“I knew coming out of the womb that [acting] was what I was supposed to do,” Woll says. At about 14, she began enrolling in acting programs around the city and at her Brooklyn Heights high school, the Packer Collegiate Institute. It’s paid off. Besides “True Blood,” Woll has three films in the works.

What can we expect from Jessica this season?
[Producer] Alan Ball has said before that this season is about identity, and I think that’s what’s happening for Jessica. It’s a lot about discovering more about my vampiric nature versus my human nature and what’s the right balance for Jessica. Bill [Stephen Moyer] has chosen a very mainstream human kind of existence, and Eric [Alexander Skarsgard] has chosen a very vampire existence. Every member of the undead has to find their own personal [path], And Jessica’s working her way through that this season.

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Do you remember that scan posted here of Deb and EJ at Elle Magazine? Elle has posted the video interview, and it’s SO cute!
Choroideremia was talked about but edited out. So visit choroideremia.org for more information.

The site True Blood News has posted an exclusive (and pretty great) interview with Deborah, where she talks about Jessica, being a nerd, her fandom, E.J. and more. Here’s some excerpts:

TB-N: What did you know in advance about the character of Jessica before you read for it?

Just the breakdown: A conservative religious teenager who is chosen as a sacrifice for a vampire tribunal. She begs for her life and when death seems inevitable she prays for forgiveness…something along those lines.

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TB-N: We’ve read that the role of Jessica was initially going to be a recurring role with only two or three episodes. Do you know when the role was expanded to go through season two?

I heard about it just before we filmed the final episode of season one. That’s when they told me that I had been offered a series regular position, which I wasn’t expecting at all. Based on the last episode I thought they might use me for a few more because the story was unfinished, but I had no idea they wanted to expand the role more generously.

TB-N: You play the piano and so does Stephen Moyer. If given the chance, would you consider playing piano on the show, perhaps in a scene where Daddy Compton is teaching Jessica?

Ha Ha. That’s an interesting idea. I’ve often thought that Jessica probably would have had strict lessons growing up and so she might hold some resentment towards the instrument. That would be a fun scene: Daddy Compton tried to get me to go back to it. I could cause some havoc with that. Bwa-Ha-Ha!

TB-N: You have stated previously that you didn’t really have a fan base, but now, after Comic-Con, I hope you believe you HAVE a fan base – a large one – and there are Jessica T-shirts in the wild. When you were at Comic-Con and you heard the crowd go wild for you, were you surprised? Can you tell us how you felt?

Incredibly surprised. I had only just begun to get recognized and couldn’t believe more than a few people even cared; but there was so much warmth and appreciation at Comic-Con, it was overwhelming. I had no idea. Skarsgard was the real hit though. I sat next to him, and I was just blown away and so happy for him. He really deserves it.

I am glad that a character like Jessica can attract a following. She is deeply flawed and as such, she represents those people who need love and support the most. I work really hard to uncover her soul, so it’s gratifying that people are responding to my interpretation.

Read the full interview here

Although author Charlaine Harris created a set of indelible characters in her Sookie Stackhouse books, one of the most striking denizens of TRUE BLOOD,Alan Ball’s HBO series adaptation of the novels, doesn’t appear in the print version at all. Deborah Ann Woll as Jessica, the bratty yet vulnerable teen turned into a vampire by Stephen Moyer’s reluctant Bill last season, continues to be a riveting original.

If Magazine did a interview divided in two parts, and you can read it here.