Aimee Lou Wood from White Lotus Responds to Remarks About Her Teeth

The White Lotus star Aimee Lou Wood is aware that people are discussing her teeth — and she’s perfectly fine with it.

Wood began her career on stage in the U.K. with performances in Mary Stuart and People, Places and Things. In 2019, she made her television debut by joining the cast of Netflix’s Sex Education. Her portrayal of Aimee earned her a British Academy Television Award for Best Female Comedy Performance, and she stayed on the series until 2023.

After finding success on Sex Education, Wood was cast in the third season of HBO’s anthology series The White Lotus. Despite her growing fame, she admitted to feeling intimidated by this high-profile project.

“These people live in Hollywood,” she shared with The Hollywood Reporter in March 2025. “I live in my little flat in South East London, and I’m so British in my sensibility that I wasn’t sure how to handle being around so many people who are so front-footed and confident.”

Wood specifically addressed the discussions surrounding her distinctive teeth, stating, “All I ever do is take the piss out of myself. Even the way [White Lotus fans] are talking about me and my teeth — that I don’t have veneers or Botox — it feels a bit rebellious.”

Continue reading for Wood’s most honest quotes about achieving self-confidence despite the criticism about her teeth over the years:

Impact of Aimee Lou Wood’s Teeth on Her Acting Career

In a 2020 interview with Stylist, Wood expressed her surprise at receiving callbacks for TV roles, saying, “I’d always be super confident during theatre auditions but if it was a TV opportunity, I’d be so shocked when I got a recall. I sometimes thought, ‘Oh, a Channel 4 thing, I might have a chance on there.’ Then Sex Education came along and I was like, ‘Well, what have I seen on Netflix? Everyone has perfect Hollywood teeth.’”

Building Her Confidence

The actress noted a feeling of not being “conventionally attractive enough” for certain roles.

“It is a mental barrier I’ve had to overcome,” she shared with Stylist. “It’s completely in my head. It’s a myth I’ve told myself.” She went on to mention how she has received “hundreds of messages” from fans, saying, “People tell me, ‘Oh my god, you’ve got teeth like mine. Now I go to school and people think I’m cool because I look like Aimee.’ Instead of it being Bugs Bunny or whatever.”

Support from an Unexpected Source

Wood credited Georgia May Jagger for helping her cultivate her confidence.

“All of a sudden [after she became the face of Rimmel London in 2009] it went from me being goofy to, ‘Oh, you’re a bit of a model, aren’t you?’” Wood told Stylist. “So I want to thank Georgia May Jagger for representing the buck teeth.”

Fears About Booking Roles

Following her rise to fame with The White Lotus, Wood discussed why she never expected to portray an American on television.

“It’s the teeth. Like, no Americans have my teeth,” she told On Demand Entertainment in February 2025. “They just don’t. I’d have to get veneers, because I think that genuinely is like one of the things.”

She added: “[After I played an American in a play] a guy in the bar was like… he was talking to me, and I spoke to him, and he went, ‘I knew it. I knew it.’ Because he was like, ‘Your accent was great, but I knew you weren’t American. You just don’t look American.’”

Encouraging Others to Embrace Their Uniqueness

Reflecting on her path to the spotlight, Wood stated in a March 2025 Instagram video, “[My mouth] was the thing that everyone pointed out and it was the thing that made me different. And I’ve never seen an actress on TV with teeth like mine. When Georgia Jagger did the ‘Get the London Look’ and she had the gap teeth, that was a huge moment. I then thought, I am going to put red lipstick on and I am going to draw attention to it.”