Good, Lord! This woman looks good in anything. Including that billowing black, robe thing they stuck her in for The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen.Peta Wilson is best known in the United States for the TV version of La Femme Nikita, based in the film of the same name. It ran for several seasons on the USA Network. The show was basically another proto-Alias. It was a truly scary examination of the question of: do the ends justify the means? I can't begin to decribe the twisted nature of this show. If you like this sort of thing, get the DVDs. I highly recommend it.
Before the TV role, Peta played women's basketball in Europe. And, of course, she modeled. So, like Famke Janssen, the camera is very kind to her (and she knows all the tricks to look her best).
Her breakout role was suppossed to be the aforementioned League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, a film based on Alan Moore's comic book story following several Victorian era literary heores. Peta played Mina Murray/Harker, and the film made it clear that she had not escaped Dracula's designs entirely, although the vampire connection in the comic is more subtle. Unfortunately, the movie sucked. She was the best thing about it and actually breathed life into the undead character. Oh yeah, and she was totally sexy. Something about the purr in her voice...
She also marks the first blonde cheescake we've had.
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LoEG was not a great movie, but you are right that Ms Wilson was a highlight. La Femme Nikita was better than Alias, but there just weren't enough of us with a Neilsen rating log.
Dayum!
Another chick in leather pants with a weapon. You are "The Man!", jrf.
Oh, you've found the theme. You should get a No-Prize for that.
Shwwwiiiiing
I wonder if Ms Wilson would like to star in my new movie, "The League of Extraordinary Bald Headed Gentlemen".
You know, I think there's already a direct to video film by that name.
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