THE WHITE LOTUS Season 3 Trailer (2025) Aimee Lou Wood

THE WHITE LOTUS Season 3 Trailer (2025) Aimee Lou Wood

THE WHITE LOTUS Season 3 Trailer (2025) Aimee Lou Wood
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Ready to check back into The White Lotus? HBO has revealed the release date for Season 3 of its anthology hit, and it all kicks off Sunday, Feb. 16 at 9/8c, TVLine has learned.

Season 3 of Mike White’s series will take place at an exclusive Thai resort and follow the exploits of various guests and employees over the span of a week.

In the brand-new teaser, we catch glimpses of the new guests arriving to this new White Lotus location, as Natasha Rothwell‘s Belinda tells us she’s taking part in an exchange program, hence her relocation. There’s also plenty of booze-soaked nights, dancing, a gun and a near death — watch the clip embedded below.

In addition to Walton Goggins (Justified), Parker Posey (Lost in Space), Leslie Bibb (Popular), Blackpink’s Lisa (aka Lalisa Manobal) and Season 1 returnee Rothwell, the resort is welcoming plenty of new faces. Additional cast members include Carrie Coon (Fargo), Sarah Catherine Hook (Cruel Intentions), Jason Isaacs, Michelle Monaghan (Bad Monkey), Patrick Schwarzenegger (The Staircase), Aimee Lou Wood (Sex Education) and more. (For more scoop, check out our list of everything we know about The White Lotus Season 3.)

Will you be watching The White Lotus Season 3? Let us know in the comments.
The White Lotus

Title card for the first season
Genre
Comedy drama[1]
Satire[2]
Black comedy[3]
Anthology
Created by Mike White
Written by Mike White
Directed by Mike White
Starring see below
Music by
Cristobal Tapia de Veer
Kim Neundorf
Country of origin United States
Original language English
No. of seasons 2
No. of episodes 13
Production
Executive producers
Nick Hall
David Bernad
Mike White
Mark Kamine
Producers
John M. Valerio
Heather Persons
Todd Brown
Production locations
Hawaii
Sicily
Thailand
Cinematography
Ben Kutchins
Xavier Grobet
Editors
Heather Persons
John M. Valerio
Running time 54–77 minutes
Production companies
HBO Entertainment
Pallogram
The District
Rip Cord Productions
Original release
Network HBO
Release July 11, 2021 –
present
The White Lotus is an American black comedy drama anthology television series created by Mike White for HBO.[4][5] It follows the guests and employees of the fictional White Lotus resort chain, whose interactions are affected by their various psychosocial dysfunctions. The press release notes that "each passing day, a darker complexity emerges in these picture-perfect travelers, the hotel's cheerful employees, and the idyllic locale itself".[6] The first and second season are set in Hawaii and Sicily, respectively. The third season was filmed in Thailand.[7]

Intended as a 6-part limited series, The White Lotus premiered on July 11, 2021, to critical acclaim and high ratings. The show's success led to HBO renewing it as an anthology series; a second season premiered on October 30, 2022.[8] In November 2022, the series was renewed for a third season which is set to premiere on February 16, 2025.[9][10]

The series received critical acclaim. It was included on the American Film Institute's list of the ten best programs of 2021 and 2022, and it received various accolades, including 15 Primetime Emmy Awards and two Golden Globes.

Cast and characters
Season 1
Further information: The White Lotus season 1 § Cast and characters
Main
Murray Bartlett as Armond[11]
Connie Britton as Nicole Mossbacher[11]
Jennifer Coolidge as Tanya McQuoid[11]
Alexandra Daddario as Rachel Patton[11]
Fred Hechinger as Quinn Mossbacher[11]
Jake Lacy as Shane Patton[11]
Brittany O'Grady as Paula[11]
Natasha Rothwell as Belinda Lindsey[11]
Sydney Sweeney as Olivia Mossbacher[11]
Steve Zahn as Mark Mossbacher[11]
Molly Shannon as Kitty Patton[12]
Recurring
Lukas Gage as Dillon[12]
Kekoa Scott Kekumano as Kai[12]
Jon Gries as Greg Hunt[12]
Alec Merlino as Hutch[13]
Guest
Jolene Purdy as Lani[12]
Season 2
Further information: The White Lotus season 2 § Cast and characters
Main
F. Murray Abraham as Bert Di Grasso[14]
Jennifer Coolidge as Tanya McQuoid-Hunt[11]
Adam DiMarco as Albie Di Grasso[14]
Meghann Fahy as Daphne Sullivan[15]
Beatrice Grannò as Mia[16]
Jon Gries as Greg Hunt[17]
Tom Hollander as Quentin[14]
Sabrina Impacciatore as Valentina[16]
Michael Imperioli as Dominic Di Grasso[18]
Theo James as Cameron Sullivan[15]
Aubrey Plaza as Harper Spiller[19]
Haley Lu Richardson as Portia[14]
Will Sharpe as Ethan Spiller[15]
Simona Tabasco as Lucia Greco[16]
Leo Woodall as Jack[15]
Recurring
Federico Ferrante as Rocco
Eleonora Romandini as Isabella
Federico Scribani Rossi as Giuseppe
Francesco Zecca as Matteo
Paolo Camilli [it] as Hugo
Bruno Gouery as Didier
Nicola Di Pinto as Tommas
Guest
Laura Dern as the voice of Abby[20]
Angelina Keeley and Kara Kay as two hotel guests[21]
Season 3
Further information: The White Lotus season 3 § Cast and characters
Main
Leslie Bibb as Kate[22]
Carrie Coon as Laurie[22]
Walton Goggins as Rick Hatchett[22]
Sarah Catherine Hook as Piper Ratliff[22]
Jason Isaacs as Timothy Ratliff[22]
Lalisa Manobal as Mook[22]
Michelle Monaghan as Jaclyn[22]
Sam Nivola as Lochlan Ratliff[22]
Lek Patravadi as Sritala[22]
Parker Posey as Victoria Ratliff[22]
Natasha Rothwell as Belinda Lindsey[22]
Patrick Schwarzenegger as Saxton Ratliff[22]
Tayme Thapthimthong as Gaitok[22]
Aimee Lou Wood as Chelsea[22]
Recurring
Nicholas Duvernay
Arnas Fedaravičius
Christian Friedel
Scott Glenn
Dom Hetrakul
Julian Kostov
Charlotte Le Bon
Morgana O'Reilly
Shalini Peiris
Episodes
Season Episodes Originally aired
First aired Last aired
1
6 July 11, 2021 August 15, 2021
2
7 October 30, 2022 December 11, 2022
3
8 February 16, 2025 April 6, 2025
Season 1 (2021)
Main article: The White Lotus season 1
No.
overall No. in
season Title Directed by Written by Original air date U.S. viewers
(millions)
1 1 "Arrivals" Mike White Mike White July 11, 2021 0.420[23]
2 2 "New Day" Mike White Mike White July 18, 2021 0.459[24]
3 3 "Mysterious Monkeys" Mike White Mike White July 25, 2021 0.478[25]
4 4 "Recentering" Mike White Mike White August 1, 2021 0.515[26]
5 5 "The Lotus-Eaters" Mike White Mike White August 8, 2021 0.541[26]
6 6 "Departures" Mike White Mike White August 15, 2021 0.850[27]
Season 2 (2022)
Main article: The White Lotus season 2
No.
overall No. in
season Title Directed by Written by Original air date U.S. viewers
(millions)
7 1 "Ciao" Mike White Mike White October 30, 2022 0.460[28]
8 2 "Italian Dream" Mike White Mike White November 6, 2022 0.421[29]
9 3 "Bull Elephants" Mike White Mike White November 13, 2022 0.474[30]
10 4 "In the Sandbox" Mike White Mike White November 20, 2022 0.416[31]
11 5 "That's Amore" Mike White Mike White November 27, 2022 0.641[32]
12 6 "Abductions" Mike White Mike White December 4, 2022 0.684[33]
13 7 "Arrivederci" Mike White Mike White December 11, 2022 0.854[34]
Season 3
Main article: The White Lotus season 3
No.
overall No. in
season Title Directed by [35] Written by [36] Original air date [37] U.S. viewers
(millions)
14 1 TBA Mike White Mike White February 16, 2025 TBD
15 2 TBA Mike White Mike White February 23, 2025 TBD
16 3 TBA Mike White Mike White March 2, 2025 TBD
17 4 TBA Mike White Mike White March 9, 2025 TBD
18 5 TBA Mike White Mike White March 16, 2025 TBD
19 6 TBA Mike White Mike White March 23, 2025 TBD
20 7 TBA Mike White Mike White March 30, 2025 TBD
21 8 TBA Mike White Mike White April 6, 2025 TBD
Production
Development
On October 19, 2020, HBO gave The White Lotus a limited series order that consisted of six episodes.[4] The series was created, written and directed by Mike White. White also serves as executive producer alongside David Bernad and Nick Hall.[38]

On August 10, 2021, HBO renewed the series for a second season,[39] which consists of seven episodes.[40]

On November 18, 2022, HBO renewed the series for a third season.[9] The third season's production was disrupted by the 2023 Writers Guild of America strike, resulting in the release being pushed to 2025.[41][42]

Casting
Upon the limited series order announcement, Murray Bartlett, Connie Britton, Jennifer Coolidge, Alexandra Daddario, Fred Hechinger, Jake Lacy, Brittany O'Grady, Natasha Rothwell, Sydney Sweeney, and Steve Zahn were cast to star.[43] On October 30, 2020, Molly Shannon, Jon Gries, Jolene Purdy, Kekoa Kekumano, and Lukas Gage joined the cast in recurring roles.[44]

Upon the announcement of the second season renewal, HBO announced that a predominantly new cast of characters would be focused on at another White Lotus property for the second season, though Mike White had stated there was a possibility for a few cast members from the first season to return as their characters.[45] On October 15, 2021, Coolidge was reported to be set to return for the second season.[46] In January 2022, Michael Imperioli, Aubrey Plaza, F. Murray Abraham, Adam DiMarco, Tom Hollander, and Haley Lu Richardson were confirmed to star in the second season.[18][19][14] In February 2022, Theo James, Meghann Fahy, Will Sharpe and Leo Woodall joined the cast for the season.[15] In March 2022, Beatrice Grannò, Sabrina Impacciatore, and Simona Tabasco joined the cast for the season.[16]

Upon the third-season renewal announcement, producers confirmed that there will be a new cast of characters in another White Lotus resort.[9] In April 2023, Rothwell was reported to be reprising her role as Belinda for the season.[47] In January 2024, it was announced that Leslie Bibb, Jason Isaacs, Michelle Monaghan, Parker Posey, Dom Hetrakul, Tayme Thapthimthong, Carrie Coon, Miloš Biković, Christian Friedel, Morgana O'Reilly, Lek Patravadi, Shalini Peiris, Walton Goggins, Sarah Catherine Hook, Sam Nivola, Patrick Schwarzenegger, Aimee Lou Wood, Francesca Corney, Nicholas Duvernay, and Arnas Fedaravičius joined the cast for the season.[48][49][50][51][52] Biković was dropped from the cast on February 2 due to his support of Russia's invasion of Ukraine, and was replaced with Julian Kostov.[53][54] In February 2024, Scott Glenn and Lalisa Manobal were cast.[55][56] In March 2024, Charlotte Le Bon joined the cast to replace Corney in a re-casting.[57]

Filming
Principal photography for the first season began in October 2020 in Hawaii under COVID-19 guidelines.[58] By November 21, 2020, the series was halfway through filming at the Four Seasons Resort Maui at Wailea and was scheduled to film in December at locations around Maui.[59][60][61]

On January 20, 2022, the second season was reported to be filmed at the Four Seasons San Domenico Hotel [fr] in Taormina, Sicily, Italy;[62] on February 28, 2022, HBO confirmed that production had begun there.[40]

The third season was filmed in Thailand, in part due to the series receiving a $4.4 million tax incentive for filming there.[63] Filming began in February 2024, with locations including Bangkok, Phuket, and Ko Samui,[64][65][66][67] and wrapped in August 2024.[35]

Music
Chilean composer Cristobal Tapia de Veer was hired by White to score the first season.[68]

For the second season, Tapia de Veer collaborated with his manager Kim Neundorf to finish original compositions due to his own scheduling conflicts.[69] Singer Stephanie Osorio provided the vocals.[70]

Budget
According to Vulture, the costs of production for the second season remained at under US$3 million per episode, the same as the first season. Italy, where the second season was filmed, offers up to 40% tax credit to foreign productions taking place in the country.[71]

Release
The series premiered on July 11, 2021, on HBO and HBO Max.[5] In the United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland, the series premiered on Sky Atlantic on August 16, 2021.[72] The second season premiered on October 30, 2022.[8] The third season is scheduled to premiere on February 16, 2025, with episodes airing weekly.[37][10][9]

Home media
The first season was released on DVD on September 13, 2022.[73]

Reception
Critical response
Season 1
Critical response of The White Lotus
Season Rotten Tomatoes Metacritic
1 90% (97 reviews)[74] 82 (39 reviews)[75]
2 94% (122 reviews)[76] 81 (40 reviews)[77]
Review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes reported an approval rating of 90% for the first season of The White Lotus based on 97 critic reviews, with an average rating of 8.4/10. The website's critics consensus reads, "Though its true intentions can get a bit murky, gorgeous vistas, twisty drama, and a pitch perfect cast make The White Lotus a compelling—if uncomfortable—viewing destination."[74] On Metacritic, the season has a score of 82 out of 100 based on 39 critics, indicating "universal acclaim".[75]

Season 2
For the second season, Rotten Tomatoes reported a 94% approval rating with an average score of 8.2/10, based on 122 reviews. The website's critics consensus states, "Swapping its tropical trappings for Euro chic while focusing primarily on the corrosive influence of carnal desire, The White Lotus remains a cookie full of arsenic that goes down smooth."[76] On Metacritic, the season has a score of 81 out of 100 based on 40 critics, indicating "universal acclaim".[77]

Ratings
Season 1
Viewership and ratings per episode of The White Lotus
No. Title Air date Rating
(18–49) Viewers
(millions) DVR
(18–49) DVR viewers
(millions) Total
(18–49) Total viewers
(millions)
1 "Arrivals" July 11, 2021 0.08 0.420[23] 0.04 0.198 0.12 0.618[23]
2 "New Day" July 18, 2021 0.06 0.459[24] 0.06 0.298 0.12 0.757[24]
3 "Mysterious Monkeys" July 25, 2021 0.11 0.478[25] 0.08 0.392 0.19 0.870[25]
4 "Recentering" August 1, 2021 0.14 0.515[26] — — — —
5 "The Lotus-Eaters" August 8, 2021 0.11 0.541[78] — — — —
6 "Departures" August 15, 2021 0.2 0.850[27] — — — —
Accolades
Main article: List of awards and nominations received by The White Lotus
The first season received 11 nominations at the 74th Primetime Emmy Awards in the limited or anthology series categories.[79] It was also nominated for nine Primetime Creative Arts Emmy Awards across eight categories, winning five.[80] The series won the most Emmys across both ceremonies, including Outstanding Limited or Anthology Series, Murray Bartlett for Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor, Jennifer Coolidge for Outstanding Supporting Actress, and Mike White for both Outstanding Directing and Outstanding Writing. Connie Britton, Alexandra Daddario, Jake Lacy, Natasha Rothwell, Sydney Sweeney, and Steve Zahn also received acting nominations.[81]

The second season received 12 nominations at the 75th Primetime Emmy Awards across five categories and 11 nominations at the Primetime Creative Arts Emmy Awards across 10 categories, moving from limited/anthology series to drama series. It won four awards at the Creative Arts Emmys.[82] For the Primetime Emmys, Coolidge won for Outstanding Supporting Actress.[83] Other nominations included Outstanding Drama Series; F. Murray Abraham, Michael Imperioli, Theo James, and Will Sharpe for Outstanding Supporting Actor; Meghann Fahy, Sabrina Impacciatore, Aubrey Plaza, and Simona Tabasco for Outstanding Supporting Actress; and White for Outstanding Directing and Outstanding Writing for the episode "Arrivederci".[84]

The series was included in the American Film Institute Awards top ten Programs of the Year list for 2021 and 2022.[85][86] Other nominations include three Critics' Choice Television Awards (winning all),[87][88] five Golden Globe Awards (winning two),[89][90] and a People's Choice Award.[91]

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External links
Official website Edit this at Wikidata
The White Lotus at IMDb Edit this at Wikidata
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The White Lotus
Episodes
Season 1
"Arrivals""New Day""Mysterious Monkeys""Recentering""The Lotus-Eaters""Departures"
Season 2
"Ciao""Italian Dream""Bull Elephants""In the Sandbox""That's Amore""Abductions""Arrivederci"
Season 3
Other
Awards and nominations
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Awards for The White Lotus
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HBO programming
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The White Lotus
Season 3

Promotional teaser poster
Showrunner Mike White
Starring
Leslie Bibb
Carrie Coon
Walton Goggins
Sarah Catherine Hook
Jason Isaacs
Lalisa Manobal
Michelle Monaghan
Sam Nivola
Lek Patravadi
Parker Posey
Natasha Rothwell
Patrick Schwarzenegger
Tayme Thapthimthong
Aimee Lou Wood
Release
Original network HBO
Season chronology
← Previous
Season 2
List of episodes
The third season of The White Lotus, an American satirical comedy-drama anthology television series created, written, and directed by Mike White, is scheduled to premiere on HBO on February 16, 2025. The season was greenlit on November 18, 2022, and was filmed in Bangkok, Phuket, and Ko Samui from February to August 2024. The season will feature an ensemble cast of Leslie Bibb, Carrie Coon, Walton Goggins, Sarah Catherine Hook, Jason Isaacs, Lalisa Manobal, Michelle Monaghan, Sam Nivola, Lek Patravadi, Parker Posey, Natasha Rothwell, Patrick Schwarzenegger, Tayme Thapthimthong and Aimee Lou Wood. Rothwell is the only cast member to reprise her role from a previous season. The season will consist of eight episodes.

Cast and characters
Main
Leslie Bibb as Kate, one of three longtime friends reuniting on a girls' trip[1][2]
Carrie Coon as Laurie, one of three longtime friends reuniting on a girls' trip[1][2]
Walton Goggins as Rick Hatchett, a man traveling with his young girlfriend Chelsea[1][2]
Sarah Catherine Hook as Piper Ratliff, a college senior studying religion, and middle child of Timothy and Victoria[1][2]
Jason Isaacs as Timothy Ratliff, a wealthy businessman vacationing with his wife, Victoria, and children Saxon, Piper and Lochlan[1][2]
Lalisa Manobal as Mook, a "health mentor" for guests of the White Lotus[1][2]
Michelle Monaghan as Jaclyn, one of three longtime friends reuniting on a girls' trip[1][2]
Sam Nivola as Lochlan Ratliff, a high school senior and Timothy and Victoria's youngest child[1][2]
Lek Patravadi as Sritala, one of the owners of the White Lotus, who pioneered its health program[1][2]
Parker Posey as Victoria Ratliff, Timothy's wife and mother to Saxon, Piper and Lochlan[1][2]
Natasha Rothwell as Belinda Lindsey, a spa manager from the White Lotus resort in Hawaii. Rothwell reprises her role from the first season; the only actors to do so.[1][2]
Patrick Schwarzenegger as Saxton Ratliff, Timothy and Victoria's oldest child, who works for his father's company[1][2]
Tayme Thapthimthong as Gaitok, a security guard at the White Lotus[1][2]
Aimee Lou Wood as Chelsea, a free-spirited young woman traveling with Rick, her much older boyfriend[1][2]
Recurring
Nicholas Duvernay
Arnas Fedaravičius
Christian Friedel
Scott Glenn
Dom Hetrakul
Julian Kostov
Charlotte Le Bon
Morgana O'Reilly
Shalini Peiris
Episodes
No.
overall No. in
season Title Directed by [3] Written by [4] Original air date [5] U.S. viewers
(millions)
14 1 TBA Mike White Mike White February 16, 2025 TBD
15 2 TBA Mike White Mike White February 23, 2025 TBD
16 3 TBA Mike White Mike White March 2, 2025 TBD
17 4 TBA Mike White Mike White March 9, 2025 TBD
18 5 TBA Mike White Mike White March 16, 2025 TBD
19 6 TBA Mike White Mike White March 23, 2025 TBD
20 7 TBA Mike White Mike White March 30, 2025 TBD
21 8 TBA Mike White Mike White April 6, 2025 TBD
Production
Development
On November 18, 2022, preceding the premiere of the second season, HBO renewed The White Lotus for a third season.[6] Following the second-season finale, series creator Mike White hinted that the third season would be set in Asia and invoke a "satirical and funny look at death and Eastern religion and spirituality", similar to how the first season focused on money, and the second season on sex.[7] The third season's production was disrupted by the 2023 Writers Guild of America strike, resulting in the release being pushed to 2025.[8][9]

Casting
Upon the third-season renewal announcement, producers confirmed that there will be a new cast of characters in another White Lotus resort.[10] In April 2023, Natasha Rothwell was reported to be reprising her role as Belinda for the series' third season.[11] In January 2024, it was announced that Leslie Bibb, Jason Isaacs, Michelle Monaghan, Parker Posey, Dom Hetrakul, Tayme Thapthimthong,[12] Carrie Coon,[13] Miloš Biković, Christian Friedel, Morgana O'Reilly, Lek Patravadi, Shalini Peiris,[14] Walton Goggins, Sarah Catherine Hook, Sam Nivola, Patrick Schwarzenegger, Aimee Lou Wood,[15] Francesca Corney, Nicholas Duvernay, and Arnas Fedaravičius joined the cast for the season.[16] Biković's casting was criticized by Ukraine's Ministry of Foreign Affairs over his support for Russia's invasion of the country; Biković was subsequently dropped from the cast on February 2, and replaced with Julian Kostov,[17][18] who will star in a recurring capacity.[5] In February 2024, Scott Glenn and Lalisa Manobal were cast in the season.[19][20] In March 2024, Charlotte Le Bon joined the cast to replace Corney in a re-casting.[21]

Filming
In March 2023, Variety reported that filming for the third season was likely to take place in one of the Four Seasons hotels in Thailand.[22] Honshu, Japan was scouted as a filming location by Mike White, but ultimately Thailand was chosen as the filming location for the third season due to the series receiving a $4.4 million tax incentive for filming in Thailand, while Japan does not have a film-incentive system.[23] Principal photography began in February 2024, with locations including Bangkok, Phuket, and Ko Samui,[24][25][26][27] and wrapped in August 2024.[3]

Release
The third season is scheduled to premiere on February 16, 2025, on HBO.[28][29]

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External links
Official website
The White Lotus at IMDb
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The White Lotus
Episodes
Season 1
"Arrivals""New Day""Mysterious Monkeys""Recentering""The Lotus-Eaters""Departures"
Season 2
"Ciao""Italian Dream""Bull Elephants""In the Sandbox""That's Amore""Abductions""Arrivederci"
Season 3
Other
Awards and nominations
Categories: The White LotusUpcoming television seasons
Aimee Lou Wood

Wood in 2023
Born 1995 (age 28–29)
Stockport, Greater Manchester, England
Education Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (BA)
Occupation Actress
Years active 2016–present
Aimee Lou Wood (born 1995) is an English actress. After early stage roles in Mary Stuart (2016–2017) and People, Places and Things (2017), Wood made her screen debut on the Netflix series Sex Education (2019–2023), which won her a British Academy Television Award for Best Female Comedy Performance from two nominations. She subsequently had roles in the films The Electrical Life of Louis Wain (2021) and Living (2022), and then starred in the BBC Three comedy series Daddy Issues (2024). She performed in productions of Uncle Vanya in 2020 and Cabaret in 2023.

Early life and education
Aimee Lou Wood was born in1995[1] in Stockport, Greater Manchester, and grew up in Bramhall.[2] Her mother works for Childline and her father is a car dealer.[3][4] Her sister Emily Wood is a makeup artist.[5]

Following their parents' divorce, Wood attended Cheadle Hulme School.[6] She then took a foundation course at the Oxford School of Drama,[7] and went on to graduate with a Bachelor of Arts in Acting from the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA) in 2017.[8]

She has mostly retained her regional accent.[9][10]

Career
During her time at RADA, Wood was involved in many productions, such as playing Margaret in a production of Scuttlers directed by Hannah Eidinow, and as Goody in Vinegar Tom, directed by Cressida Brown. She began her professional acting career in 2016 by working on stage productions, making her debut as a handmaiden in the play Mary Stuart,[11] performed at the Almeida Theatre in London until 2017.[12] Following this, she starred as Laura in the production People, Places and Things, a role that was performed numerous times by Wood on a tour across the UK.[13]

In 2019, Wood made her screen debut as Aimee Gibbs, a main character in the Netflix comedy-drama series Sex Education, where she co-stars alongside Asa Butterfield, Emma Mackey, Ncuti Gatwa and Gillian Anderson.[14][15] She had originally auditioned for the part of Lily, which was ultimately given to Tanya Reynolds,[8][14] but accepted the role of Aimee when she was offered it. The series went on to receive critical acclaim,[16][17] and Wood's performance earned praise.[18] At the 2021 British Academy Television Awards, she won the British Academy Television Award for Best Female Comedy Performance,[19] which is both her first accolade and her first award received from a major association;[20][21] she earned another nomination for the award at the 2022 British Academy Television Awards. Amidst her work on Sex Education, Wood has continued to take roles in theatre, reasoning that "I know a lot of screen actors who think they left it too long to go back on stage and now they have really bad stage fright."[22]

Wood (second from left) performing in the 2020 play Uncle Vanya.
In 2020, Wood played Jess in Hen, a short film directed by James Larkin.[23] That same year, she was cast in the pivotal role of Sonya in the production Uncle Vanya,[24] which was recorded during the COVID-19 pandemic at the Harold Pinter Theatre and obtained both a cinematic release as well as a BBC national release in the same year.[25][26] Uncle Vanya and Wood's performance was lauded by critics. On her portrayal of Sonya, WhatsOnStage wrote that "she is a glorious, kind, gentle girl ... Her attempts at cheerfulness in the face of so much crushing disappointment are almost unbearable. [Wood] positively shines."[27] Wood narrated Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë, released 3 September 2020 by Penguin Audio.

In 2021, Wood joined the jury of the British Short Film Awards and announced the winner later that year.[28] She made her feature film debut as Claire Wain in the 2021 biographical film The Electrical Life of Louis Wain,[29][30] which earned positive reviews from critics. She landed her first lead film role opposite Bill Nighy in the Oliver Hermanus drama feature Living, a British remake of the 1952 Japanese film Ikiru, which premiered at the 2022 Sundance Film Festival and earned acclaim.[31][32]

Wood replaced Mia Goth for upcoming thriller film Sweet Dreams when she played Dorothy [33]

Personal life
Wood was in a relationship with her Sex Education co-star Connor Swindells, who in the series portrays Adam Groff, from January 2019[34] to sometime before March 2020.[35] She has struggled with her body image, revealing in a 2020 interview with Glamour magazine that "I have suffered with body dysmorphia my whole life [...] I remember before the first sex scene (in Sex Education), I thought, 'Right, okay. I'll start eating salads every day,' and I just didn't. That was such a turning point for me, making that decision to go, 'Actually, I'm not going to alter how my body looks before this scene because this is how my body looks.'"[36]

In light of the 2023 Israel–Hamas war, Wood was one of over two thousand to sign an Artists for Palestine open letter addressed to Joe Biden, President of the United States, calling for a ceasefire and accusing western governments of "not only tolerating war crimes but aiding and abetting them."[37]

Filmography
Film
Key
† Denotes works that have not yet been released
Year Title Role Notes Ref.
2020 Hen Jess Short film [23]
2020 Uncle Vanya Sonya Cinematic release of the stage play recording
2021 The Electrical Life of Louis Wain Claire Wain [29]
2022 Living Miss Margaret Harris [31]
2024 Seize Them! Queen Dagan [38]
TBA † Sweet Dreams † Dorothy [39]
Television
Year Title Role Notes Ref.
2019–2023 Sex Education Aimee Gibbs Main role, 32 episodes [18]
2024 Alice & Jack Maya Miniseries [40]
Daddy Issues Gemma Main role; also executive producer[41] [42]
2025 Film Club † Evie Main role; also co-creator [43]
The White Lotus Chelsea Third series; main role [44]
TBA Toxic Town † TBA Miniseries [45]
Stage
Year Title Role Notes Ref.
2016–2017 Mary Stuart Handmaiden Almeida Theatre, London [12]
2017 People, Places and Things Laura UK tour [46]
2018–2019 Downstate Effie Steppenwolf Upstairs Theatre, Chicago
Royal National Theatre, London [47]
2020 Uncle Vanya Sonya Harold Pinter Theatre, London [26]
2023 Cabaret Sally Bowles Playhouse Theatre, London [26]
Accolades
Year Award Category Work Result Ref.
2020 The Stage Awards Best Actress in a Play Uncle Vanya Nominated [48]
Ian Charleson Awards Second [49]
2021 British Academy Television Awards Best Female Comedy Performance Sex Education Won [19]
2022 Nominated [50][51]
National Comedy Awards Outstanding Supporting Role Nominated [52]
British Independent Film Awards Best Supporting Performance Living Nominated [53]
2023 British Academy Film Awards EE Rising Star Award Herself Nominated [54]
2024 WhatsOnStage Awards Best Takeover Performance Cabaret Won [55]
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Aimee Lou Wood on Independent Talent Group
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