Aimee Lou Wood is feeling the support.
After the White Lotus star called a Saturday Night Live parody of her and her character Chelsea that focused on her signature smile “mean and unfunny,” stars including Cara Delevingne and Georgia May Jagger rushed to her defense.
Cara reposted a screenshot of Aimee’s original April 13 Instagram Stories and wrote, “@aimeelouwood YOU ARE STUNNING PERIOD.”
Georgia then screenshotted the model’s post and wrote, “Agreed! @aimeelouwood is gorgeous.”
Jameela Jamil went even deeper when she posted a headline from an article detailing Aimee’s reaction to the SNL sketch, declaring, “I hate this so much.”
“It’s the least interesting or memorable thing about this brilliant actor,” the Good Place actress wrote of the 31-year-old’s signature smile. “Our next Olivia Coleman. Hilarious, deep, vulnerable, and relentlessly lovable.”
“We make fun of the assimilation of women,” Jameela went on, “and then mercilessly obsess over anyone with any slightly alternative features from whatever bulls–t AI standard we have allowed, as women, to take hold of this world.”
The outspoken star continued to gush about Aimee on a subsequent slide, writing, “I also think she’s so f–king beautiful and love her face so much and wouldn’t want her to look any different.”
The Sex Education alum’s sister Emily Wood also chimed in to support her older sister.
“She is out here personifying the word POWERHOUSE,” the makeup artist wrote over a selfie with her sister on her Instagram Stories. “The admiration I have for this woman is nuts. Beyond comprehension. JUST like my feelings of deep animalistic protectiveness over her.”
“The greatest big sister,” Emily continued. “My best human on the planet. Her authenticity and originally is incomparable. My god we are really madly blessed to experience life on earth at the same time as her.”
Aimee reposted Cara, Georgia and Jameela’s messages and added heart emojis to them. Alongside her sister’s post, she wrote, “I love you Emily.”
The actress—who previously said that she’d been “bullied” for her teeth for “forever”—initially made her feelings known about the April 12 SNL parody starring Sarah Sherman the morning after it aired.
“Such a shame cuz I had such a great time watching it a couple weeks ago,” she wrote, in part. “Yes, take the p–s for sure – that’s what the show is about – but there must be a cleverer, more nuanced, less cheap way?”
After reposting some supportive DMs that she’d received in response to her criticism of the sketch, Aimee posted about how much support she’s been feeling.
“Omg I’ve got THOUSANDS of messages in agreement with me since posting that,” she revealed. “Thanks guys. Glad I said something…”
“Last thing I’ll say on the matter,” Aimee wrote on another slide, “I am not thin skinned. I actually love being taken the piss out of when it’s clever and in good spirits. But the joke was about fluoride. I have big gap teeth not bad teeth. I don’t mind caricature – I understand that’s what SNL is. But the rest of the skit was punching up and I/Chelsea was the only one punched down on.”
The actress also absolved Sarah of blame, clarifying that she’s “not hating on her,” rather she was “hating on the concept.”
Perhaps bringing the controversy full circle, Aimee revealed that she’s “had apologies from SNL” since sharing her feelings about the sketch.
Keep reading for more on the White Lotus season three cast…
Lalisa Manobal
How you like that? The singer known mononymously as Lisa went from being a rockstar on world stages as part of K-pop group Blackpink—alongside Jisoo, Jennie and Rosé—to donning the White Lotus staff uniform for her big debut as Mook.
Jason Isaacs
Looks like Lucius Malfoy missed the train to Hogwarts and instead landed at The White Lotus. That’s right: He may look different without the luscious blond hair, but the Harry Potter star is returning to the screen as another uppity father figure, playing Timothy Ratliff, described as a “wealthy businessman vacationing with his wife and three children.”
Isaacs has also made more recent appearances on TV shows like Robot Chicken, The Great and Sex Education (alongside his White Lotus costar Aimee Lou Wood.)
Parker Posey
Don’t scream when you see it, but Posey—who plays Timothy’s wife Victoria Ratliff—may look familiar from her movies Superman Returns, Blade: Trinity, Scream 3 and Dazed and Confused. She’s also had brief stints on such TV shows as Parks and Recreation, New Girl, Portlandia and Search Party.
But the real rom-com fans will know her from the 1998 classic You’ve Got Mail, in which she played Joe Fox’s (Tom Hanks) girlfriend Patricia Eden.
Patrick Schwarzenegger
While you may know him best from family photos as the son of Arnold Schwarzenegger and Maria Shriver,he has already made a name for himself acting in Gen V, The Terminal List and The Staircase before playing Saxon Ratliff in season three.
Sarah Catherine Hook
Prior to taking on the part of the Ratliffs’ daughter Piper, Hook got her feet wet in the horror and fantasy genres, portraying Debbie Glatzel in The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It, Juliette Fairmont in First Kill and Elena Milak in Monsterland.
You may also know her from the 2024 Cruel Intentions remake as Caroline Merteuil or from the Ryan Murphy cinematic universe, in which she played Catherine Allday Davis in Impeachment: American Crime Story about the Bill Clinton–Monica Lewinsky scandal.
Sam Nivola
Nivola—who is dating Judd Apatow and Leslie Mann‘s daughter Iris Apatow—rounds out the Ratliff family as young Lochlan. But before hitting the shores of Thailand, he was in another show about a rich family at the beach: The Perfect Couple, playing Will Winbury, the son of Nicole Kidman and Liev Schreiber‘s Greer and Tag Winbury. He even costarred on the Netflix drama with White Lotus alum Meghann Fahy, who appeared as Daphne Sullivan on season two of the HBO show before playing Merritt Monaco on ThePerfect Couple.
Nivola has also acted in White Noise with Adam Driver, Maestro with Bradley Cooper and With/In with Anne Hathaway.
Natasha Rothwell
Of course, White Lotus fans will recognize Rothwell from season one, in which she played spa guru Belinda in Maui. Not only is she reprising the part for season three, but the actress has also graced the screen in Insecure, Wonka, A Year and Change and Love, Simon. Plus, she lent her comedy chops to Saturday Night Live as a writer from 2014 to 2015.
Leslie Bibb
The Iron Man alum is assembling to play Kate in The White Lotus after portraying Christine Everhart in the Marvel franchise. More recently, she starred in Palm Royale as Dinah Donahue and Jupiter’s Legacy as Grace Kennedy-Sampson.
Carrie Coon
The Gilded Age star—who may also look familiar from The Sinner, Fargo and The Leftovers—steps into the role of Laurie, who joins pals Kate and Jaclyn for a girls’ trip in Thailand this season.
Michelle Monaghan
While Monaghan plays TV star Jaclyn on The White Lotus, she’s also a TV star IRL, having been on True Detective, Bad Monkey, Messiah and The Path. On the big screen, she’s starred as Julia in Mission: Impossible – Fallout and Angie Genaro in Gone Baby Gone.
Walton Goggins
You’ll feel justified in knowing that it’s not all in your head—Goggins really does look familiar. In addition to starring in two Quentin Tarantino movies (playing Billy Crash in Django Unchained and Sheriff Chris Mannix in The Hateful Eight), he is also known for being Boyd Crowder in Justified from 2010 to 2015.
Aimee Lou Wood
The English actress joins the cast in season three as free-spirited Chelsea, who has an age-gap romance with Goggins’ character Rick Hatchett. Yet, she is best known for her role as Aimee Gibbs on Netflix’s Sex Education and also appeared in Seize Them! and Daddy Issues.
Lek Patravadi
Her acting credits may trace back 50 years—starting with Grounded God in 1975—but she most recently portrayed Prani Chiraanan on In Family We Trust in 2018.
Tayme Thapthimthong
The singer and former military man has acting credits that include Mechanic: Resurrection, Skin Trade and Paradox, as well as playing Pao on the TV series Farang.
Christian Friedel
If 13 minutes wasn’t enough time to figure out where you recognize the German actor, allow us to refresh your memory. He played Rudolf Höss in The Zone of Interest, Reinhold Gräf in Babylon Berlin and Georg Elser in 13 Minutes.
