Rebel Wilson
Rebel Wilson
Rebel Melanie Elizabeth Wilson is an Australian stand-up comedian, actress and writer. After graduating from the Australian Theatre for Young People in 2003, she began appearing as Toula on the Special Broadcasting Servicecomedy 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...
NationalityAustralian
ProfessionMovie Actress
Date of Birth2 March 1980
CitySydney, Australia
CountryAustralia
I come from a family of professional dog-showers, one step above carnies, but I didn't want to join the family business.
I never thought I would end up being an actress. I thought I really was going to do serious stuff like law or politics.
I do acting for the awards... and cash money.
I do notice that when I come in to meet casting people, they love that I'm Australian. Maybe it's our good work ethic.
Because of my filming commitments in America, you have to sign contracts where you can't change your physical appearance.
The good thing about being shy though as a child is that you become very observant because you're not really actively participating. You're sitting back watching everyone. I think that's really helped me as an actress because I'm good at observing people and then copying them for comic effect.
At school, nobody thought I was smart and I became smart. Nobody wanted to be my friend and then I had lots of friends.
Usually when I ask people to reach into my velvety pouch it means something different.
I'd love to do a court-room drama. I loved 'Ally McBeal.' That was one of the main reasons I went to law school.
I try to be healthy. I train three days a week with a trainer. But I do like to eat, clearly. And I do eat dessert every day. If I cut that out, yes, I would lose weight.
I don't really care what I look like that much, and I think women out there should just be happy with the way they look. They shouldn't really try to conform to any kind of stereotype. Just be happy and hopefully healthy.
I like to take things one step at a time, because the entertainment industry is very uncertain.
I love it when the director says, 'Rebel, just do whatever you want.' I'm, like, 'Yes!
When I was younger I did karate and martial arts, and I think it's really cool for girls to have those kinds of abilities.