Peta Wilson
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| Born | Peta Gia Wilson 18 November 1970 Sydney, Australia |
| Known for | playing Nikita in La Femme Nikita |
| Height | 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) |
Peta Gia Wilson (born 18 November 1970) is an Australian actress and model. She is best known as Nikita in the television series La Femme Nikita.
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[edit] Biography
[edit] Early life
Wilson was born in Sydney on 18 November 1970. She is the daughter of the caterer Karlene White Wilson and Darcy Wilson, a former warrant officer in the Australian Army.[1] She spent several years in Papua New Guinea, when her father was stationed there.[2] Her parents' marriage came to an end in 1982.
[edit] Career
Wilson worked first as a model in Australia and in Europe, before she moved to Los Angeles in 1991 to study acting with Arthur Mendoza at the Actors Circle Theatre and with Tom Waits at the TomKat Repertory Group. After some education in acting, Wilson was hired for some small roles in independent films, such as in Loser and in One of Our Own. Then, in 1996, Wilson was preparing to continue her studies at an acting school in New York City, but she decided to audition first for a new television show to be produced for the USA cable TV channel in North America. From a field of just over 200 aspiring actresses who auditioned for the starring role, the new program's producers chose to offer the job to Wilson, and she accepted. This new show was called La Femme Nikita, based on the French movie Nikita. Each episode was one hour long, and the series was produced by a combination of Canadian and American companies. The show ran for five years and 96 episodes on the USA network. There were 22 episodes per season for four years, and another eight episodes in its fifth and final TV year. Most of the episodes of La Femme Nikita were filmed in and around the city of Toronto, Ontario.
Wilson's co-stars in this TV series were the actors Roy Dupuis, Don Francks, Alberta Watson and Eugene Robert Glazer, and for her acting in La Femme Nikita, Wilson was nominated twice for the annual Gemini Award for "Best Performance by An Actress in a Continuing Leading Dramatic Role", though she did not win.
In 2001 Wilson took part in the International Film Festival in Moscow, where she met with Russian president Vladimir Putin, who confessed to being a fan of hers.[3]
In the realm of major motion pictures, Wilson collaborated with the Scottish actor Sean Connery in 2002–3 during the production of The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen. She played the role of the vampire Mina Harker, and Connery played Allan Quatermain. She also portrayed real-life actress Anny Ondra in the television movie "Joe and Max" (2002).
During 2006, Wilson had a small role in the movie Superman Returns as the character "Bobbie-Faye", a spokeswoman for the National Aeronautics and Space Administration of the United States.
[edit] Personal life
Wilson lived with her long-time boyfriend Damian Harris from the mid-1990s[1] until their separation in 2002.[4] They are the parents of one son, Marlowe Harris,[5] who was born in February 2002.[6][7] Currently she is dating musician Vlad DeBriansky.[8]
[edit] Filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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| 1995 | The Sadness of Sex | Girl of His Dreams | |
| 1995 | Naked Jane | Marissa | |
| 1996 | Loser | Alyssha Rourke | |
| 1997 | One of Our Own | Cpl. Jennifer Vaughn | Alternative title: Denver P.D.: One of Our Own |
| 2000 | Mercy | Vickie Kittrie | |
| 2003 | The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen | Mina Harker | Nominated—Saturn Award for Best Supporting Actress |
| 2006 | Superman Returns | Bobbie-Faye | Alternative title: Superman Returns: An IMAX 3D Experience |
| 2007 | Gardens of the Night | Sarah | |
| 2009 | Beautiful | Sherrie | |
| 2010 | Errand boy | Genie | short |
| 2011 | Liberator | Marla Criswell | short |
| 2012 | Havana Heat | Captain Camille Davenport | |
| 2012 | Guardian of the Harem | (rumored) |
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1996 | Woman Undone | Receptionist | Television movie |
| 1996 | Strangers | Martha | Episode: "Going Without" |
| 1996 | Highlander: The Series | Inspector | Episode: "Promises" |
| 1997 | Vanishing Point | Motorcycle girl | Television movie |
| 2001 | Other People | Harriet Stone | Television pilot |
| 2001 | A Girl Thing | Alex | Mini-series |
| 1997– 2001 |
La Femme Nikita | Nikita | 96 episodes Nominated—Saturn Award for Best Actress on Television Nominated—Gemini Award Best Performance by an Actress in a Continuing Leading Dramatic Role(1998 – Spring) Nominated—Gemini Award Best Performance by an Actress in a Continuing Leading Dramatic Role(1999 – for episode "Cat and Mouse") |
| 2002 | Joe and Max | Anny Ondra | Television movie Nominated—Best Sports Movie ESPY Award |
| 2004 | False Pretenses | Dianne/Dee Dee | Television movie |
| 2005 | Jonny Zero | Aly | Episode: "Diamonds & Guns" Episode: "Bounty" |
| 2006 | Two Twisted | Mischa Sparkle | Episode: "A Flash Exclusive" |
| 2009 | Malibu Shark Attack | Heather | Television movie |
| 2010 | CSI: Miami | Amanda | Episode: "Sudden Death" |
| 2012 | The Finder | Pope | Episode: "Little Green Man" |
[edit] Awards and nominations
[edit] By the Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films
- Nominated: 2003 Saturn Award – Best Supporting Actress – The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen (film)
- Nominated: 1998 Saturn Award – Best Genre TV Actress – La Femme Nikita (1997)
[edit] The Gemini Awards
- Nominated: 1999 Gemini Award – Best Performance by an Actress in a Continuing Leading Dramatic Role – La Femme Nikita (1997) Episode – "Cat and Mouse"
- Nominated: 1998 Gemini Award – Best Performance by an Actress in a Continuing Leading Dramatic Role – La Femme Nikita (1997)
[edit] Bibliography
- Heyn, Christopher. "A Conversation with Peta Wilson." Inside Section One: Creating and Producing TV's La Femme Nikita. Introduction by Peta Wilson. Los Angeles: Persistence of Vision Press, 2006. 66–74. ISBN 0-9787625-0-9. In-depth conversation with Peta Wilson about her role as Nikita on La Femme Nikita, as well as her approach to acting.
- Connolley, Dawn. "Nuthin' Fancy Luv, I'm Australian." La Femme Peta: The Unauthorized Biography of Peta Wilson. Toronto, ECW Press, 2000. 1–32. ISBN 1-55022-385-2. Unauthorized biography of Peta Wilson culled from various pre-published sources.
[edit] References
- ^ a b Peta Wilson Biography (1970–).
- ^ IMDB Biography
- ^ "Putin's Last Love: Foreign Actress Makes Sensational Confession". RU: Pravda. 31 July 2003. http://www.cdi.org/russia/johnson/7272-9.cfm. Retrieved 23 May 2010.
- ^ "Peta Wilson Biography". petawilsonsite.com. http://www.petawilsonsite.com/biography.html. Retrieved 30 January 2011.
- ^ http://www.adelaidenow.com.au/entertainment/confidential/nikita-peta-reveals-all/story-e6fredq3-1111114381838
- ^ http://people.famouswhy.com/peta_wilson/
- ^ http://sharetv.org/person/peta_wilson
- ^ http://kp.ua/daily/041111/309503/
