Aimee Lou Wood is an English actor whose work spans television, film and theatre. She became widely known as Aimee Gibbs in Netflix’s Sex Education, a performance that earned her the BAFTA Television Award for Best Female Comedy Performance. Her more recent credits include The White Lotus, Toxic Town and Daddy Issues.
Wood trained at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art and initially built her career in theatre before moving into screen acting. Her filmography now stretches from coming-of-age comedy and historical drama to social-issue television and prestige anthology series.
This overview covers her screen credits, her stage work and the projects that remain reported rather than confirmed.
What are Aimee Lou Wood’s movies and TV shows?
Breakout TV role
Known for playing Aimee Gibbs in Sex Education on Netflix.
Recent HBO profile
Plays Chelsea in The White Lotus.
Stage credibility
West End credits include Uncle Vanya and Cabaret.
Fresh projects
Recent and emerging credits include The Idiots, Toxic Town and Daddy Issues.
Several points stand out across her career:
- Streaming television has driven most of her public recognition, especially Sex Education and The White Lotus.
- The White Lotus is her most prominent 2025 screen role.
- The Idiots has attracted festival-season attention, but official release and cast details are still pending.
- Game of Thrones and House of the Dragon are not part of her filmography; no known credit exists in either series.
- The Owen Cooper pairing remains unverified until an official cast or film credit appears.
Her core credits at a glance:
| Profession | Actress and producer |
| Breakout TV role | Aimee Gibbs in Sex Education (Netflix, 2019–2023) |
| Recent notable TV role | Chelsea in The White Lotus |
| Known film credits | Living, The Electrical Life of Louis Wain, Seize Them!, The Idiots |
| Known stage credits | Uncle Vanya (2020), Cabaret (2023) |
| Game of Thrones / House of the Dragon | No confirmed role in either production |
Which Aimee Lou Wood shows and movies are on Netflix?
Two of Wood’s most prominent Netflix credits are television series. Sex Education ran from 2019 to 2023, with Wood in the main cast across 32 episodes. Toxic Town, a Netflix miniseries based on the Corby toxic-waste case, followed in 2025 with Wood playing Tracey Taylor.
Her released film credits — The Electrical Life of Louis Wain, Living and Seize Them! — are not Netflix productions.
What BBC series has Aimee Lou Wood been in?
Wood’s BBC credits are Daddy Issues and Film Club. Daddy Issues began in 2024, with Wood playing Gemma, a young mother; she returned for the second series as both star and executive producer. Film Club, a BBC Three series, followed in 2025 with Wood credited as co-creator, co-writer, star and executive producer.
What is Aimee Lou Wood’s full filmography?
Her credited television roles are set out below.
| Year | Production | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2019–2023 | Sex Education | Aimee Gibbs | Main cast; 32 episodes |
| 2021 | On the Edge | Jane | Channel 4 anthology series |
| 2024 | Alice & Jack | Maya | Channel 4 miniseries |
| 2024–present | Daddy Issues | Gemma | Main role; executive producer |
| 2025 | The White Lotus, series 3 | Chelsea | Main cast |
| 2025 | Toxic Town | Tracey Taylor | Netflix miniseries |
| 2025 | Film Club | Evie Robinson | BBC Three; co-created, co-wrote, executive producer |
| 2026 | Saturday Night Live UK | Herself / host | Listed as appearing and hosting |
Several television roles stand out:
- Aimee Gibbs — Sex Education: Wood’s screen breakthrough and her best-known role. Aimee is a compassionate, funny student at Moordale Secondary School and a close friend of Maeve Wiley.
- Maya — Alice & Jack: A supporting role in the Channel 4 relationship drama.
- Gemma — Daddy Issues: Wood plays a young mother; she returned for the second series as both star and executive producer.
- Chelsea — The White Lotus: A lively, optimistic holidaymaker whose relationship with the older, troubled Rick forms one of series three’s central storylines.
- Tracey Taylor — Toxic Town: One of the mothers seeking justice after the Corby environmental contamination scandal.
- Evie Robinson — Film Club: Wood led the BBC Three series and worked behind the camera as co-creator, writer and executive producer.
Her film credits have so far moved between period drama and comedy.
| Year | Film | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | The Electrical Life of Louis Wain | Clare Wain | Historical biographical drama starring Benedict Cumberbatch |
| 2022 | Living | Margaret Harris / Margaret Wood | British drama starring Bill Nighy |
| 2024 | Seize Them! | Queen Dagan | Medieval comedy |
| TBC | Anxious People | Not disclosed | Film adaptation directed by Marc Forster and written by David Magee; Wood is reported as part of the cast |
| TBC | The Idiots | Not disclosed | Reported feature film alongside Johnny Flynn |
| TBC | Beatles biopic films | Not disclosed | Reported to be joining Sam Mendes’s four-film Beatles project; role not identified |
Living was Wood’s first major feature role, opposite Bill Nighy. Her other released feature credits include The Electrical Life of Louis Wain and Seize Them!.
Who does Aimee Lou Wood play in The White Lotus?
Wood plays Chelsea, a Manchester woman holidaying in Thailand with her older boyfriend, Rick. The character is part of the main cast of series three.
Chelsea is described as a lively, optimistic holidaymaker. Her relationship with the older, troubled Rick forms one of series three’s central storylines.
Is Aimee Lou Wood in The White Lotus?
Yes. Wood appears in the main cast of The White Lotus series three, with Chelsea listed as her role. Details on the wider cast appear in The White Lotus season 3 cast guide.
Chelsea is a Manchester woman holidaying in Thailand with her older boyfriend, Rick. The character is part of the main cast of The White Lotus series three.
Is Aimee Lou Wood in Game of Thrones or House of the Dragon?
No credited role for Wood appears in either Game of Thrones or House of the Dragon. Neither series shows up in her television filmography.
Is Aimee Lou Wood in Game of Thrones?
Wood has no credited role in Game of Thrones.
Is Aimee Lou Wood in House of the Dragon?
Wood has no credited role in House of the Dragon.
Neither series lists Wood in a credited role. Any claim that she appears in Game of Thrones or House of the Dragon remains unverified.
What movie did Aimee Lou Wood and Owen Cooper star in together?
The film that reportedly links Aimee Lou Wood and Owen Cooper has not been confirmed. No official casting record places the two actors in a shared project.
The two names are often discussed together as a potential pairing, but no verified credit places them in the same project.
Are Aimee Lou Wood and Owen Cooper in the same project?
No shared project between the two actors is confirmed. Reports around Wood’s upcoming slate include The Idiots, but the full cast of that film has not been confirmed to date.
Official festival programmes and casting announcements are the most reliable way to confirm a shared screen credit. Until one appears, any reported pairing between Wood and Cooper should be regarded as unconfirmed.
How has Aimee Lou Wood’s career developed over time?
- 2019–2023 — Starred in Netflix’s Sex Education across its run.
- 2020 — West End stage credit: Uncle Vanya.
- 2021 — Film credit: The Electrical Life of Louis Wain.
- 2022 — Film credit: Living.
- 2023 — West End stage credit: Cabaret.
- 2024–2025 — Credits in this period include Alice & Jack, Toxic Town, Daddy Issues, Film Club, Seize Them!, The White Lotus and The Idiots.
What is confirmed about Aimee Lou Wood’s credits?
Some credits are firmly established; others are reported but not yet confirmed.
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What else is worth knowing about Aimee Lou Wood’s career?
Wood made her professional stage debut as a handmaiden in Mary Stuart after graduating from drama school. Her theatre work includes productions at the Almeida Theatre, the National Theatre and in the West End.
Her screen career has expanded from comedy and coming-of-age drama into historical drama, social-issue television, prestige anthology drama and film. Alongside acting, she has taken on creative and production responsibilities, particularly on Film Club and Daddy Issues.
Reported upcoming work includes Anxious People, The Idiots and Sam Mendes’s four-film Beatles project, although several details, including roles and release dates, remain unspecified in the available coverage.
Her stage credits are set out below.
| Year | Production | Role | Venue |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | Mary Stuart | Handmaiden | Almeida Theatre |
| 2017 | People, Places & Things | Ensemble / role not specified | National Theatre |
| 2020 | Uncle Vanya | Sonya | Harold Pinter Theatre, West End |
| 2022 | Downstate | Role not specified | National Theatre |
| 2023 | Cabaret | Sally Bowles | Kit Kat Club / Playhouse Theatre, West End |
| Future / reported | Cabaret | Sally Bowles | Reported return to the West End role |
Her performance as Sally Bowles in Cabaret marked a move into one of musical theatre’s most demanding leading roles. A return to the West End production has been reported.
Where can Aimee Lou Wood’s credits be verified?
For streaming and broadcast credits, the platforms themselves are the primary references. Netflix’s media centre covers Sex Education and Toxic Town; the BBC Media Centre is the reference point for Daddy Issues and Film Club; HBO is the source for The White Lotus.
She became widely known as Aimee Gibbs in Netflix’s Sex Education, a performance that earned her the BAFTA Television Award for Best Female Comedy Performance.
— TV Maze and Wikipedia
For festival-linked titles such as The Idiots, official programmes from the Toronto International Film Festival and the Telluride Film Festival are the authority on premiere details and cast lists. The British Film Institute provides additional context for British film credits.
Wood made her professional stage debut as a handmaiden in Mary Stuart after graduating from drama school.
— London Theatre
In short, what should you know about Aimee Lou Wood’s work?
Aimee Lou Wood’s career now encompasses a Netflix breakthrough that earned her a BAFTA Television Award, an HBO anthology role in The White Lotus, BBC credits in Daddy Issues and Film Club, and a steady run of film and stage work. Reported projects including The Idiots and Anxious People point to continued expansion. The Aimee Lou Wood actor profile holds the fuller career record.
Toby Marsh is Senior Reporter at Castradar.uk, covering film and TV stories across the UK.