Deborah Ann Woll

Deborah Ann Woll was born in Brooklyn, New York on February 7, 1985. Her father is an architect and her mother, Cathy Woll, is a teacher at the Berkeley Carroll School. She is of German and Irish descent. 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.\n', '

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

In 2008, Woll landed her breakout role as Bill Compton\'s vampire progeny, Jessica Hamby, in the HBO fantasy drama ser…