Annie Wood Explained

Annie Wood
Birth Date:10 February 1971
Birth Place:Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Other Names:Annie W, the Big W, Anne The One
Spouse:Peter Arpesella
Occupation:Actress, host, writer
Years Active:1990–present

Annie Wood (born February 10, 1971) is an American actress, host and writer, and is best known as the host of the nationally syndicated dating game show Bzzz!.

Career

Wood was Cameron Diaz's sister-in-law in My Sister's Keeper and appeared in the role of sexy and quirky "Lara" in the Lionsgate Dane Cook/Jessica Alba movie Good Luck Chuck. Her television credits include ER, Joey, NYPD Blue, Becker, Costello, Strong Medicine and Disney's That's So Raven!.

Wood appeared as guest on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno and Politically Incorrect with Bill Maher. She performed stand-up comedy at The Improv in Los Angeles following Jerry Seinfeld, and has authored several books including, Dandy Day, A Quantum Love Adventure and her first young adult novel, Just a Girl in the Whirl, which will be out in 2021.

Personal life

Wood is married to writer/actor, Peter Arpesella.

Filmography

Film

Year Title Role Notes
1991 Breathing Fire April
1992 Inside Out IV Ms. Morley Direct-to-video
1995 Cellblock Sisters: Banished Behind Bars April
1995 Caged Hearts Marcy
2006 Christopher Brennan Saves the World Diora Short film
2006 Heart of Fear Samantha Hunt Direct-to-video
2007 Good Luck Chuck Lara
2009 Numbers Angie Rubin Short film
2009 My Sister's Keeper Uncle Tommy's wife
2009 Fb Becca Short film
2010 Here & Now (voice) Short film
2010 Karma's a Bitch Karma Short film
2010 Monkey Mind Sally Short film
2011 Going Down in LA-LA Land Sitcom Wife
2012 Attack of the 50 Foot Cheerleader Cheerleader (voice)
2019 A Day in the Park Alice Short film
2019 Circus Sam Nurse (voice) Short film
2021 Nessie & Bessie: a tale of two monsters Nessie (voice) Short film

Television

Year Title Role Notes
1990 Fall from Grace Jessica Hahn Television film
1995 Love Street Laura/Tara Episode: "Second Chance"
1996 Lush Life Guest Star Episode: "Lush Beginning"
1996–1997 Bzzz! Host
1997 The Tonight Show with Jay Leno guest
1998 Costello Mae Mae 3 episodes
1998–2000 Theresa Campbell 3 episodes
2000 Amber Skye Episode: "Flight of Fancy"
2001, 2003 Strong Medicine Molly 2 episodes
2001 NYPD Blue Tiffany Episode: "Nariz a Nariz"
2001 Dead Last Waitress Episode: "Teen Spirit"
2002 For Your Love Miss Hall Episode: "The Helpless Hand"
2005 The Trashy Woman Episode: "Joey and the Wrong Man"
2006 The Chelsea Handler Show Book Club Hostess Episode: "Episode #1.6"
2006 Kendra Blair Episode: "Checkin' Out"
2012 School and Board Sasha 4 episodes
2013 Karma's a B*tch Karma Also creator and writer
2014 The Comeback Kids Sharon Rock, Jennifer 2 episodes
2015 The Exes Sarah Episode: "Finding Mr. Wrong"
2015 Karma's a B*Tch - The Series Karma 3 episodes
2015 The Listening Box Confessor V / O Television short
2016 Instant Karma Karma 3 episodes
2020 The Quarantine Bunch Mary Spielberg Episode: "Stay The F**k Home!"
2021 The Corona Dialogues: a Dylan Brody project Michelle Winter Episode: "DreamPlay"

Video games

Year Title Role Notes
2004 Tekken 5 Uncredited[1]
2012 Street Fighter X Tekken Julia Chang English version[2]
2020 Dorothy

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Annie Wood. anniewood.com. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20160109204759/http://anniewood.com/. January 9, 2016. July 14, 2021.
  2. Dimps, Capcom. Capcom. Closing credits, Cast. Street Fighter X Tekken. 2012.