Aimee Lou Wood has criticised a parody of the character she plays in The White Lotus after it was featured in an episode of Saturday Night Live (SNL).

The 31-year-old British actress played the role of Chelsea in the most recent HBO series, which follows a group of guests at a resort.

Her role in the series prompted significant media attention surrounding what she calls her "big gap teeth".

The SNL sketch, which aired this week, imagined US President Donald Trump and his top team spending time at the fictional hotel, BBC News reports.

Wood's character was portrayed by cast member Sarah Sherman using a pronounced accent and fake teeth.

At one point, in a reference to the actress's teeth, she asks: "Fluoride? What's that?"

Aimee Lou Wood calls SNL sketch 'mean' and 'unfunny'

Referencing the sketch on her Instagram story, Wood wrote: "I did find the SNL thing mean and unfunny".

In a number of stories on her account, she added was "not thin skinned" and understood that SNL was about "caricature".

"But the whole joke was about fluoride," she wrote on Sunday (April 13).

"I have big gap teeth not bad teeth."

"The rest of the skit was punching up," Wood added, "and I/Chelsea was the only one punched down on".

She said that she was not "hating on" Sarah Sherman, but "hating on the concept".

Wood also shared a comment by an unnamed user describing the sketch as "sharp and funny" before taking "a screeching turn into 1970s misogyny".

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"This sums up my view," the actress added.

She also criticised Sherman's accent, writing: "I respect accuracy even if it's mean."

Wood wrote that she had received "thousands of messages" agreeing with her since sharing her posts, and that she was glad she "said something".

She also revealed she'd had an apology from SNL on the matter.