Rita Wilson
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10/25/1956
Los Angeles, CA |
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| Debuted on Broadway in 2006, as a replacement for the role of murderess Roxie Hart in the musical Chicago. |
| Of Greek and Bulgarian ancestry. |
| Began modeling career at age 14, when she was discovered by a photographer. |
| Won over critics with her role as Suzy (especially one of the scenes in which she begins to cry inconsolably while explaining the appeal of the 1957 tear-jerker An Affair to Remember |
| First starring role came in 1985's comedy Volunteers, in which she played a Peace Corps worker, opposite Tom Hanks, whom she married three years later. |
| Made a 1981 guest appearance on the sitcom Bosom Buddies as Peter Scolari's Satan-worshipping girlfriend. |
| Along with Hanks, served as co-producer for the 2002 sleeper hit My Big Fat Greek Wedding; convinced Hanks to produce the movie after seeing Nia Vardalos' one-woman show. |
| Family changed surname to "Wilson" after a local street in Southern California. |
