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) and Faith Duluth in the Lifetime/Hulu drama series UnREAL (2015–2018).
Her major film credits include AWOL (2016), XX (2017), Automatic at Sea (2016), Erasing Eden (2016) and Craters of the Moon (2013).
Wool also appeared as Victoria in the Amazon digital series Betas (2013). She made guest appearances in Freeform's Famous in Love (2017–2018), NBC's Midnight, Texas (2017–2018), Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, two episodes of Law & Order: Criminal Intent (2001–2011), the two-hour series finale of CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (2000–2015), 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, is a "California, artist beach-babe" who studied in Ireland where they met. They were both college professors.
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.
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. She was awarded Best Shorts Actress in 2013 by the Woods Hole Film Festival for her role in the short film Lambing Season.
She appeared in various other short films, including The Slows (2018), Rflktr (2018), Midnight Confession (2017), The Boy Who Cried Fish! (2016), and Dandelion Fall (2007), amongst others.
She was featured in Metallica's music video for "Confusion". 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).
Wool was an executive producer and co-writer for the feature film Mother's Little Helpers. 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).
In 2013, Wool was cast as Victoria in Amazon's web series Betas.
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, 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. Mr. Mercedes was renewed for a third season on the Audience network.
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. Friedman, a music producer and musician, is an outspoken feminist. They have a daughter born in June 2020.
Filmography Film YearTitleRoleNotes2007Black HoleChristineShort filmDandelion FallBillieShort film2009Dumping LisaStrip Club Hostess2010The MasterpieceThe JournalistAWOLRaynaShort film2011BeeChristineShort film2013Craters of the MoonMollyShelton's OasisBridgetteShort filmSanta MonicaArguing WifeShort filmHomeAlpha Feral WomanShort filmLambing Season BridgetShort film2014UpstairsPiper OlsenShort filmMiss MiaoPatriceShort filmDisaster PreparednessRoseShort film2015Rhie: The New SovereigntyModelShort filmWhite Cops and Unarmed Civilians Playset!Short filmI'll Eat You AliveMarthaShort film2016AWOLRaynaThe Boy Who Cried Fish!MirandaShort filmJo CoolEmceeShort filmErasing EdenEdenAutomatic at SeaGrace2017XXGretchenSegment: "Don't Fall"Midnight ConfessionDonna DonnaShort film2018RflktrCaptain Ezra AveryShort filmA Place to StayRoseShort filmBreaking NewsCarol KellyShort filmThe SlowsGretaShort film2019Mother's Little HelpersJulia PrideLong Time Listener, First Time CallerNanShort film2021MassJudyUltrasoundShannon 2022The Seven Faces of JaneJane B2023Birth/RebirthEmily2024DetainedSarah JamesSardiniaHilaryShort film
Television YearTitleRoleNotes2007Law & Order: Criminal IntentProtestor No. 1Episode: "Offense"2009WomanEpisode: "Identity Crisis"2010Law & Order: Special Victims UnitLynn DrexelEpisode: "Savior"WeedsBoarding AgentEpisode: "Theoretical Love Is Not Dead"2012The Boring Life of JacquelineBreedaEpisode: "The Close Encounter"2013–2014BetasVictoria5 episodes2015CSI: ImmortalityRebecca O'BryanTV movie2015–2018UnREALFaith Deluth11 episodes2016UnREAL: The Faith DiariesFaith DeluthWeb seriesSlumber PartyHerselfEpisode: "Breeda Wool"Dream Corp LLCMother (voice)2 episodes2017StrangersZoeEpisode: "Honeymooners"Midnight, TexasBowieEpisode: "Angel Heart"Vice PrincipalsLynn RussellEpisode: "Think Change"2018Famous in LoveMarva DunwoodyEpisode: "Guess Who's (Not) Coming to Sundance?"The AffairMrs. CruzEpisode: #4.62019GLOWDenise2 episodes2017–2019Mr. MercedesLou LinklatterSeries regular2020The Walking DeadAidenEpisode: "What We Become"Room 104Poppy MarchEpisode: "Bangs"2022–2023National Treasure: Edge of HistoryKacey10 episodes2024The Walking Dead: The Ones Who LiveAidenEpisode: "Gone"2026NCISDr ChildsEpisode: in too deep
Music videos YearTitleNotes2016"Confusion"Metallica video
Producer YearTitleNotes2014Miss MiaoShort2018RflktrShort2019Mother's Little Helpers
Writer YearTitleNotes2013Shelton's OasisShort2019Mother's Little Helpers
Accolades YearAssociationCategoryWorkResult2013Woods Hole Film FestivalBest Shorts ActressLambing Season2014Victoria TX Indie Film FestBest ActressCraters of the Moon2016Action on Film International Film Festival, USABest Supporting Actress – ShortThe Boy Who Cried Fish!2021Independent Spirit AwardsRobert Altman AwardMass
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