Rebel Wilson
Rebel Wilson | |
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 Wilson at the Sydney premiere of A Few Best Men, January 2012 | |
| Born | Melanie Elizabeth Bownds (1980-03-02) 2 March 1980 Sydney, New South Wales, Australia |
| Residence | West Hollywood, California, U.S. |
| Alma mater | University of New South Wales |
| Occupation |
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| Years active | 2002–present |
Rebel Melanie Elizabeth Wilson[note 1] (born 2 March 1980) is an Australian actress, writer, and producer. After graduating from the Australian Theatre for Young People in 2003, she began appearing as Toula on the Special Broadcasting Service (SBS) comedy series Pizza and the sketch comedy series The Wedge. In 2008, Wilson wrote, produced and starred in the musical comedy series Bogan Pride. The following year, she won the Tropfest best actress award for her role in Bargain and made a guest appearance in City Homicide. Shortly after moving to the United States, Wilson was cast as Brynn in the feature film Bridesmaids.
Wilson also appeared in A Few Best Men, What to Expect When You're Expecting and Struck by Lightning, leading Variety to name her one of their "Top Ten Comics to Watch for 2011". She also appeared as Becky in Bachelorette and starred in the musical comedy Pitch Perfect film series as Fat Amy, a role that earned her several award nominations and wins, including the MTV Best Breakthrough Performance Award and a Teen Choice Award for Choice Movie Actress. She has also created and starred in Super Fun Night, a television comedy that aired for one season on ABC.
Contents
1 Early life and education
2 Career
2.1 Early career (2002–10)
2.2 Move to Hollywood (2011–present)
2.3 Upcoming films
3 Media controversy
4 Personal life
5 Filmography
5.1 Film
5.2 Television
5.3 Video games
5.4 Theatre
6 Awards and nominations
7 References
7.1 Notes
7.2 Citations
8 External links
Early life and education
Wilson was born on 2 March 1980[1] in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.[4] Her mother is a professional dog handler.[5][6][7] Wilson grew up in the suburbs of Kenthurst, Parramatta and Castle Hill.[8] She attended Tara Anglican School for Girls.[2][9][10] She completed her Higher School Certificate in 1997, including second place in the state in food technology.[11]
Wilson has three siblings: sisters Liberty and Annaleise (who uses the name "Annachi") and a brother, who uses the name "Ryot".[6][7][12][13] Liberty and Ryot appeared on the first season of The Amazing Race Australia in 2011, where they were the first team eliminated.[14] Wilson has stated that her great-aunt was Lillian Bounds, who was married to Walt Disney until his death in 1966.[15] Despite Wilson standing by this belief in court,[16] it continues to be disputed by genealogist Dale Sheldon.[17]
Wilson's first career choice was mathematics. She told The Sydney Morning Herald, "I was very academic at high school and was always good with numbers."[18] She attended the University of New South Wales, graduating in 2009 with Bachelor of Arts (Theatre and Performance Studies) and Bachelor of Laws degrees.[19] A former Rotary International Youth Ambassador for Australia, she was based in South Africa for one year, where she contracted malaria.[18][20] She has spoken of malaria-induced hallucinations, where she saw herself as an actress who had won an Oscar, convincing her to pursue an acting career.[20]
Career
Early career (2002–10)
Wilson studied at the Australian Theatre for Young People (ATYP).[21] In 2003 she moved to New York after winning the ATYP International scholarship, which was funded by Nicole Kidman. While she was in New York, Wilson trained with The Second City.[22][23] She appeared with the Sydney Theatre Company and performed at the Melbourne International Comedy Festival.[21] She first came to the public's attention in 2002 with her stage musical The Westie Monologues, which she wrote,[24] starred in and produced in Sydney.[25] Her follow-up stage productions, which she wrote, produced and starred in include Spunks and Confessions of an Exchange Student.[18][26]
In Australia, Wilson is most known for her roles as Toula on the SBS comedy series Pizza and as various characters including Lucy, Fat Mandi and Karla Bangs on the sketch comedy series The Wedge.[20] She played an Australian Idol mad schoolgirl in a series of Telstra advertisements shown during Australian Idol from 2004 to 2005.[27] She also had roles in the feature films Fat Pizza and Ghost Rider.[28]
In 2008, Wilson created, wrote, produced and starred in the musical comedy series Bogan Pride on SBS One and also starred in the improvisational Nine Network series Monster House.[20][28] In 2009 Wilson won the Tropfest Best Actress award for her role in the film Bargain.[29] She has made appearances on the improvisational comedy show Thank God You're Here and the comedy game show Talkin' 'Bout Your Generation.[21][30] She performed stand-up on the television special The Breast Darn Show In Town and guest starred in the Seven Network drama City Homicide and performed improv at the Upright Citizens Brigade in Los Angeles.[31]
Move to Hollywood (2011–present)
After moving to the United States, Wilson signed to talent and literary agents William Morris Endeavor.[32] Wilson's next film role came in the Judd Apatow film, Bridesmaids, in which she played Brynn, the sister of Matt Lucas' character.[32] The role was written especially for her.[33] Wilson then appeared in the CBS sitcom Rules of Engagement and on the Comedy Central series, Workaholics.[34] She co-hosted the 2010 ARIA Music Awards and performed at the inaugural Variety’s Power of Comedy event in Los Angeles with Lucas and Russell Brand.[34] In early 2011, Wilson filmed A Few Best Men at Fox Studios Australia.[35] She also filmed a role in Small Apartments.[36] Wilson was named one of Variety magazine's "Top Ten Comics to Watch for 2011".[20] In 2012, Wilson had a role in the ensemble comedy What to Expect When You're Expecting, as Janice,[36] and co-starred in the indie film Struck By Lightning.[37]
On 19 August 2011, Borys Kit of The Hollywood Reporter reported that Wilson had replaced Casey Wilson in Bachelorette.[38] In 2012, Wilson voiced a character in Ice Age: Continental Drift[38] and played Fat Amy in Pitch Perfect. For the latter role, she received critical acclaim and earned various award nominations, including Best Supporting Actress from the San Diego Film Critics Society and Best Actress in a Comedy from the Broadcast Film Critics Association.[39][40] She won the MTV Movie Award for Best Actor in a Movie and shared the Best Musical Moment award with her Pitch Perfect co-stars. Wilson was also nominated for MTV Movie Award for Best Performance.[41] Wilson later won the Choice Movie Actress: Comedy award for Pitch Perfect at the 2013 Teen Choice Awards.[42] She had also been nominated for Choice Comedian at the 2013 Teen Choice Awards.[43]
In January 2012, Michael Ausiello of TVLine announced that Wilson would be writing and starring in Super Fun Night, a comedy that follows three friends on a quest to have fun every Friday night.[44] The pilot was picked up by CBS and Conan O'Brien became one of the executive producers.[44] The pilot was later turned down by CBS, but the ABC network picked up the project.[45] A series was ordered and the show began broadcasting on 2 October 2013.[46] The series was cancelled after one season.[47] Wilson played Robin Peck in Michael Bay's Pain & Gain (2013).[48][49] She hosted the 2013 MTV Movie Awards on 14 April 2013.[50]
In March 2014, the American satellite television network Dish Network launched a marketing campaign for its Hopper DVR featuring Wilson as the voice of the eponymous computer animated kangaroo.[51] Wilson reprised her role in the sequels Pitch Perfect 2 (2015) and Pitch Perfect 3 (2017).[52] She also made a cameo in the television comedy Pompidou.[33] Wilson joined the voice cast for Kung Fu Panda 3,[53] however in September 2015, she was replaced with Kate Hudson.[54] Wilson next appeared in the ensemble comedy How to Be Single, released in February 2016.[55] Nigel M Smith of The Guardian wrote "Wilson is the standout, nailing every pratfall she's dealt, but How to Be Single doesn't make strong use of her character".[56] Wilson also appeared in the action comedy Grimsby.[57] On 14 February 2016, Wilson presented the nominations for the Best Supporting Actor category at the 69th British Academy Film Awards.[58] Wilson is one of sixty celebrities who make a cameo in Absolutely Fabulous: The Movie.[59]
Wilson appeared as Ursula, the sea witch, in an all-star concert version of The Little Mermaid at the Hollywood Bowl on 3 June, 4 June, and 6 June 2016.[60] She made her West End debut in the musical Guys and Dolls in the role of Miss Adelaide from 28 June to 21 August 2016.[61] She received positive reviews.[62] Wilson played LeFou in a production of Beauty and the Beast: Live in Concert at the Hollywood Bowl on 25–26 May 2018.[63] She also appeared on the cover of Vogue Australia for the first time.[64]
Upcoming films
Wilson will appear in a remake of Private Benjamin.[65] She has also been cast in The Social Life alongside Amanda Seyfried.[66] In August 2016, it was confirmed Wilson would star in a remake of the 1988 comedy film Dirty Rotten Scoundrels.[62] The film, titled The Hustle, will also star Anne Hathaway, while Wilson is co-producing.[67] Wilson will also star in the comedy Isn't It Romantic, due for release in 2019,[68] and in Taika Waititi's dark comedy drama Jojo Rabbit as Fraulein Rahm.[69] Wilson will produce and star in a feature film adaptation of the Image Comics comic book Crowded.[70] She will also star in the musical film Cats as Jennyanydots.[71]
Media controversy
In May 2015, Australian magazine Woman's Day published a story claiming that Wilson had been misleading about her birth name, age, and upbringing.[72] Wilson had previously said in interviews that she was raised by dog-training "bogan" parents in the ghetto of Sydney, spent a year in Zimbabwe, climbed into a cage with a leopard, got caught in a shoot-out and then struck down by a severe strain of malaria from a mosquito in Mozambique where, from her intensive care bed, she envisioned herself winning an Oscar and rapping her acceptance speech.[73] Her age was also incorrectly given as 29, which she would later admit was something she chose not to correct.[16]Woman's Day called all of this into question and claimed that Wilson had, on the contrary, a "very normal, upper-middle-class upbringing" and "added a touch of 'fantasy' to the life she led before becoming a household name."[72] The story was picked up by several other publications including The Sydney Morning Herald, People magazine,[74] the Chicago Tribune[75] and The Huffington Post.[76] Most notably, Wilson's true birth date was confirmed through business records filed with the ASIC, which were obtained by The Sydney Morning Herald.[77]
On 16 May 2016, Wilson said print and online articles in Woman's Day, the Australian Women's Weekly, NW and OK! magazines made her out to be a serial liar. According to a defamation writ filed in the Supreme Court of Victoria, Wilson said her reputation and credit had suffered and she had been humiliated and embarrassed. She also sued for special damages, claiming she missed out on roles and other ones were terminated because of the articles.[78] Wilson was represented by Matthew Collins QC. On 15 June 2017, a six-person jury ruled in Wilson's favour, finding that publisher Bauer Media Group had indeed wrongly painted the actress as a serial liar, and that publishing the articles was likely to have caused harm to her career.[79]
On 13 September 2017, Wilson was awarded A$4,500,000 in damages. Wilson's lawyer Richard Leder, said "Today's verdict is a significant record—it's about four times the highest previous verdict in a defamation case in Australia". In June 2017, Wilson tweeted "Any dollars I receive will go to charity, scholarships or invested into the Aussie film industry to provide jobs".[80][81]
Bauer Media appealed the amount of the damages.[82] On 14 June 2018, Bauer Media won its appeal and the damages were reduced to $600,000.[83] Wilson announced her intention to appeal the decision,[84] and lodged an appeal with the High Court on 11 July 2018.[85] The High Court refused the application on 16 November 2018.[86]
Personal life
In July 2011, Wilson became a spokesperson for weight loss and nutrition company Jenny Craig in Australia.[87][88] In January 2012, Wilson told The Daily Telegraph that she had lost 10 kilograms (22 lb) since signing up to the program.[89]
Wilson asserted that the producers of Pitch Perfect had refused to let her lose any more weight during filming, as her contract stated she must stay the same size. She said that once her film commitments were over, she would start her diet again to reach her target weight of 80 kilograms (180 lb).[89] In February 2013, she confirmed that she had ended her agreement with Jenny Craig the previous year.[90]
Wilson and her Bridesmaids co-star Matt Lucas lived together in West Hollywood,[91] from September 2012 until 2015.[92]
In July 2015, Wilson stated her support for stricter American gun laws following the 2015 Lafayette shooting, stating, "I don't like getting political but America you really have to follow Australia's example re gun laws. I don't remember a mass shooting in Australia since they overhauled the gun laws. It seems like every week in America there's a shooting. I just want people to be safe, especially people that are doing one of my favorite things in the world—going out to the movies to have fun."[93][94][95]
Filmography
Film
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2003 | Fat Pizza | Toula | |
| 2007 | Ghost Rider | Girl in Alley | |
| 2009 | Bargain! | Linda | |
| 2011 | Bridesmaids | Brynn | |
| 2011 | A Few Best Men | Daphne Ramme | |
| 2012 | Bachelorette | Becky Archer | |
| 2012 | Small Apartments | Rocky | |
| 2012 | This Means War[96] | Cameo | |
| 2012 | Struck by Lightning | Malerie Baggs | |
| 2012 | What to Expect When You're Expecting | Janice | |
| 2012 | Ice Age: Continental Drift | Raz | Voice |
| 2012 | Pitch Perfect | Fat Amy | |
| 2013 | Pain & Gain | Robin Peck | |
| 2014 | Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb | Tilly | |
| 2015 | Pitch Perfect 2 | Fat Amy | |
| 2016 | How to Be Single | Robin | |
| 2016 | Grimsby | Dawn Grobham | |
| 2016 | Absolutely Fabulous: The Movie | Flight attendant | Cameo |
| 2017 | Pitch Perfect 3 | Fat Amy | |
| 2019 | Isn't It Romantic | Natalie | Also producer; Post-production |
| 2019 | The Hustle | Lonnie | Also producer; Post-production |
| 2019 | Jojo Rabbit | Fraulein Rahm | Post-production |
| 2019 | Cats | Jennyanydots | Filming |
Television
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2003–2007 | Pizza | Toula | Recurring cast; Seasons 3–5, Pizza World and Pizza World Record |
| 2006–2007 | The Wedge | Various characters | Series regular; 47 episodes |
| 2007–2009 | Thank God You're Here | Herself/Various characters | Episodes: "3.04", "3.09", "4.03" & "4.09" |
| 2008 | Bogan Pride | Jennie Cragg | Series regular; 6 episodes |
| 2008 | Monster House | Penelope Webb | Series regular; 10 episodes |
| 2009 | Talkin' 'Bout Your Generation | Generation Y Guest | Episode: "Series 1, Episode 3" |
| 2009 | City Homicide | Sarah Gilbert | Episode: "Dead Weight" |
| 2009 | The Breast Darn Show in Town | Herself | Comedy gala |
| 2010 | Rules of Engagement | Sara | Episode: "Les-bro" |
| 2011 | Workaholics | Big Money Hustla | Episode: "Straight Up Juggahos" |
| 2013 | Can of Worms | Herself | Episode: "Season 3, Episode 2" |
| 2013 | 2013 MTV Movie Awards | Host | |
| 2013–2014 | Super Fun Night | Kimmie Boubier | Creator, Lead role; 17 episodes |
| 2015 | Pompidou | Fancy Dress Contestant | Episode: "Hoarder" |
| 2016 | The Big Music Quiz | Herself | Episodes 2 & 8 |
| 2016 | Travel Man | Herself | Episode: Christmas Special |
Video games
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | Ice Age: Continental Drift – Arctic Games | Raz | Voice |
Theatre
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | The Little Mermaid | Ursula | 3–6 June, The Hollywood Bowl |
Guys and Dolls | Adelaide | 28 June – 21 August, West End | |
| 2018 | Beauty and the Beast | LeFou | 25–26 May, The Hollywood Bowl |
| 2019 | The Beauty Queen of Leenane | Maureen Folan | 23 November – 21 December, Sydney Theatre Company |
Awards and nominations
| Year | Award | Category | Work | Result | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | Tropfest | Best Actress | Bargain! | Won | [29] |
| 2011 | Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association | Best Ensemble | Bridesmaids | Won | |
| 2012 | Detroit Film Critics Society | Breakthrough Performance | Pitch Perfect | Nominated | |
San Diego Film Critics Society | Best Supporting Actress | Nominated | [39] | ||
| 2013 | Critics' Choice Awards | Best Actress in a Comedy | Nominated | [40] | |
MTV Movie Awards | Best Breakthrough Performance | Won | [41] | ||
| Best Musical Moment | Won | [41] | |||
Best Female Performance | Nominated | [41] | |||
| Online Film & Television Association Award | Breakthrough Performance | Won | |||
Teen Choice Award | Choice Movie Actress: Comedy | Won | [42] | ||
| Choice Movie: Hissy Fit (shared with Anna Camp, Hana Mae Lee and Brittany Snow | Nominated | [43] | |||
| Choice Comedian | N/A | Nominated | [43] | ||
| 2014 | People's Choice Awards | People's Choice Awards for Favorite Actress in a TV Series | Super Fun Night | Nominated | |
Young Hollywood Awards | Cuz You're Funny | N/A | Nominated | [97] | |
| 2015 | MTV Movie Awards | Best Ensemble | Pitch Perfect 2 | Won | |
Best Kiss (shared with Adam DeVine) | Won | ||||
Best Comedic Performance | Nominated | ||||
| Teen Choice Awards | Choice Movie Actress: Comedy | Nominated | |||
Choice Movie: Liplock (shared with Adam DeVine) | Nominated | ||||
| 2017 | People's Choice Awards | Favorite Comedic Movie Actress | How to Be Single | Nominated | [98] |
References
Notes
^ According to the Australian Electoral Roll, she was born Melanie Elizabeth Bownds.[1][2] In later years she adopted "Rebel"–a childhood nickname–as her first name and changed her surname to Wilson. She retained her first two given names as middle names.[1][3]
Citations
^ abc Aubusson, Kate (20 May 2015). "Rebel Wilson's birth date revealed in ASIC documents". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 19 May 2015.Business records filed with the Australian Securities and Investment Commission (ASIC) list the date of birth for a "Rebel Melanie Elizabeth Wilson" as March 2, 1980
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^ Kondolojy, Amanda. "'Suburgatory', 'Super Fun Night' Canceled by ABC". TV by the Numbers. Retrieved 9 May 2014.
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^ Ford, Rebecca (14 April 2015). "'Kung Fu Panda 3' Release Date Moves Up Two Months". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 26 January 2016.
^ Kit, Borys (4 September 2015). "Kate Hudson to Replace Rebel Wilson in 'Kung Fu Panda 3' (Exclusive)". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 4 September 2015.
^ Ford, Rebecca; Kit, Borys (29 January 2015). "Dakota Johnson, Rebel Wilson, Dan Stevens Joining 'How to Be Single' (Exclusive)". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 20 March 2015.
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