Search
What's Hot
Day-by-Day Fall Schedule
Celebs With Their Pets
Shows We Lost This Season
Idol Runner-Up Takes Pay Cut?

Rita Wilson

Celebrity

Rita Wilson: Biography

Rita Wilson
22 photos
  • Birth Name: Margarita Ibrahimoff
  • Birth Place: Los Angeles, CA
  • Date of Birth / Zodiac Sign: 10/26/1956, Scorpio
  • Profession: Actor; model; producer
User Rating: (15 ratings)
Add Your Rating: 1 stars2 stars3 stars4 stars5 stars
Rita Wilson Fast Facts:
  • Of Greek and Bulgarian ancestry.
  • Family changed surname to Wilson after a local street in Southern California.  
  • Began her modeling career at 14, when she was discovered by a photographer.
  • Made a 1981 guest appearance on the sitcom Bosom Buddies as Peter Scolari's Satan-worshipping girlfriend.
  • 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.
  • Along with Hanks, served as coproducer for the 2002 hit My Big Fat Greek Wedding; convinced Hanks to produce the movie after seeing Nia Vardalos's one-woman show.
  • Debuted on Broadway in 2006 playing murderess Roxie Hart in the musical Chicago.
  • Active in several charitable causes and organizations, including the Moffitt Cancer Center.
  • Rita Wilson Relationships:
  • Tom Hanks - Husband
  • Dorothy Wilson - Mother
  • Lily Wilson - Sister
  • Chester Marlon Hanks - Son
  • Truman Theodore Hanks - Son
  • Colin Hanks - Stepson
  • Elizabeth Hanks - Stepdaughter
  • Carly Reeves - Niece
  • Chris Wilson - Brother
  • Allan Wilson - Father
  • College:
  • Attended London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art, London, England

Photos

Rita Wilson John Shearer/Getty Images
Rita Wilson, Los Angeles John Shearer/WireImage.com
Rita Wilson John Shearer/WireImage.com
2011 Academy Awards Parties, Rita Wilson Michael Buckner/WireImage.com
2011 Golden Globes Awards, Rita Wilson, Tom Hanks Steve Grantiz/WireImage.com
Rita Wilson, Tom Hanks Steve Granitz/WireImage.com
more Rita Wilson photos (22 total photos)
Advertisement

Our Partners

Advertisement

Related Websites

You might be also interested in the following websites:

Most Popular TV Shows

  1. American Idol
  2. NCIS
  3. Big Bang Theory
  4. Voice
  5. Person of Interest
more popular tv shows

Most Popular Celebrities

  1. Jessica Simpson
  2. Khloe Kardashian
  3. Kate Middleton
  4. Maria Menounos
  5. Kim Kardashian
more popular celebrities

Most Popular Movies

  1. Men In Black 3
  2. Avengers
  3. Battleship
  4. The Dictator
  5. Dark Shadows
more popular movies

Top Videos

  1. The Bachelorette
  2. Revenge
  3. Keeping Up With the Kardashian...
  4. Keeping Up With the Kardashian...
  5. Days of our Lives
more top videos