On his 12th birthday, in 1936, Wood received as a gift his 1st film camera, a Kodak "Cine Special". She produced her film debut in the thriller The Crush (1993), earning the 1994 MTV Movie Award for Best Breakthrough Performance, and acquired further more prominence at the age of 16 as a teenager idol when she appeared in the songs online video for Aerosmith's "Cryin'".