Holland Roden

About

Holland Roden (born October 7, 1986) is an American actress. She is known for her roles as Lydia Martin in MTV’s teen drama series Teen Wolf, Zoe Woods in Syfy’s horror anthology series Channel Zero: Butcher’s Block, Bridget Cleary in Amazon Prime Video’s horror anthology documentary series Lore and as Erin Isaacs in the horror film No Escape.

Roden was born in Dallas, Texas, where she attended Hockaday School, an all-girls private school. She came from a medical family and majored in molecular biology and women’s studies at UCLA, and spent three and a half years in pre-medical education with a view to becoming a cardiothoracic surgeon before taking up acting full time.

Roden starred in the HBO comedy series 12 Miles of Bad Road playing Bronwyn. In 2008, she played Emily Locke in Lost and Sky in the film Bring It On: Fight to the Finish. Between 2008 and 2010, she appeared in guest roles on television series including CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, Cold Case, Weeds, Community, Grey’s Anatomy, and Criminal Minds.

Beginning in 2011, Roden starred in the MTV teen supernatural drama Teen Wolf, where she played Lydia Martin, a popular, intelligent girl at…