Aimee Lou Wood Age, Net Worth & Biography

Aimee Lou Wood is 32 years old. Born on February 3, 1994, in Stockport, Greater Manchester, England, she is a British actress and writer who first won attention as Aimee Gibbs in Netflix’s Sex Education, a role that earned her a BAFTA Television Award in 2021. Since then she has moved between stage, film and television, from her first lead film role in Living (2022) to Chelsea in the third season of HBO’s The White Lotus (2025), for which she earned Emmy and Golden Globe nominations. Her net worth is approximately $2 million, according to Celebrity Net Worth (2026).

Aimee Lou Wood Quick Facts

Full Name	Aimee Lou Wood
Date of Birth	February 3, 1994
Age	32 years old
Birthplace	Stockport, Greater Manchester, England
Occupation	Actress, writer
Net Worth	Approx. $2 million (Celebrity Net Worth, 2026)
Known For	Sex Education (Aimee Gibbs), The White Lotus (Chelsea), Living

Who Is Aimee Lou Wood?

Aimee Lou Wood is a British actress and writer who became one of the most talked-about young performers in the country on the strength of a single television role. Born in Stockport, Greater Manchester, she trained at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art and made her screen debut as Aimee Gibbs in Netflix’s Sex Education in 2019, playing the warm-hearted, sharp-tongued schoolgirl across all four seasons. Her performance won her the BAFTA Television Award for Best Female Comedy Performance in 2021, and she was nominated again the following year.

What has set Wood apart since Sex Education is her range. She has played Sally Bowles in Cabaret in the West End, a young widow in the Oscar-nominated Living, and a free-spirited hotel guest in The White Lotus, each time disappearing into a very different character. She also writes and produces her own work, co-creating the BBC comedy Film Club in 2025. She lives in South East London and keeps her private life largely out of the public eye.

Aimee Lou Wood’s Early Life & Background

Aimee Lou Wood was born on February 3, 1994, in Stockport, Greater Manchester, England, and grew up in the nearby town of Bramhall. Her mother works for the children’s helpline Childline and her father is a car dealer, and she has a sister, Emily, who works as a makeup artist. She attended Cheadle Hulme School, where she first began acting in school productions.

After school, Wood took a foundation course at the Oxford School of Drama before training at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in London, graduating with a BA in acting in 2017. Her stage debut came the year before she graduated, when she appeared in Mary Stuart at the Almeida Theatre in London, and she then toured the UK in People, Places and Things. The stage training gave her the grounding that has shaped her screen work ever since.

Aimee Lou Wood’s Career

Wood’s screen debut came in 2019, when she was cast as Aimee Gibbs in Netflix’s Sex Education. She had originally auditioned for the role of Lily Iglehart, but the casting team saw her as Aimee instead — a decision that proved inspired, as the character became one of the show’s most loved figures across its four seasons, from 2019 to 2023. Her performance in the show’s second season, in which Aimee deals with the aftermath of an assault on a bus, was widely praised, and in 2021 she won the BAFTA Television Award for Best Female Comedy Performance, her first major accolade. Her Sex Education co-stars include Emma Mackey, who played Maeve Wiley, and Simone Ashley, who played Olivia Hanan.

While Sex Education was running, Wood kept working on stage and began her film career. She played Sonya in Uncle Vanya at the Harold Pinter Theatre in 2020, narrated the audiobook of Wuthering Heights the same year, and made her feature-film debut as Claire Wain in The Electrical Life of Louis Wain (2021). Her first lead film role came in Living (2022), in which she played Margaret Harris, a young woman who befriends Bill Nighy’s dying civil servant; the film premiered at the Sundance Film Festival. In 2023, she played Sally Bowles in Cabaret in the West End, and in 2024 she appeared in the miniseries Alice & Jack as Maya.

Wood’s career reached a new level in 2025, when she played Chelsea in the third season of HBO’s The White Lotus, earning Emmy and Golden Globe nominations for the role. According to Celebrity Net Worth, every actor on the third season of the show was paid $40,000 per episode. The same year she starred in the Netflix miniseries Toxic Town as Tracey Taylor, and co-created, wrote and starred in the BBC comedy Film Club, in which she plays Evie. She also appeared in Seize Them! (2024) as Queen Dagan and in Daddy Issues (2024–present) as Gemma, a role she also executive produces. Her upcoming work includes playing Pattie Boyd in Sam Mendes’s four-film Beatles event, due in 2028, and the films Anxious People and The Idiots. In 2026, she hosted Saturday Night Live UK.

Facts About Aimee Lou Wood

• She won the BAFTA Television Award for Best Female Comedy Performance in 2021 for Sex Education.
• She originally auditioned for the role of Lily Iglehart in Sex Education before being cast as Aimee Gibbs.
• She trained at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, graduating with a BA in acting in 2017.
• She played Sally Bowles in Cabaret in the West End in 2023.
• She has been cast as Pattie Boyd in Sam Mendes’s four-film Beatles event, due in 2028.

Frequently Asked Questions

How old is Aimee Lou Wood?

Aimee Lou Wood is 32 years old. She was born on February 3, 1994, in Stockport, Greater Manchester, England.

What is Aimee Lou Wood’s net worth?

Aimee Lou Wood’s net worth is approximately $2 million, according to Celebrity Net Worth (2026).

What is Aimee Lou Wood known for?

Aimee Lou Wood is best known for playing Aimee Gibbs in Netflix’s Sex Education and Chelsea in the third season of HBO’s The White Lotus (2025).

Where is Aimee Lou Wood from?

Aimee Lou Wood is from Stockport, Greater Manchester, England, where she grew up in the town of Bramhall before training at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in London.

What is Aimee Lou Wood doing next?

Aimee Lou Wood’s upcoming work includes playing Pattie Boyd in Sam Mendes’s four-film Beatles event, due in 2028, and the films Anxious People and The Idiots.

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