Aimee Lou Wood Finds Her Voice with Support from Angelina Jolie
Actress Aimee Lou Wood shared how she continues to grow in confidence after confronting a “mean and unfunny” parody of her on Saturday Night Live. In a recent interview with Harper’s Bazaar, the White Lotus and Sex Education star recounted a moment on the set of Marc Forster’s film Anxious People, co-starring Angelina Jolie.
While filming an emotional scene, Lou Wood began to panic as crew members shouted directions at her. She calmly requested one clear voice of direction and no distracting hand gestures in her view.
“I’ve spent years feeling unable to say anything like that for fear of seeming argumentative – but now I feel like I can take ownership of what I need to thrive, and tell people what won’t work for me,”
she explained.
At that moment, Lou Wood noticed Jolie giving her a reassuring thumbs-up.
“She’s possibly the most famous woman ever, but she’s so normal,”
Lou Wood said, describing how Jolie’s quiet gesture meant a lot.
The actress likened this experience to the release she felt after addressing her portrayal on SNL — an act she compared to breaking a lifelong pattern of staying silent around bullies. The controversial sketch had mocked her White Lotus character Chelsea by exaggerating her teeth, a feature Wood had already spoken openly about feeling tired of discussing.
Author’s Summary
Aimee Lou Wood shared how Angelina Jolie’s support on the set of Anxious People and her reaction to an SNL parody helped her embrace assertiveness and self-respect in her career.