Peta Wilson started her career as a model but after sitting under the renowned acting instructor Arthur Mendoza, she took the acting world by storm. She is best known as the gorgeous assassin Nikita in the TV series La Femme Nikita. The Australian actress has also spread her wings into lingerie designing, launching her label, Wylie Wilson in 2012.
Apart from the above, there is definitely more to know about Peta, from her career attainments, the movies and television shows she’s been part of to her net worth and other facts of her life, below is this Wilson’s story.
Peta Wilson Biography
Born on the 18th of November, 1970 in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, she is the daughter of Karlene White and Darcy Wilson who named her Peta Gia Wilson. Her mother is a caterer while her father worked as a Warrant Officer in the Australian Army. She spent part of her early years in Papua New Guinea where her father was stationed for several years. Peta has a younger brother, Rob who also works in the Australian Army as a truck driver. Their parents separated in 1982.
Peta Wilson attended Southern Cross Catholic College, an all-girls Catholic school in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. She later studied acting in Los Angeles for five years from 1991 at the Actors Circle Theatre with Arthur Mendoza. After her studies, she had small roles in such indie films as Naked Jane and Loser. Prior to moving to LA to pursue an acting career, she worked as a model both in her native country and in Europe.
The 5 feet 10 inches tall actress did not only pack a punch as a killer in her breakout role but she has a killer body and the looks too. With her distinctive voice which is described as deep sexy, ultra-intense blue eyes, blonde hair, and statuesque physique, Peta Wilson is truly a sight to behold in the world of feminine goodness. She also does her bit to help nature keep her body in shape and balance especially after suffering anorexia at 17. She enjoys scuba diving, horseback riding, swimming, cricket, painting, gardening, as well as meditates, practices yoga, and is also an alternative medicine enthusiast.
Wilson has a son, Marlowe who was born in February 2002 with her boyfriend, director Damian Harris, whom she lived with from 1997 until their separation in 2002.
Career Achievements: Movies and TV Shows
In 1996, while prepping to move to New York City where she would continue her acting studies, she auditioned and landed the lead role in what became her breakout TV show. Wilson snagged the role of Nikita, beating over 200 actresses who auditioned for the role. The show is a remake of the French action thriller Nikita (1990) and ran for five seasons from 1997 to 2001. It also aired in Canada and was distributed in some other countries.
Peta Wilson earned a lot of recognition for her role as the drop-dead gorgeous assassin with a heart of gold and also garnered numerous fans including the Russian president who she met in 2001, at the International Film Festival in Moscow. She was nominated twice for Best Performance by An Actress in a Continuing Leading Dramatic Role at the Gemini Award as well as for the 1998 Saturn Award for Best Genre TV Actress.
After the birth of her son, she returned to Tinseltown almost immediately and continued to offer elite performances. She played real-life actress Anny Ondra in the television film Joe and Max (2002). The following year, she replaced as the vampire Mina Harker in The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen opposite . For the role, she dyed her blonde hair to brunette.
Then, she appeared in 2004 made for television movie False Pretenses as Dianne/Dee Dee and in 2006, she had a minor role as Mischa Sparkle in the Australian TV mystery anthology drama Two Twisted as well as in Superman Returns as Bobbie Faye. In 2008, Peta Wilson featured in the drama film, Garden of the Night which was written and directed by her ex-boyfriend, Harris. Her film credits also include The Sadness of Sex (1995), Naked Jane (1995), Loser (1996), One of Our Own (1997), Mercy (2000), the indie film Beautiful (2009), the short films Errand Boy (2010), Liberator (2012), Somewhere Tonight (2011), and Dutch Kills (2015). Her role in Liberator as CIA agent Maria Criswell earned her the 2013 Best Actress Award at the Cinerockom International Film Festival.
On the small screen, she has also pulled in remarkable credits which include Woman Undone, Strangers, and Highlander in 1996, Vanishing Point (1997), Other People (2001), A Girl Thing (2001), Jonny Zero (2005), Malibu Shark Attack (2009), CSI: Miami (2010), The Finder (2012), and the TV documentary, Michael Hutchence: The Last Rockstar.
Peta Wilson launched a lingerie label known as Wylie Wilson in LA in 2012.
Peta Wilson Net Worth
Peta Wilson has racked in a good fortune from all that she’s involved in. According to reliable sources, her net worth is estimated at $10 million. This figure is bound to increase if she remains relevant in her career and business endeavors.
