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), a recovering alcoholic and struggling single parent who watches helplessly as her daughter transforms into someone she no longer recognizes. Catherine Hardwicke's Girlhood: On Thirteen at 20

Reed locked herself in a room with a laptop and, in six days, produced a draft of the script. She handed it to Wood, who passed it to her mother, who then gave it to director Catherine Hardwicke. Hardwicke (who had previously worked as a production designer on Vanilla Sky and Three Kings ) saw the authenticity immediately. This wasn't an adult guessing what teens did; it was a teen confessing. 2003 Film Thirteen

The follows Tracy Freeland (Evan Rachel Wood), a sweet, straight-A student living in Los Angeles. Tracy lives with her divorced mother, Melanie (Holly Hunter), and her younger brother. At the start of the film, Tracy is innocent—she still sleeps with a teddy bear. ), a recovering alcoholic and struggling single parent

(Nikki Reed). What starts as a desire for social acceptance rapidly devolves into a harrowing cycle of: Substance Abuse: Hardwicke (who had previously worked as a production