Rita Wilson | Pacific Palisades, Los Angeles

Rita Wilson is an American actress, singer, songwriter, and producer who has appeared in films such as 1985’s Volunteers, 1995’s Now and Then, 1999’s Runaway Bride, and 2011’s Larry Crowne. The first two films as well as the last featured her husband Tom Hanks, too. She’s also been involved with shows such as The Good Wife, Girls, and My Big Fat Greek Wedding. To her credit, she received her very own star in the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 2019.

She was born in Hollywood, California, to a Greek mother, Dorothea Tzigkou, and a Bulgarian Muslim father, Hassan Halilov Ibrahimoff. They initially moved back to Bulgaria after her birth. Shortly after, her father changed his name to Allan Wilson and converted to Orthodox Christianity. This was what gave the actress her Wilson surname. She’s been married to prominent Hollywood actor Tom Hanks since 1998.