Peta Wilson was born to caterer Karlene nee White. Peta Wilson has a brother named Rob Wilson who works as a truck driver with the Australian army. When Peta Wilson was twelve years old her parents got divorced. Peta Wilson and her family lived for sometime in Papua New Guinea, where they did not have a television or radio for them to be entertained. Undismayed Peta Wilson along with her brother entertained their parents by mimicking and lip syncing American actress and singer Liza Minnelli. Peta Wilson studied in an all-girls Catholic school in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.
Peta Wilson during her childhood was a hyperactive child and her tomboyish nature made her to be sent to deportment classes. During this time Peta Wilson was noticed by a modeling agent and she quickly became one of the famous models in Australia and Europe. At the age of twenty one, Peta Wilson moved to Los Angeles looking for a career in acting in Hollywood. She joined The Actors Circle Theatre in Los Angeles and studied acting along with Arthur Mendoza.
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