Early life

Woll was born and raised in Brooklyn, New York City. Her father is an architect and her mother, Cathy Woll, is a teacher at the Berkeley Carroll School. She attended the Packer Collegiate Institute for high school, and received her Bachelor of Fine Arts from USC School of Dramatic Arts at the University of Southern California, graduating in 2007. She also trained at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts in London. Woll is of Irish and German descent.

Career

Woll began her career with guest starring roles on several television series, including Life (2007), ER (2008), CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (2008), My Name Is Earl (2008), and The Mentalist (2008), and a supporting role in the Western action-adventure television film Aces 'N' Eights (2008).

In 2008, Woll landed her breakout role as Bill Compton's vampire progeny, Jessica Hamby, on the HBO fantasy drama television 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. In 2009, she and her True Blood co-stars won the Satellite Award for Best Cast - Television Series at the 14th annual ceremony. Woll maintained the role of Jessica until the series' ending in 2014. In 2009, she made a guest appearance on an episode of Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, portraying a young woman who is found alive after being reported missing by her boyfriend.

In 2010, Woll made her feature film debut in the psychological horror Mother's Day, directed by Darren Lynn Bousman. In 2011, she starred in the supernatural thriller Little Murder, the sports drama Seven Days in Utopia, the action film Catch .44, and the comedy-drama Someday This Pain Will Be Useful to You. The following year, she co-starred in the romantic comedy-drama film Ruby Sparks. In 2013, she performed at the Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts in the play Parfumerie, alongside Eddie Kaye Thomas and Richard Schiff. That same year, Woll joined the cast of the drama film The Automatic Hate.

Since 2015, Woll has portrayed Karen Page on the Marvel Cinematic Universe series Daredevil for Netflix. She starred in the independent romantic drama film Forever, opposite Luke Grimes.

Advocacy

Woll's boyfriend, E.J. Scott, suffers from choroideremia, a condition that ultimately results in blindness. She uses her celebrity status to help raise awareness of the disease. She has been quoted as saying that her boyfriend's bravery in fighting his disability has inspired courage in her own battle with celiac disease, which makes her body intolerant to foods containing gluten.

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2010	Mother's Day	Lydia Koffin
2011	Little Murder	Molly
2011	Seven Days in Utopia	Sarah
2011	Someday This Pain Will Be Useful to You	Gillian Sveck
2011	Catch .44	Dawn
2012	Ruby Sparks	Lila
2013	Highland Park	Lilly
2014	Meet Me in Montenegro	Wendy
2015	The Automatic Hate	Cassie
2015	Forever	Alice

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2007	Life	Nancy Wiscinski	Episode: "Powerless"
2008	Aces 'N' Eights	Terrified Woman	Television film
2008	ER	Aurora Quill	Episode: "Owner of a Broken Heart"
2008	CSI: Crime Scene Investigation	Waitress Stephane	Episode: "For Gedda"
2008	My Name Is Earl	Greta	2 episodes
2008-14	True Blood	Jessica Hamby	Main role; 70 episodes
2008	The Mentalist	Kerry Sheehan	Episode: "Red Brick and Ivy"
2009	Law & Order: Special Victims Unit	Lily Milton	Episode: "Solitary"
2013	Axe Cop	Best Fairy Ever (voice)	Episode: "The Dumb List"
2015-present	Daredevil	Karen Page	Main role

Stage

Year	Title	Role	Location
2013	Parfumerie	Amalia Balash	Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts

Awards and nominations

Year	Award	Work	Result
2009	Satellite Award for Best Cast - Television Series	True Blood	Won
2010	Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series		Nominated
	Scream Award for Breakout Performance - Female		Nominated
2015	Fangoria Chainsaw Award for Best TV Supporting Actress		Nominated

[ Source: Wikipedia ]