis (2013).{{Cite web|url=https://schonmagazine.com/interview-breeda-wool/|title=interview {{!}} breeda wool|website=Schön! Magazine|date=September 9, 2018 |access-date=6 January 2019}}
In 2013, Wool was cast as Victoria in Amazon's web series Betas.{{Cite web|url=https://talknerdywithus.com/2015/09/11/exclusive-interview-with-breeda-wool/|title=Exclusive Interview with Breeda Wool|date=September 12, 2015|website=TalkNerdyWithUs|access-date=6 January 2019}}
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,{{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|access-date=6 January 2019}} and returned to UnREAL in the fourth season.
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.{{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|date=January 28, 2017|publisher=Deadline Hollywood|access-date=6 January 2019}} Mr. Mercedes was renewed for a third season on the Audience network.{{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|date=November 19, 2018 |access-date=6 January 2019}}
Personal life
Wool practices Yoga, plays volleyball, draws, and takes piano lessons. Wool favors vegetarian food.
Wool lives in Los Angeles, California with her boyfriend Matt Friedman.{{Cite web|url=https://www.legacy.com/obituaries/delawareonline/obituary.aspx?n=richard-patrick-wool&pid=174507115|title=Dr. Richard Patrick Wool-Obituary|website=Delaware Online|access-date=8 January 2019}} Friedman, a music producer and musician, is an outspoken feminist.{{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?|date=August 1, 2016|website=LIVERAMPUP|access-date=6 January 2019}} They have a daughter born in June 2020.{{Cite web|url=https://people.com/parents/breeda-wool-welcomes-daughter/|title=Breeda Wool Is a Mom! UnREAL Star Welcomes a Daughter: 'Some Really Wild Cool Things Happened'|last1=Jen Juneau|date=September 29, 2020|website=People.com|access-date=December 17, 2021}}
Filmography
= Film =
| class="wikitable sortable"
!Year !Title !Role ! class="unsortable" |Notes |
| rowspan="2"|2007
|Black Hole |Christine |Short film |
| Dandelion Fall
|Billie |Short film |
| 2009
|Dumping Lisa |Strip Club Hostess | |
| rowspan="2"|2010
|The Masterpiece |The Journalist | |
| AWOL
|Rayna |Short film |
| 2011
|Bee |Christine |Short film |
| rowspan="5"|2013
|Craters of the Moon |Molly | |
| Shelton's Oasis
|Bridgette |Short film |
| Santa Monica
|Arguing Wife |Short film |
| Home
|Alpha Feral Woman |Short film |
| Lambing Season
|Bridget |Short film |
| rowspan="3"|2014
|Upstairs |Piper Olsen |Short film |
| Miss Miao
|Patrice |Short film |
| Disaster Preparedness
|Rose |Short film |
| rowspan="3"|2015
|Rhie: The New Sovereignty |Model |Short film |
| White Cops and Unarmed Civilians Playset!
| |Short film |
| I'll Eat You Alive
|Martha |Short film |
| rowspan="5"|2016
|AWOL |Rayna | |
| The Boy Who Cried Fish!
|Miranda |Short film |
| Jo Cool
|Emcee |Short film |
| Erasing Eden
|Eden | |
| Automatic at Sea
|Grace | |
| rowspan="2"|2017
|XX |Gretchen |Segment: "Don't Fall" |
| Midnight Confession
|Donna Donna |Short film |
| rowspan="4"|2018
|Rflktr |Captain Ezra Avery |Short film |
| A Place to Stay
|Rose |Short film |
| Breaking News
|Carol Kelly |Short film |
| The Slows
|Greta |Short film |
| rowspan="2"|2019
|Mother's Little Helpers |Julia Pride | |
| Long Time Listener, First Time Caller
|Nan |Short film |
| rowspan="2"|2021
|Mass |Judy | |
| Ultrasound
|Shannon | |
| 2022
|Jane B | |
| 2023
|Emily | |
| rowspan="2"|2024
|Sarah James | |
| Sardinia
|Hilary |Short film |
= Television =
| class="wikitable sortable"
!Year !Title !Role ! class="unsortable" width="350" |Notes |
| 2007
|rowspan="2"|Law & Order: Criminal Intent |Protestor No. 1 |Episode: "Offense" |
| 2009
|Woman |Episode: "Identity Crisis" |
| rowspan="2"|2010
|Law & Order: Special Victims Unit |Lynn Drexel |Episode: "Savior" |
| Weeds
|Boarding Agent |Episode: "Theoretical Love Is Not Dead" |
| 2012
|The Boring Life of Jacqueline |Breeda |Episode: "The Close Encounter" |
| 2013–2014
|Victoria |5 episodes |
| 2015
|Rebecca O'Bryan |TV movie |
| 2015–2018
|Faith Deluth |11 episodes |
| rowspan="3"|2016
|UnREAL: The Faith Diaries |Faith Deluth |Web series |
| Slumber Party
|Herself |Episode: "Breeda Wool" |
| Dream Corp LLC
|Mother (voice) |2 episodes |
| rowspan="3"|2017
|Zoe |Episode: "Honeymooners" |
| Midnight, Texas
|Bowie |Episode: "Angel Heart" |
| Vice Principals
|Lynn Russell |Episode: "Think Change" |
| rowspan="2"|2018
|Marva Dunwoody |Episode: "Guess Who's (Not) Coming to Sundance?" |
| The Affair
|Mrs. Cruz |Episode: #4.6 |
| 2019
|GLOW |Denise |2 episodes |
| 2017–2019
|Lou Linklatter |Series regular |
| rowspan="2"|2020
|Aiden |Episode: "What We Become" |
| Room 104
|Poppy March |Episode: "Bangs" |
| 2022–2023
|National Treasure: Edge of History |Kacey |10 episodes |
| 2024
|''The Walking Dead: The Ones Who Live |Aiden |Episode: "Gone" |
= Music videos =
| class="wikitable sortable"
!Year !Title !Notes |
| 2016
|"Confusion" |Metallica video |
= Producer =
| class="wikitable sortable"
!Year !Title !Notes |
| 2014
|Miss Miao |Short |
| 2018
|Rflktr |Short |
| 2019
|Mother's Little Helpers | |
= Writer =
| class="wikitable sortable"
!Year !Title !Notes |
| 2013
|Shelton's Oasis |Short |
| 2019
|Mother's Little Helpers | |
Accolades
| class="wikitable"
!Year !Association !Category !Work !Result |
| 2013
|Best Shorts Actress |Lambing Season |{{won}} |
| 2014
|Victoria TX Indie Film Fest |Best Actress |Craters of the Moon |{{nom}} |
| 2016
|Action on Film International Film Festival, USA |Best Supporting Actress – Short |The Boy Who Cried Fish! |{{nom}} |
| 2021
|Mass |{{won}} |
References
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External links
- {{IMDb name|2815589}}
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Category:American film actresses
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