AnnaLynne McCord

AnnaLynne McCord
AnnaLynne McCord
	McCord at the 2022 WonderCon
Born	July 16, 1987 (age 37); Atlanta, Georgia, U.S.
Occupation	Actress
Years active	2002–present
Website	theannalynnemccord.com

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.

Early life

McCord 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

After 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

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

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2002	The Middle of Nowhere	Cassandra
2005	Transporter 2	Car jacking girl
2005	Natale a Miami	Susy
2007	Sirens of the Caribbean	Britt
2008	Day of the Dead	Nina
2008	The Haunting of Molly Hartley	Suzie Woods
2009	Fired Up!	Gwyneth
2010	Amexica	Woman	Short film
2010	Gun	Gabriella
2011	Blood Out	Anya
2012	Excision	Pauline
2013	Officer Down	Zhanna Dronov
2013	Scorned	Sadie
2014	Gutshot Straight	May
2015	Santa's Little Helper	Billie
2016	Trash Fire	Pearl
2016	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
2023	Condition of Return	Eve Sullivan

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2006	The O.C.	Hot girl	Episode: "The Party Favor"
2006	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"
2015	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

Year	Title	Artist
2003	"Baby, I'm in Love"	Thalía
2016	"Below"	White Lung
2020	"Ass Like Mine"	Morgan McMichaels^[42]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e "AnnaLynne McCord Archive". Us Weekly. Retrieved December 30, 2017.
^ "AnnaLynne McCord:Overview". MSN.com. Archived from the original on April 6, 2009. Retrieved May 28, 2009.
^ Moed, Elisa (May 14, 2012). "Hollywood stars find faith during Israel tour | JPost | Israel News". The Jerusalem Post. Retrieved September 2, 2013.
^ ^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.
^ "AnnaLynne McCord Star Bio". Tribute.ca. Retrieved May 28, 2009.
^ "AnnaLynne McCord on Filming Season Five of '90210' and Giving Back". Teen Vogue. November 7, 2012.
^ "AnnaLynne McCord". tv.yahoo.com. Archived from the original on February 10, 2009. Retrieved May 28, 2009.
^ "Exclusive Interview: 'Day of the Dead' Star AnnaLynne McCord". FEARnet. April 8, 2008. Archived from the original on December 26, 2009. Retrieved September 2, 2013.
^ Ausiello, Michael (October 25, 2009). "Fall's best and worst". Entertainment Weekly. Archived from the original on September 29, 2010. Retrieved October 29, 2009.
^ Porter, C. Joan (November 17, 2009). "TV's queens of mean". MSN. Archived from the original on November 21, 2009. Retrieved August 1, 2010.
^ "AnnaLynne McCord". InStyle. Archived from the original on May 23, 2009. Retrieved May 28, 2009.
^ "Exclusive!". Hollywoodlife.com. January 29, 2010. Archived from the original on May 7, 2010. Retrieved June 4, 2010.
^ "AnnaLynne McCord Young Hollywood Awards". Sugarslam.com. Archived from the original on April 22, 2016. Retrieved June 8, 2009.
^ "Teen Choice Awards 2009 nominees". Los Angeles Times. June 15, 2009. Retrieved July 15, 2009.
^ "Official Website of the Breakthrough of the Year Awards". breakthroughawards.mail.com. August 15, 2010. Archived from the original on August 19, 2010. Retrieved August 24, 2010.
^ Gans, Andrew (April 14, 2011). "Minka Kelly, Susan Sullivan Set for Love, Loss... Off-Broadway". Playbill. Archived from the original on May 10, 2012. Retrieved April 21, 2011.
^ Rachel Cooke (November 4, 2012). "Excision – review | Film | The Observer". The Guardian. Retrieved September 2, 2013.
^ "Two Excision Blu-ray Clips Highlight AnnaLynne McCord And John Waters". CinemaBlend.com. September 27, 2012. Retrieved September 2, 2013.
^ Murray, Noel (October 31, 2012). "Excision | DVD". The A.V. Club. Retrieved September 2, 2013.
^ Matt Donato (November 4, 2012). "Excision Review". Wegotthiscovered.com. Retrieved September 2, 2013.
^ "Excision Blu-ray review". Cine Outsider. Retrieved September 2, 2013.
^ "'First We Take Brooklyn' To Be Released By 2B Films New Distribution Division". Deadline. November 7, 2017.
^ Rice, Lynette (December 18, 2023). "Days of Our Lives Casts 90210's AnnaLynne McCord". Deadline Hollywood. United States: Penske Media Corporation. Archived from the original on December 20, 2023. Retrieved December 19, 2023.
^ "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.
^ Andreeva, Nellie (June 3, 2016). "Dominic Purcell Injured On Set Of Fox's Prison Break, Production Not Impacted". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved June 5, 2016.
^ "Prison Break star Dominic Purcell almost killed on set after iron bar falls on his head". News.com.au. June 4, 2016. Retrieved June 5, 2016.
^ "It's been a journey with me and Anna". September 25, 2020 – via Instagram.
^ Respers, Lisa (May 29, 2014). "AnnaLynne McCord reveals sexual assault". CNN.
^ "90210 star AnnaLynne McCord, 32, reveals she spent 'years' of her childhood being sexually abused". Express Informer. December 20, 2019. Retrieved February 9, 2020.
^ "AnnaLynne McCord Talks About The Love Storm Tour". NBC San Diego. November 25, 2019. Retrieved February 8, 2020.
^ "AnnaLynne McCord Says 'Memories of Child Sexual Abuse' Came Back During Her Treatment for PTSD". People. September 11, 2019.
^ Garner, Glenn (April 19, 2021). "AnnaLynne McCord Reveals Her Dissociative Identity Disorder Diagnosis: I'm 'Uninterested in Shame'". People. Retrieved April 20, 2021.
^ 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.
^ "AnnaLynne McCord derided for bizarre poem about Russia-Ukraine crisis". The Independent. February 25, 2022. Archived from the original on May 7, 2022. Retrieved February 25, 2022.
^ 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.

External links

AnnaLynne McCord at IMDb

[us-1] "AnnaLynne McCord Archive". Us Weekly. Retrieved December 30, 2017.

[msn-2] "AnnaLynne McCord:Overview". MSN.com. Archived from the original on April 6, 2009. Retrieved May 28, 2009.

[3] Moed, Elisa (May 14, 2012). "Hollywood stars find faith during Israel tour | JPost | Israel News". The Jerusalem Post. Retrieved September 2, 2013.

[cosmopolitan-4] "AnnaLynne McCord: Why I'm Done Staying Quiet About My Sexual Assault". Cosmopolitan. May 29, 2014.

[ted-5] McCord, AnnaLynne (April 17, 2017). "You Can Achieve It". TEDxWatts. Archived from the original on December 15, 2021. Retrieved December 30, 2017 – via YouTube.

[6] "AnnaLynne McCord Star Bio". Tribute.ca. Retrieved May 28, 2009.

[7] "AnnaLynne McCord on Filming Season Five of '90210' and Giving Back". Teen Vogue. November 7, 2012.

[8] "AnnaLynne McCord". tv.yahoo.com. Archived from the original on February 10, 2009. Retrieved May 28, 2009.

[test-9] "Exclusive Interview: 'Day of the Dead' Star AnnaLynne McCord". FEARnet. April 8, 2008. Archived from the original on December 26, 2009. Retrieved September 2, 2013.

[ewreview-10] Ausiello, Michael (October 25, 2009). "Fall's best and worst". Entertainment Weekly. Archived from the original on September 29, 2010. Retrieved October 29, 2009.

[11] Porter, C. Joan (November 17, 2009). "TV's queens of mean". MSN. Archived from the original on November 21, 2009. Retrieved August 1, 2010.

[instyle-12] "AnnaLynne McCord". InStyle. Archived from the original on May 23, 2009. Retrieved May 28, 2009.

[13] "Exclusive!". Hollywoodlife.com. January 29, 2010. Archived from the original on May 7, 2010. Retrieved June 4, 2010.

[haward-14] "AnnaLynne McCord Young Hollywood Awards". Sugarslam.com. Archived from the original on April 22, 2016. Retrieved June 8, 2009.

[15] "Teen Choice Awards 2009 nominees". Los Angeles Times. June 15, 2009. Retrieved July 15, 2009.

[16] "Official Website of the Breakthrough of the Year Awards". breakthroughawards.mail.com. August 15, 2010. Archived from the original on August 19, 2010. Retrieved August 24, 2010.

[17] Gans, Andrew (April 14, 2011). "Minka Kelly, Susan Sullivan Set for Love, Loss... Off-Broadway". Playbill. Archived from the original on May 10, 2012. Retrieved April 21, 2011.

[18] Rachel Cooke (November 4, 2012). "Excision – review | Film | The Observer". The Guardian. Retrieved September 2, 2013.

[19] "Two Excision Blu-ray Clips Highlight AnnaLynne McCord And John Waters". CinemaBlend.com. September 27, 2012. Retrieved September 2, 2013.

[20] Murray, Noel (October 31, 2012). "Excision | DVD". The A.V. Club. Retrieved September 2, 2013.

[21] Matt Donato (November 4, 2012). "Excision Review". Wegotthiscovered.com. Retrieved September 2, 2013.

[22] "Excision Blu-ray review". Cine Outsider. Retrieved September 2, 2013.

[23] "'First We Take Brooklyn' To Be Released By 2B Films New Distribution Division". Deadline. November 7, 2017.

[24] Rice, Lynette (December 18, 2023). "Days of Our Lives Casts 90210's AnnaLynne McCord". Deadline Hollywood. United States: Penske Media Corporation. Archived from the original on December 20, 2023. Retrieved December 19, 2023.

[25] "St. Bernard Project". Stbernardproject.org. Retrieved June 22, 2012.

[McCord-IG-26] "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.

[27] Purcell, Dominic (June 1, 2016). "Dominic Purcell: I'm good". Instagram. Retrieved June 5, 2016.

[28] Andreeva, Nellie (June 3, 2016). "Dominic Purcell Injured On Set Of Fox's Prison Break, Production Not Impacted". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved June 5, 2016.

[29] "Prison Break star Dominic Purcell almost killed on set after iron bar falls on his head". News.com.au. June 4, 2016. Retrieved June 5, 2016.

[30] "It's been a journey with me and Anna". September 25, 2020 – via Instagram.

[31] Respers, Lisa (May 29, 2014). "AnnaLynne McCord reveals sexual assault". CNN.

[32] "90210 star AnnaLynne McCord, 32, reveals she spent 'years' of her childhood being sexually abused". Express Informer. December 20, 2019. Retrieved February 9, 2020.

[33] "AnnaLynne McCord Talks About The Love Storm Tour". NBC San Diego. November 25, 2019. Retrieved February 8, 2020.

[34] "AnnaLynne McCord Says 'Memories of Child Sexual Abuse' Came Back During Her Treatment for PTSD". People. September 11, 2019.

[35] Garner, Glenn (April 19, 2021). "AnnaLynne McCord Reveals Her Dissociative Identity Disorder Diagnosis: I'm 'Uninterested in Shame'". People. Retrieved April 20, 2021.

[36] 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.

[37] "AnnaLynne McCord's 'powerful poem' to Putin backfires as Russia attacks Ukraine". Los Angeles Times. February 24, 2022. Retrieved February 25, 2022.

[38] "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.

[39] "AnnaLynne McCord derided for bizarre poem about Russia-Ukraine crisis". The Independent. February 25, 2022. Archived from the original on May 7, 2022. Retrieved February 25, 2022.

[Buzzfeed-40] 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."

[41] 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.

[42] 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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Filmography

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Music Videos

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