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Rebel Wilson Biography

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.

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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.

Art, Girl, Karate, Martial, Think, Thinking

Even when I'm playing someone named 'Fat Amy. ' I'm all about confidence and attitude.

Amy, Attitude, Fat, Playing, Playing Someone

I think that is a really good message, especially for young girls to hear. The fact that someone like me from the western suburbs of Sydney could become an actress in movies who didn't look like a regular actress, and that I can make it I think gives a lot of hope to other girls who are really creative and don't necessarily follow the standard of what some people consider beauty to be.

Girl, Girls, People, Think, Thinking, Young

I love it when the director says, 'Rebel, just do whatever you want. ' I'm, like, 'Yes!

Director, Directors, Like, Rebel, Want, Yes

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.

Ally, Drama, Law, School

I never thought I would end up being an actress. I thought I really was going to do serious stuff like law or politics.

Law, Stuff, Actresses, Serious, Like

If I get two lines in the script, I somehow turn it into 20. I've got a bit of a bad habit of doing that, of just embellishing my little moment.

Bad, Embellishing, Lines, Littles, Two

I've got a swimming pool and I pretend to be like a mermaid, like in the middle of the night. It kind of de-stresses me.

Like, Mermaid, Night, Pool, Stress, Swimming

I love rapping. I do. My styling's similar to Missy Elliott - I think she's so dope. In a weird way, that's how I first learned the American accent: doing American rap songs.

American, Dope, Rap, Similar, Song

When I first came to America, I went into William Morris Endeavor for a meeting and I was like, "Yeah, I'm from Australia and I do comedy. " I think that one of the reasons they signed me is because I wasn't like any other girl. Maybe girls don't get encouraged. The ones who get encouraged to move to Hollywood are the prettiest ones in their hometown of Iowa, or something. Whereas for me, where I come from in the western suburbs of Sydney, no one ever thought professional actors would come from there. Even my own family was like, "No one would want you on a show. "

America, Come, Girl, Moving, Show, Thinking

I know, I pick up the roles other actresses don’t want [laughs]. When there’s movies where there are two sisters and one’s the uglier sister, there’s always no actress that wants to go for it. I’m like, why not! They’re the best roles!

Actresses, Know, Laughing, Like, Roles, Two

I contracted malaria in rural Mozambique. I was a youth ambassador for Australia. For a year after high school, you give positive speeches about Australia and as part of it I traveled to lots of different countries.

Country, School, Australia, Malaria, Different

The more I know about America, the better I'll be at performing American characters and American stories.

America, Character, Characters, Know, Stories

I think that actresses can be in all different shapes and sizes, but it is a profession, and as an actor, your body is one of your big tools. So you've got to be fit in a sense.

Actor, Big, Body, Different, Thinking, Tools

I come from a family of professional dog-showers, one step above carnies, but I didn't want to join the family business.

Business, Dog, Family, Join, Steps, Want

As part of my job, I got malaria really badly and was put in intensive care, and I had a hallucination because they give you this cocktail of drugs to fix you so you don't die, and I had this hallucination that I was at the Oscars and I won and I was a really good actress, and it was so real that when I came out of the hospital, I started saying to people I'm going to become an actress.

Drugs, Hospital, Intensive, Jobs, People, Real

All my family has very good mathematical abilities - like, so dorky. I was the dork then in school - on any maths exams I'd get 100%. I just knew how to do maths and most people would hate it, but for some reason it just came.

Came, Family, Good, Hate, Math, School

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.

People, Work Ethic, Casting, Love, Come

For a comedienne, you have to have a little tragedy or a dark side, just not too much. Otherwise it's too disruptive.

Dark, Disruptive, Littles, Side, Tragedy

I think girls who looked like me or were from the poorer area where I'm from in Australia, like you don't think "Oh, I'm going to be a movie star. " You just didn't think that would happen to girls like me where I'm from.

Australia, Girl, Happen, Star, Stars, Thinking

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