Rita Wilson Profile

Full Name:Rita Wilson - Contact Rita Wilson
Birth Name:Margarita Ibrahimoff
Famous As: Actress
Date of Birth: October 26, 1956
Place of Birth: Los Angeles, California, USA
Height: 5' 8
Nationality: American
Mother: Dorothy
Brother(s): Chris Wilson (a composer, younger)
Sister(s): Lily (a teacher, older)
Spouse: Tom Hanks (an actor, since April 30, 1988)
Son(s): Chester (b. Aug 1990), Truman Theodore (b. Dec 1995), Colin (b. 1977, stepson)
Daughter(s): Elizabeth Hanks (b. 1982, stepdaughter)

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Rita Wilson

Rita Wilson, September 2008
Born Margarit Ibrahimoff
October 26, 1956 (1956-10-26) (age 53)
Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Occupation Actress/Producer
Years active 1972–present
Spouse(s) Tom Hanks (1988-present)

Rita Wilson (born October 26, 1956)1 is an American actress and producer.

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Early life

Wilson was born Margarita Ibrahimoff1 in Los Angeles, California. Her father, a Muslim Bulgarian2 who worked at a racetrack, was born in Greece; he later converted to Orthodoxy. Before immigrating to the U.S., he had lived in Bulgaria and Turkey;3 her mother, Dorothy, was born and raised in an ethnic Greek village (Sotira) on the Albanian side of the border.24 Wilson's family changed their surname from "Ibrahimoff" to "Wilson," which was a name of a local street in Southern California.

Career

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Wilson's career began with a guest appearance on The Brady Bunch, in a 1972 episode entitled "Greg's Triangle," which was followed by appearances on several shows during the 1970s and 1980s.

She has appeared in several movies, including Volunteers, Teen Witch, The Bonfire of the Vanities, Barbarians at the Gate, Mixed Nuts, Sleepless in Seattle, Now and Then, That Thing You Do!, Jingle All the Way, Runaway Bride, Invisible Child, The Story of Us and Raise Your Voice. She played Susan Borman, wife of astronaut Frank Borman, in the HBO miniseries From the Earth to the Moon.

Wilson has performed on Broadway, where she performed the role of Roxie Hart from June-August 2006 in the revival of Chicago.

She is often credited with being the driving force behind Nia Vardalos' movie deal for My Big Fat Greek Wedding, which became the highest-grossing independent film of all time,citation needed and for which she served as a producer.

Personal life

She has been married to Tom Hanks since April 1988, with whom she has had two children. She contributed to the Moffitt Cancer Center by donating "True Hearts" jewelry made of sterling silver and 14k gold. The proceeds will benefit several charities. Wilson credits good friend Rosie O'Donnell as inspiration for her charitable work, particularly with cancer and children's charities.5 She is a member of the Greek Orthodox Church.6

In the director's cut of the Tom Hanks film That Thing You Do!, her brief appearance as a cocktail waitress named Marguerite has another scene, in which main character Guy Patterson (Tom Everett Scott) drunkenly calls her Margarita, a reference to Wilson's real-life first name.

Filmography

Actress
Year Film Role Notes
1966 Spinout Bit Girl (uncredited)
1979 The Day It Came to Earth Debbie
1980 Cheech & Chong's Next Movie Actress
1985 Volunteers Beth Wexler
1989 Teen Witch Dancer
1990 Sinners Margaret
The Bonfire of the Vanities P.R. Woman
1993 Sleepless in Seattle Suzy
1994 Mixed Nuts Catherine O'Shaughnessy
1995 Now and Then Chrissy DeWitt Williams
1996 No Dogs Allowed
That Thing You Do! Marguerite
Jingle All the Way Liz Langston
1998 Psycho Caroline
1999 Runaway Bride Ellie Graham
Invisible Child Annie Beeman
The Story of Us Rachel
2001 Perfume Roberta aka Dress to Kill
The Glass House Grace Avery-Baker (uncredited)
2002 Auto Focus Anne Crane
2004 Raise Your Voice Francis Fletcher
2005 The Chumscrubber Terri Bratley
Magnificent Desolation: Walking on the Moon 3D Beta Station Commander (voice)
2006 Beautiful Ohio Judith Messerman
2009 My Life in Ruins Elinor
Old Dogs Jenna
It's Complicated Trisha
Producer
Year Film Role Notes
2002 My Big Fat Greek Wedding Producer Producers Guild of America Visionary Award
Nominated — Producers Guild of America Award for Motion Picture Producer of the Year
2003 My Big Fat Greek Life Executive producer TV series
2004 Connie and Carla Executive producer
2008 Mamma Mia! Executive producer
2009 My Life in Ruins Executive producer

References

  1. ^ a b Birth date confirmed at the State of California, California Birth Index, 1905-1995. Center for Health Statistics, California Department of Health Services, Sacramento, California. Date of birth for Margarit Ibrahimoff in Los Angeles, California is October 26, 1956.[1]
  2. ^ a b Welkos, Robert (2002-10-06). "Sending up the Greek in spirit". The Age. http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2002/10/05/1033538810677.html. Retrieved 2008-10-10. "… my father is Bulgarian." 
  3. ^ "Rita Wilson". Yahoo!. http://movies.yahoo.com/movie/contributor/1800019302/bioof. Retrieved 2007-10-07. 
  4. ^ "My Big, Fat, Greek Mystery" – Terry Mattingly on religion.
  5. ^ H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center & Research Institute
  6. ^ http://www.politika.rs/rubrike/spektar/zivot-i-stil/Pravoslavni-Holivud.sr.html

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