AnnaLynne McCord

  AnnaLynne McCord, born July 16 1987 is an American actress, activist, and model. McCord is most well-known for her roles as vixens. She first became famous in 2007 when she played the devious Eden Lord, on FX and the lavish Loren wakefield, on MyNetworkTV's television show American Heiress. McCord was selected to play Naomi Clark, an antiheroine who is a character on The CW's TV show 90210 in the year 2008. Clark's role was initially planned to be a secondary role. At the end of the first season, however, the media were beginning to talk about McCord as the show's lead. McCord was born July 16, 1987 in Atlanta and was the daughter of David McCord, a Christian pastor She was raised in Buford and Monroe in Georgia in which she grew up of modest means and lived in an RV park. Her parents believed in "strict discipline", in which she was forbidden to see Harry Potter because it had witches in the movie. Angel and Rachel are her two sisters. McCord was home-schooled at age 15 by Shari McCord. She graduated from high school in 15. After graduating, McCord joined the Wilhelmina Modeling Agency in Miami McCord was a student at a drama school in New York City by the age of 17. McCord relocated to Los Angeles one year later to audition for roles. She was in the 2005 Italian film Natale a Miami, and the remake of Day of the Dead, a horror film. Alongside appearances on Close to Home and The O.C.