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name: "Deborah Ann Woll"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/deborah-ann-woll"
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imdb_id: "nm2832695"
tmdb_id: 212154
wikidata_id: "Q232990"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "7 February 1985"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 3
average_fi1m_score: 74
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-09-22T21:40:27.189692+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
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# Deborah Ann Woll

## Identity

Deborah Ann Woll

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/deborah-ann-woll
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** deborah-ann-woll
- **IMDb ID:** nm2832695
- **TMDB ID:** 212154
- **Wikidata ID:** Q232990
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deborah_Ann_Woll, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q232990, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2832695/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/212154

Actor. Born 7 February 1985 in Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 7 February 1985, Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA
- **Active:** 2008–2015
- **Also known as:** Ντέμπορα Αν Γουόλ, دبورا آن وول
- **Titles on Fi1m:** 3: 2 acting, 1 other
- **Average Fi1m score:** 74, as actor, over 2 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 2000s 71 (1), 2010s 78 (1), 2020s 74 (1)
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deborah_Ann_Woll, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q232990, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2832695/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/212154

## Coming up

- *The Cycle* (2026-09-24), as Meg

## Streaming the US now

- **Disney+:** [*Marvel's Daredevil*](https://film.one/tv/marvels-daredevil.md) (78)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Fi1m on Deborah Ann Woll

> Woll plays women who have worked something out before the men around them have finished talking, and she plays them without fuss. Television has given her the long runs to prove it; film has barely asked.

Watch Deborah Ann Woll in a scene that has not given her much to do, and she is usually doing the most useful thing in it: listening. In *Marvel's Daredevil* (2015) her Karen Page starts as the firm's first client, becomes its secretary and ends up its conscience, and in each job she is quicker than the two lawyers who are meant to be looking after her. She does not raise her voice to get there. She waits, and then she asks the question nobody wanted asked.

The career has been a television one, and it has been built on staying put. Guest parts in 2007 and 2008 led to Jessica Hamby in *True Blood* (2008–2014), a recurring role that became a regular one and ran the length of the series, and critics followed her from the character's innocence into something darker. Then came Karen Page, three seasons of *Daredevil* with appearances in *The Defenders* and *The Punisher*, and she has since gone back to the part in *Daredevil: Born Again* (2025) and *The Punisher: One Last Kill* (2026). Film has offered less: a supporting part in *Ruby Sparks* (2012), and *Escape Room* (2019) with its sequel. Since 2019 she has also created and performed in Dungeons & Dragons actual-play series.

What works is the steadiness. Opposite Charlie Cox's bruised Matt Murdock and Elden Henson's warm, decent Foggy, she is the one who keeps the office pointed at the truth, and the writers lean on her for that more than they admit. We wrote at the time that she was better than the writing in every job the show handed her, and we would not change a word. What stayed with us was not a fight or a speech but her face in the moments when Karen has decided to keep going after something she has been told to leave alone: no defiance in it, just a woman who has stopped asking permission. It moved us more than a series about a man in a mask had any right to.

What does not work is not her fault. *Daredevil* ran thirteen hours for a ten-hour story, and a good deal of the padding fell on the civilians, so Woll spent stretches of screen time being competent in scenes the plot did not need. The films have asked less of her again; her cinema work so far has been supporting and ensemble parts, never the lead.

She has said she has a lot of loyalty to this character and this story, and it shows. The risk is that the loyalty becomes the whole career. Someone should write her a lead in something with no mask in it. Until they do, start with the first season of *Daredevil*, and watch what she does when she is not speaking.

## Biography

Deborah Ann Woll is an American actress. She was born on 7 February 1985 in Brooklyn, New York City, and trained at the Packer Collegiate Institute and the USC School of Theatre, from which she graduated with a BFA in 2007. She also studied at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art.

Woll is known for her role as Jessica Hamby in the HBO series *True Blood* (2008–2014), for which she received a Screen Actors Guild Award nomination. She portrayed Karen Page in the Marvel series *Marvel's Daredevil* (2015–2018), *The Defenders* (2017), *Marvel's The Punisher* (2017–2019) and *Daredevil: Born Again* (2025–present), as well as in *The Punisher: One Last Kill* (2026). Her film credits include *Ruby Sparks* (2012), *Escape Room* (2019) and its 2021 sequel.

She is married to comedian E. J. Scott.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (3)

### Performed in (2) — the average rests on these

- *Marvel's Daredevil* (2015), Fi1m 78, as Karen Page — [page](https://film.one/tv/marvels-daredevil.md)
- *True Blood* (2008), Fi1m 71, as Jessica Hamby — [page](https://film.one/tv/true-blood.md)

### Also credited (1) — thanks, archive footage, uncredited

- *Daredevil: Born Again* (2025), Fi1m 74, as Karen Page (archive footage) — [page](https://film.one/tv/daredevil-born-again.md)

## Complete filmography (42)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *The Cycle* (2026), as Meg
- *The Punisher: One Last Kill* (2026), as Karen Page
- *Tales from Woodcreek* (2025), series, as Dungeon Master · Creator
- *Queen of the Ring* (2025), as Gladys Gillem
- *Daredevil: Born Again* (2025), series, as Karen Page, Karen Page (archive footage) — Fi1m 74, [page](https://film.one/tv/daredevil-born-again.md)
- *The Man in the White Van* (2024), as Waitress
- *Faster, Purple Worm! Kill! Kill!* (2023), series, as Franklin, Arnold
- *Deborah* (2022), as Ada
- *Quantum Leap* (2022), series, as Carly Farmer
- *Willing to Go There* (2022), as Margaret
- *Ida Red* (2021), as Jeanie Walker
- *Escape Room: Tournament of Champions* (2021), as Amanda Harper
- *Lost Odyssey: The Book of Knowledge* (2019), as The Taleweaver · Writer
- *Stucco* (2019), as Deliverer
- *Escape Room* (2019), as Amanda Harper
- *Silver Lake* (2018), as Mary
- *Witch of Briarcleft* (2018), series, as DM
- *Marvel's The Punisher* (2017), series, as Karen Page
- *Marvel's The Defenders* (2017), series, as Karen Page
- *Force Grey: Giant Hunters* (2016), series, as Jamilah
- *The Automatic Hate* (2016), as Cassie
- *Forever* (2015), as Alice
- *Meet Me in Montenegro* (2015), as Wendy
- *Marvel's Daredevil* (2015), series, as Karen Page — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/tv/marvels-daredevil.md)
- *Critical Role* (2015), series, as Twiggy
- *Axe Cop* (2013), series, as Best Fairy Ever (voice)
- *Highland Park* (2013), as Lilly
- *Ruby Sparks* (2012), as Lila
- *The Carrier* (2012), as Debra (voice)
- *Someday This Pain Will Be Useful to You* (2012), as Gillian Sveck
- *Catch.44* (2011), as Dawn
- *Seven Days in Utopia* (2011), as Sarah
- *Little Murder* (2011), as Molly
- *Mother's Day* (2010), as Lydia Koffin
- *The Mentalist* (2008), series, as Kerry
- *True Blood* (2008), series, as Jessica Hamby — Fi1m 71, [page](https://film.one/tv/true-blood.md)
- *Aces 'N' Eights* (2008), as Terrified Woman
- *Life* (2007), series, as Nancy Wiscinski
- *My Name Is Earl* (2005), series, as Greta
- *CSI: Crime Scene Investigation* (2000), series, as Stephane / Waitress
- *Law & Order: Special Victims Unit* (1999), series, as Lily Milton
- *ER* (1994), series, as Aurora Quill — Fi1m 88, [page](https://film.one/tv/er.md)

## Gallery

- ![Deborah Ann Woll](https://film.one/media/person/380895/gallery-ccdb545b6161.jpg) Deborah Ann Woll — John Manard for Super Festivals from Ft. Lauderdale, USA, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/87/Deborah_Ann_Woll_%2853981726502%29.jpg/1280px-Deborah_Ann_Woll_%2853981726502%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Deborah Ann Woll at GalaxyCon Oklahoma City in 2024](https://film.one/media/person/380895/gallery-5137b1dc1c42.jpg) Deborah Ann Woll at GalaxyCon Oklahoma City in 2024 — John Manard for Super Festivals from Ft. Lauderdale, USA, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Deborah_Ann_Woll_%2853800319307%29.jpg/1280px-Deborah_Ann_Woll_%2853800319307%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Deborah Ann Woll at GalaxyCon Oklahoma City in 2024](https://film.one/media/person/380895/gallery-4701ef5ceefe.jpg) Deborah Ann Woll at GalaxyCon Oklahoma City in 2024 — John Manard @wanderingdorkphotography for Super Festivals from Ft. Lauderdale, USA, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/7d/Deborah_Ann_Woll_%2853800319307%29_%28cropped%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Deborah Ann Woll at GalaxyCon Oklahoma City in 2024](https://film.one/media/person/380895/gallery-5709c3db3d23.jpg) Deborah Ann Woll at GalaxyCon Oklahoma City in 2024 — John Manard @WanderingDorkPhotography for Super Festivals from Ft. Lauderdale, USA, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8e/Deborah_Ann_Woll_%2853801708652%29.jpg/1280px-Deborah_Ann_Woll_%2853801708652%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Deborah Ann Woll](https://film.one/media/person/380895/gallery-1ae16e0df3b0.jpg) Deborah Ann Woll — Image via TMDB
- ![Deborah Ann Woll](https://film.one/media/person/380895/gallery-b299045d70e2.jpg) Deborah Ann Woll — Image via TMDB
- ![Deborah Ann Woll](https://film.one/media/person/380895/gallery-fc1bddc60527.jpg) Deborah Ann Woll — Image via TMDB
- ![Deborah Ann Woll at GalaxyCon Oklahoma City in 2024](https://film.one/media/person/380895/gallery-972ecf6e4c52.jpg) Deborah Ann Woll at GalaxyCon Oklahoma City in 2024 — Super Festivals from Ft. Lauderdale, USA, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/71/Deborah_Ann_Woll_Photo_Op_GalaxyCon_Oklahoma_City_2024.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Deborah Ann Woll speaking at the 2026 Rose City Comic Con in Portland, Oregon.](https://film.one/media/person/380895/gallery-5acb53aae07b.jpg) Deborah Ann Woll speaking at the 2026 Rose City Comic Con in Portland, Oregon. — Gage Skidmore, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/23/Deborah_Ann_Woll_by_Gage_Skidmore_3.jpg/1280px-Deborah_Ann_Woll_by_Gage_Skidmore_3.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Deborah Ann Woll](https://film.one/media/person/380895/gallery-2eb9cbf2cf92.jpg) Deborah Ann Woll — Image via TMDB
- ![Deborah Ann Woll](https://film.one/media/person/380895/gallery-f1662d256143.jpg) Deborah Ann Woll — Image via TMDB
- ![Deborah Ann Woll](https://film.one/media/person/380895/gallery-e5efec07b29d.jpg) Deborah Ann Woll — Image via TMDB

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