Aimee-Lou Wood's lookalike sister shares heartbreaking reason they no longer work together
Warning: This article contains discussion of eating disorders which some readers may find distressing.
Aimee-Lou Wood's sister has opened up about some of the heartbreaking reasons the two no longer work together.
Wood has really shot into the spotlight since first appearing on Sex Education with a memorable performance that earned her a BAFTA award.
Any fans of White Lotus will be familiar with her iconic performances in the comedy-drama series, even if she has fallen out with one of her co-stars Sydney Sweeney in recent weeks, after she starred in a controversial ad.
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The 31-year-old also established herself as the people's princess when she hit back at a Saturday Night Live skit which targeted her teeth, with the actress describing it as 'mean and unfunny'.
She has been very open in the past about her own mental health struggles and now her sister Emily has suggested that their respective neurodiversity played a significant part in why they no longer work together.
Emily, who previously worked as her sister's professional make-up artist, was asked on the Breaking Beauty podcast earlier this week if they still work together.
She replied: "No... It’s just something that’s a sensitive space because we decided years ago that we both struggle with our mental health.
"We are very sensitive, hyper-vigilant people, and in a work environment, it’s just way more exacerbated because you’re perceived in a different way.
"And I think then working together and me being very overprotective of her, needing to check in, and her being like, I just need to get through the day....
"It was just too much for us."
Wood has already confirmed that she struggles with teenage bulimia, body-dysmorphia, social anxiety and a diagnosis of ADHD, while sister Emily discussed her own complex PTSD during her podcast appearance.
She continued: 'We were like, we need to - not that it would ever be ruined - but preserve the sisterhood. It’s boundaries.
"We needed to grow up and mature and it was actually the best thing we ever did."
The only recent occasion where they've had the opportunity to work together was in a Burberry advertisement, and they did make an exception that time.
Emily, 28, added: "I did her Burberry campaign earlier this year. She was like, obviously you have to do Burberry. It was a really fun day."
Back in September, the Stockport-born actor suggested that, while her mental health problems first surfaced during an intense childhood, they intensified when she found fame on Sex Education.
She said: "I still have moments when I’m really overwhelmed and stressed and I feel it coming back up, like, I could just take back control by not eating... Then I go, 'No, I have to [eat]' and I catch that and try not to get burnt out."
Topics: Aimee Lou Wood, Celebrity News, Mental Health, Sex Education, Celebrity, TV
James Moorhouse