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Biographical
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Full
Name: |
Peta
Gia Wilson |
Height: |
5'
10" |
Birthplace: |
Sydney,
New South Wales, Australia |
Date
of Birth: |
November
18, 1970 |
Husband/Partner: |
Damian
Harris |
Contact
Info: |
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Personal
Quote: |
Did
you know that she grew up as an army kid being
sent from town to town with her family? |
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She
was born as the daughter of a retired warrant officer,
Darcy Wilson, and a caterer, Karlene White. She also has
a brother Rob, who is an Australian army truck driver.
She was born in Sydney, but moved a dozen times before
she was 13. She was raised in Papau, New Guinea.
As she moved around, sports were Wilson's calling card.
In high school she became the youngest member and "best
player" of the Australian national netball (similar
to basketball) team, she says.
She became
a model in Europe and later moved to Los Angeles in
1991 to concentrate on becoming an actress. There she
met film director Damian Harris. They later on moved
into a three-bedroom Hollywood Hills house. She took
acting classes and got various small parts in movies
and television shows.
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She
studied with coaches such as Arthur Mendoza from the Actors
Circle Theater in Los Angeles and Tom Waits at TomCats
repertory group. Her first role was for the Actors Circle
Theater in Sam Shepherd's play, "Fool For Love".
She is now playing her first major television role, Nikita,
on La Femme Nikita (Nikita in Canada). She now lives with
her grandmother in a rented loft. Filming the show requires
very stressful, 17-hour workdays.
Peta enjoys
such things as scuba diving, horseback riding, swimming,
cricket, painting, and gardening. Her real passion is
for old cars. She owns a 1958 Chevrolet Impala convertible,
a '57 T-Bird and '38 Dodge.
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English
Films Only
Films:
The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen (2003)
Mercy (2000)
One of Our Own (1997)
Loser (1996)
Naked Jane (1995)
The Sadness of Sex (1995)
Made for
TV:
Joe and Max (2002)
Vanishing Point (1997)
Woman Undone (1996)
Direct to
Video:
None
TV Shows:
Other People (2001)
A Girl Thing (2001)
Nikita (1997)
Cartoons/Voices:
None
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