British actress Aimee Lou Wood is one of the most talked about stars of The White Lotus season three thanks to her striking look.
She plays Chelsea, a free-spirited twenty-something who is married to a moody older man called Rick, and people have been pointing out her very prominent teeth.
Aimee, who is known for appearing in the Netflix show Sex Education, has previously opened up about how her teeth actually stop her from getting some roles.
Speaking to On Demand Entertainment, she explained that she can never play an American woman because “no Americans” have teeth like hers.
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“It’s the teeth. Like, no Americans have my teeth… They just don’t. I’d have to get veneers. Because… I think that genuinely is like one of the things,” she said.
“I played an American in a play in Chicago. And this guy after in the bar was like… he was talking to me, and I I spoke to him, and I spoke like this, and he went, ‘I knew it. I knew it’.”
“Cause he was like, ‘Your accent was great, but I knew you weren’t American. You just don’t look American’.”
The actress told Stylist her unique teeth haven’t ever been a barrier when landing acting roles, but that has been a mental battle throughout her entire career.
“It’s completely in my head. It’s a myth I’ve told myself. I had it in my brain that I’m not conventional-looking enough and that’s a mental barrier I’ve had to overcome,” she explained.
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When asked if her teeth have affected her confidence, Aimee said: “Oh so much. I’d always be super confident when I went to theatre auditions but if it was a TV thing I’d be so shocked when I got a recall.”
“I sometimes thought, ‘Oh, a Channel 4 thing, I might have a chance on there.’ Then ‘Sex Education’ came along and I was like, ‘Well, what have I seen on Netflix? Everyone has perfect Hollywood teeth’.”
“And now, of course, I’m getting hundreds of messages from people going, ‘Oh my god, you’ve got teeth like mine. Now I go to school and people think I’m cool because I look like Aimee.’ Instead of it being ‘Bugs Bunny’ or whatever.”
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