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The CW's "Nikita" Based on La Femme Nikita and Will Be Watched and ...

Associated Content - Found Feb. 28, 2010
International Following of La Femme Nikita Will Be Watching New CW 'Nikita' Mary Zeiher Nikita is the CW re-make of the USA Network hit show La Femme ...
Television: Mission: Impossible/Die Hard Alum is La Femme Nikita - IGN.com
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Posted on February 28, 2010, 5:12 am

Maggie Q In Talks to Play CW's Nikita

Seattle Post Intelligencer - Found Feb. 19, 2010
... of Nikita was originally played by Anne Parillaud in , then by Bridget Fonda in the 1993 remake, , and by Peta Wilson in the 1997 USA Network...

Posted on February 19, 2010, 10:08 am

PETA demands Wilson Memorial cancel donkey basketball game

Augusta Free Press - Found Mar. 4, 2010
... from on Vimeo. Tags: donkeyball, fishersville, fishersville virginia, , peta, wilson memorial, , donkeyball, wmhs

Posted on March 4, 2010, 3:50 am

Q: Who Will Follow Anne Parillaud, Bridget Fonda and Peta Wilson as ...

Ain't It Cool News - Found Feb. 19, 2010
Irish/Polish/Vietnamese-American Margaret Denise Quigley (aka Maggie Q) is in talks to play the title role in The CW?s pilot for a reboot of ?La
Maggie Q to star as CW's 'Nikita' - Hollywood Reporter
Maggie Q to star as CW's "Nikita" remake - Reuters
Mission: Impossible/Die Hard Alum is La Femme Nikita - IGN.com
Maggie Q, Roslyn Sanchez tapped to colorize primetime - St. Petersburg Times
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Posted on February 19, 2010, 2:21 am

">Q: Who Will Follow Anne Parillaud, Bridget Fonda and Peta Wilson ...

Aint It Cool News - Found Feb. 20, 2010
The project, from McG (?Charlie?s Angels,? ?Terminator Salvation?) and writer-producer Craig Silverstein (creator of Fox's perfectly awful

Posted on February 20, 2010, 3:12 am

La Femme Nikita: The TV Series: Again!

IGN.com - Found Jan. 27, 2010
... in recent memory, having first been turned into the Bridget Fonda film Point of no Return and then the USA TV series starring Peta Wilson.
CW orders 'La Femme Nikita' remake - Digital Spy
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Posted on January 27, 2010, 5:17 am

Maggie Q Is The CW's New Nikita

HotOnlineNews.com RSS Feed - Found Feb. 18, 2010
Then Bridget Fonda took the reigns in 1993's Point of No Return. Lastly, Peta Wilson starred in the 1997 USA Network series.

Posted on February 18, 2010, 10:00 am

CW greenlights 'Nikita'

Variety - Found Jan. 27, 2010
... movie was then adapted in 1997 for the U.S./Canadian co-production "La Femme Nikita," adapted for TV by Joel Surnow and starring Peta Wilson.
New 'Nikita' set for CW - Hollywood Reporter
CW Pilots Greened!! Wyoming Horse Farm Tale From GILMORE GIRLS ... - Ain't It Cool News
The CW Targets New Nikita - Coming Soon!
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Posted on January 27, 2010, 1:15 pm

El Segundo indie ready to rumble

Daily Breeze - Found Jan. 8, 2010
It starred Peta Wilson of TV's 'La Femme Nikita' and 'Chamaco' writer-producer Kirk Harris, who founded Rogue Arts.

Posted on January 8, 2010, 1:08 pm

El Segundo indie ready to rumble

Press-Telegram - Found Jan. 7, 2010
It starred Peta Wilson of TV's 'La Femme Nikita' and 'Chamaco' writer-producer Kirk Harris, who founded Rogue Arts.

Posted on January 7, 2010, 8:22 am

Peta Wilson Biography

Peta Wilson
extracted from Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia, distributed under the GNU Free Documentation License

Peta Wilson

Peta Wilson with Jack Nicholson and Vladimir Putin in 2001
Born Peta Gia Wilson
November 18, 1970 (1970-11-18) (age 39)
Sydney, Australia

Peta Gia Wilson (born 18 November 1970) is an Australian actress and model.

Contents

Biography

Early life

Wilson was born in Sydney, New South Wales, the daughter of caterer Karlene (née White) and former warrant officer Darcy Wilson.1 Her parents divorced in 1982.

Career

Wilson worked first as a model in Australia and Europe before moving to Los Angeles in 1991 to study acting with Arthur Mendoza of the Actors Circle Theatre and Tom Waits of the TomKat Repertory Group. She landed small roles in independent films such as Loser and One of Our Own and in 1996, ready to continue acting studies in New York, she was persuaded to audition for USA Network and beat out 200 other actresses for the starring role in the Canadian/US television series La Femme Nikita, based on the Luc Besson movie Nikita.

Wilson received two Gemini nominations for Best Performance by An Actress in a Continuing Leading Dramatic Role.

In 2003 Wilson appeared with Sean Connery in The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen in the role of vampire Mina Harker.

In 2006 she appeared in Superman Returns as Bobbie-Faye, a spokesperson for NASA.

Personal life

Wilson has been living with her long-time boyfriend Damian Harris since the mid-1990s.1 They have one child together, son Marlowe, born in February 2002.2

Filmography

  • Vanished (in production)
  • 124 Degrees (in development)
  • The Secret Worlds of Vera Lune (in development)
  • Malibu Shark Attack (2009) ... as Heather
  • Beautiful (2008) ... as Sherrie
  • Gardens of the Night (2007) ... as Sarah
  • Superman Returns (2006) ... as Bobbie-Faye
  • Two Twisted (2006) ... as Mischa Sparkle
  • Jonny Zero (2005) ... as Aly
  • False Pretenses (2004) ... as Dianne/Dee Dee
  • The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen (2003) ... as Mina Harker
  • Joe and Max (2002) ... as Anny Ondra
  • Other People (2001) (pilot of a television series) ... as Harriet Stone
  • A Girl Thing (2001) (mini series) ... as Alex
  • Mercy (2000) ... as Vickie Kittrie
  • One of Our Own (1997) ... as Cpl. Jennifer Vaughn
  • La Femme Nikita (1997 - 2001) ... as Nikita
  • Vanishing Point (1997) ... as Motorcycle girl
  • Woman Undone (1996) ... as Receptionist
  • Loser (1996) ... as Alyssha Rourke
  • Strangers (1996) ... as Martha
  • Highlander: The Series (1996) ... as Inspector
  • Naked Jane (1995) ... as Marissa
  • The Sadness of Sex (1995) ... as Girl of His Dreams

Herself

Awards

Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films

Gemini Awards

  • Nominated: 1999 Gemini Award - Best Performance by an Actress in a Continuing Leading Dramatic Role - La Femme Nikita (1997) Episode - "Cat and Mouse"
  • Nominated: 1998 Gemini Award - Best Performance by an Actress in a Continuing Leading Dramatic Role - La Femme Nikita (1997)

Bibliography

  • Heyn, Christopher. "A Conversation with Peta Wilson." Inside Section One: Creating and Producing TV's La Femme Nikita. Introduction by Peta Wilson. Los Angeles: Persistence of Vision Press, 2006. 66-74. ISBN 0-9787625-0-9. In-depth conversation with Peta Wilson about her role as Nikita on La Femme Nikita, as well as her approach to acting.
  • Connolley, Dawn. "Nuthin' Fancy Luv, I'm Australian." La Femme Peta: The Unauthorized Biography of Peta Wilson. Toronto, ECW Press, 2000. 1-32. ISBN 1-55022-385-2. Unauthorized biography of Peta Wilson culled from various pre-published sources.

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