Aubrey Wood was born in New Haven, Connecticut. She is the daughter of Nancy (an artist) and Michael (a mechanic and antique car dealer) Wood. After begging her parents to find her an agent at age 7, Aubrey began acting in commercials and theatre in New York alongside her 5 siblings. She worked at her father's small gas station and was also a competitive horseback-rider as a teenager. After high school, she attended film school at The School of Visual Arts in New York. Shortly after enrolling, Aubrey dropped out to pursue her love of acting in Los Angeles. She is best known for her role as "Mina" on Justified (2010)