AnnaLynne McCord (born July 16, 1987)[1] is an American actress. Known for playing vixen-type roles,[2] McCord first gained prominence in 2007 as the scheming Eden Lord on the FX television series Nip/Tuck, and as the pampered Loren Wakefield on the MyNetworkTV telenovela American Heiress. In 2008, she was cast in The CW series 90210, portraying antiheroine Naomi Clark. In 2024, she joined the cast of Days of Our Lives.
AnnaLynne McCord | |
|---|---|
 McCord at the 2022 WonderCon | |
| Born | July 16, 1987[1] |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Years active | 2002–present |
| Website | theannalynnemccord |
Early life
editMcCord was born July 16, 1987, in Atlanta,[1] the daughter of David McCord, a Christian pastor.[3] She was raised in Buford,[1] and Monroe in Georgia,[4] where she grew up of modest means, living in a trailer park.[5] Her parents believed in "strict discipline", in which she was not allowed to watch Harry Potter because it had witches in it.[4] She has two sisters, Rachel and Angel. McCord was home schooled by her mother Shari McCord, and graduated from high school at the age of 15.[1]
Career
editAfter graduating, McCord joined the Wilhelmina Modeling Agency in Miami.[6]
McCord attended a drama school in New York City by the age of 17.[7] A year later, she moved to Los Angeles to audition for roles.[4] She appeared in the 2005 Italian film Natale a Miami and the 2008 horror film remake Day of the Dead. In addition to appearances on Close to Home and The O.C., she played rebellious Loren Wakefield on the MyNetworkTV limited-run serial American Heiress.[8] She was also cast as the star in another MyNetworkTV telenovela, Rules of Deception, but the show never aired, due to a change in the network's programming strategy away from telenovelas.
McCord portrayed Eden Lord in the fifth season of the FX series Nip/Tuck. McCord said in an interview with fearnet.com that it was "fun to play a bad girl."[9]
In 2008, McCord was cast in the series 90210 as Naomi Clark.[10][11] Initially, the part of Clark was conceived as a supporting role; by the end of the first season, however, media outlets had begun referring to McCord as the series' lead.[12][13] Throughout the show's run, McCord's character vies for social power and love.[14][15][16]
She accepted a role in the Off Broadway play Love, Loss, and What I Wore for an April 27 through May 29, 2011, run with Conchata Ferrell, Minka Kelly, Anne Meara, and B. Smith.[17]
McCord's role in the 2012 film Excision was critically praised.[18][19][20][21][22] In 2014, McCord joined the cast of the TNT series Dallas for its third season, in the recurring role of Heather. She played the lead role in the 2015 Lifetime film Watch Your Back. In 2018, she starred in First We Take Brooklyn along with Danny A. Abeckaser.[23] In December 2023, it was announced McCord would join the cast of Days of Our Lives.[24]
Personal life
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McCord is a supporter of the St. Bernard Project,[25] a rebuilding organization dedicated to assisting victims of Hurricane Katrina.
In 2011, McCord began dating actor Dominic Purcell. The couple announced an amicable split in 2014, but rekindled their romance a year later. McCord was with Purcell when he suffered a near-fatal accident on the set of Prison Break in Morocco on June 1, 2016, after an iron bar used as a set piece fell onto his head.[26][27][28][29] The couple split in 2018 and stated they were on good terms. On September 25, 2020, Purcell confirmed they had rekindled their relationship with an Instagram post.[30]
In 2014, McCord revealed that a male acquaintance sexually assaulted her when she was 18, and as a result broke down while filming a rape scene in 90210.[31] In March 2015, while speaking at the United Nations in support of UN Women for Peace Association (UNWFPA), McCord announced her alignment with the anti-sexual-assault and domestic abuse project, the No More Campaign. McCord has stated that she has been practicing meditation to help cope with her trauma, and has created a global meditation tour known as the "Love Storm Tour" to help raise awareness of human trafficking.[32][33] In 2018, McCord was in treatment for PTSD and memories of child sexual abuse, back to the age of 11.[34] In April 2021, she revealed that she had been diagnosed with dissociative identity disorder.[35]
In February 2022, following the Russian invasion of Ukraine, McCord released a video of herself reading a poem on her Twitter[36] postulating that if she had loved Vladimir Putin as a mother, perhaps an invasion of Ukraine could have been avoided.[37] The video was met with derision by observers and critics, who likened it to Gal Gadot's cover of "Imagine", which was similarly criticized for its perceived tone-deaf message.[38][39] In an interview with Buzzfeed News, McCord defended the video, claiming that she could have easily become a dictator under different circumstances.[40]
Filmography
editFilm
edit| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2002 | The Middle of Nowhere | Cassandra | |
| 2005 | Transporter 2 | Car jacking girl | |
| Natale a Miami | Susy | ||
| 2007 | Sirens of the Caribbean | Britt | |
| 2008 | Day of the Dead | Nina | |
| The Haunting of Molly Hartley | Suzie Woods | ||
| 2009 | Fired Up! | Gwyneth | |
| 2010 | Amexica | Woman | Short film |
| Gun | Gabriella | ||
| 2011 | Blood Out | Anya | |
| 2012 | Excision | Pauline | |
| 2013 | Officer Down | Zhanna Dronov | |
| Scorned | Sadie | ||
| 2014 | Gutshot Straight | May | |
| 2015 | Santa's Little Helper | Billie | |
| 2016 | Trash Fire | Pearl | |
| Amerigeddon | Sam | ||
| 2017 | 68 Kill | Liza | |
| 2018 | First We Take Brooklyn aka Brooklyn Guns | Esther | |
| 2019 | Nightmare In Paradise | Liz | |
| Tone-Deaf | Blaire | ||
| American Skin | Allison Randall | ||
| 2020 | A Soldier's Revenge | Heather | |
| 2021 | Feral State | Detective Ellis | |
| 2022 | Titanic 666 | Mia Stone | [41] |
| 2023 | The Weapon | Iris | |
| Condition of Return | Eve Sullivan |
Television
edit| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | The O.C. | Hot girl | Episode: "The Party Favor" |
| Close to Home | Sara | Episode: "Hot Grrrl" | |
| 2007 | American Heiress | Loren Wakefield | Main role; 65 episodes |
| Cold Case | Becca Abrams (1997) | Episode: "Stand Up and Holler" | |
| Ugly Betty | Petra | 2 episodes | |
| CSI: Miami | Sherry Williamson | Episode: "Kill Switch" | |
| Greek | Destiny/Patty | Episode: "Friday Night Frights" | |
| 2007 | In My Dreams | Love of my life | |
| 2007–2009 | Nip/Tuck | Eden Lord | Recurring role (season 5); 12 episodes |
| 2008 | Head Case | Tard's date | Episode: "A Tard for All Seasons" |
| 2008–2013 | 90210 | Naomi Clark | Series regular; 114 episodes Nominated - Teen Choice Award for Choice TV: Breakout Star Female |
| 2014 | Dallas | Heather | Recurring role |
| Stalker | Nina Preston | Episode: "Fanatic" | |
| The Christmas Parade | Hailee Anderson | Television movie | |
| 2015 | Not So Union | Marilyn | Episode: "We're Best Friends" |
| Watch Your Back | Sarah Miller | Television movie | |
| 2016 | Secrets and Lies | Melanie Warner | Recurring role |
| Lucifer | Delilah | Episode: "Pilot" | |
| The Night Shift | Jessica Sanders | Recurring role | |
| Beauty & the Beast | Diane Vaughn | Episode: "Love Is a Battlefield" | |
| 2018 | Let's Get Physical | Claudia | Recurring role |
| 2019 | Anniversary Nightmare | Liz | TV movie aka Wrongfully Accused |
| 2020 | Feliz NaviDAD | Sophie | TV movie |
| 2021 | Legends of Tomorrow | Irma Rose | Episode: "Stressed Western" |
| 2021–2022 | Power Book III: Raising Kanan | Toni Deep | Recurring role |
| 2024 | Days of Our Lives | Cat Green | Contract role; June 19, 2024–present |
Music Videos
edit| Year | Title | Artist |
|---|---|---|
| 2003 | "Baby, I'm in Love" | Thalía |
| 2016 | "Below" | White Lung |
| 2020 | "Ass Like Mine" | Morgan McMichaels[42] |
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- ^ a b c "AnnaLynne McCord: Why I'm Done Staying Quiet About My Sexual Assault". Cosmopolitan. May 29, 2014.
- ^ McCord, AnnaLynne (April 17, 2017). "You Can Achieve It". TEDxWatts. Archived from the original on December 15, 2021. Retrieved December 30, 2017 – via YouTube.
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- ^ "St. Bernard Project". Stbernardproject.org. Retrieved June 22, 2012.
- ^ "McCord shared a picture of the incident". June 1, 2016. Retrieved June 5, 2016 – via Instagram.
"McCord shared a picture of the incident [#2]". June 1, 2016. Retrieved June 5, 2016 – via Instagram. - ^ Purcell, Dominic (June 1, 2016). "Dominic Purcell: I'm good". Instagram. Retrieved June 5, 2016.
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- ^ McCord, AnnaLynne [@IAMannalynnemcc] (February 24, 2022). "Dear Mister President Vladimir Putin… https://t.co/LbDFBHVWJf" (Tweet). Archived from the original on February 27, 2022. Retrieved February 28, 2022 – via Twitter.
- ^ "AnnaLynne McCord's 'powerful poem' to Putin backfires as Russia attacks Ukraine". Los Angeles Times. February 24, 2022. Retrieved February 25, 2022.
- ^ "Actress AnnaLynne McCord reads bizarre poem to Putin: 'I'm so sorry that I was not your mother'". The Week. February 24, 2022. Retrieved February 25, 2022.
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- ^ Weekman, Kelsey (February 25, 2022). "AnnaLynne McCord, Actor And Novice Twitter Poet, Is Defending Her Viral Putin Poem". Buzzfeed News. Retrieved February 25, 2022.
"I know how I could easily have moved in the direction of becoming a dictator myself," ... "If certain circumstances of my life were different, were I a little less bent toward healing and more toward vindication, I could have been a darkly powerful person."
- ^ Donato, Matt (April 14, 2022). "Tubi's Horror Titanic 666 Goes Down with the Ship". Paste. Archived from the original on June 6, 2022. Retrieved April 23, 2022.
- ^ Cook, Michael (February 29, 2020). "Instinct Exclusive: Morgan McMichaels Is Doing Just Fine In Her New Video "Ass Like Mine"". Instinct. Retrieved September 9, 2023.
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