Australian actress Peta Wilson, who gained popularity in the 90-s due to her outstanding work in tv-series "La Femme Nikita", is one of the most famous and protean actresses nowadays. Peta's roles (small and big but important and interesting) in such films as "Mercy", "The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen", "Superman Returns", "Joe and Max" made her the star of modern cinema, and her extremely positive attitude to life and active way of life brought her many fans around the world.

Going along with her movie career Peta accepted the offer to take part in the Australian film "Beautiful" directed by Dean O'Flaherty. Recently this movie was shown in theaters and famous film festivals. "Beautiful" also was included in the program of the Australian film festival Inside Film Awards 2009, that would be held in Sidney in November. Anyone can support this movie by taking part in voting on the official page of the festival. The voting will end on September 18^th that's why if you decide to support Peta and her movie, please, do it as soon as possible. You can read about how to take part in the voting, how to register on the site and find some answers to other questions on our forum in Russian and English languages.

Dominique, one of most long-standing and devoted fans of Peta, attended "Beautiful" premiere in Australia and the meeting with creators of the movie.

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Last February and March I travelled six weeks through Australia. I flew out 3 weeks before Hannelore — I had especially chosen that earlier flight so I would be able to attend the premieres of Peta's film in Adelaide, Sydney and Melbourne (after the three movie premieres I was to take care for Sonja's father, who lives in Melbourne).

In Sydney I met up with Hannelore. We hired a camper van, so we could drive around comfortably — we drove all the way to Fraser Island.

The first time I met Peta was in Adelaide on a street and it happened entirely by chance. It was the day before the premiere of her film. I had planned to go to a cinema to watch some movie and right as I was about to enter that cinema, who comes out but Peta! She was accompanied by a group of male friends including Dean O'Flaherty and seemed in a very good mood.

I said to her: "Peta! Hello"! She seemed a little surprised by my unexpected approach. In my backpack, there was a present I had bought and planned to present her with the next day at the premiere. It was "The Secret", a novel by Rhonda Byrne. Unfortunately she knew the book already but she said she liked it and it was a good story and she thanked me for it. I believe the reason I had the book with me that day was that I had met Adelaide John who was a fan of Peta but he was too shy to attend the movie premiere with me and planned to go see the film on his own a few days later.

On the evening of the Adelaide premiere, which John sadly missed out, I was standing outside of the cinema when Peta arrived. She remembered me from the previous evening and winked at me. I winked back and later asked her for an autograph.

The actors entered the stage before the film and again after it but Peta didn't say a single word while she was on stage. She seemed a bit shy and most of the time kept hidden behind the orator.

Before Peta's exit from the stage, I was able to tell her how much I liked her work and how good I thought that she was in the movie. Btw the film was great!!!

I left the premiere shortly after and found a bus stop in front of the cinema, but after a long time the bus still hadn't come, and I was still waiting when I saw Peta leaving the cinema, so I thought I'd go over and tell her good bye. Peta told me there was an aftershow party and gave me the address of the venue that held the aftershow party. I ask her how I could go there as I didn't know Adelaide. She pointed to a white Bus, and told me that she would drive with her friends and that there was no space anymore. But two other women offered me to share a cab.

The party was great but Peta was surrounded by a big crowd the whole time. I ended up talking to the two women I just meet there most of the evening.

When I finally talked to Peta I asked her about the upcoming movies. She tried to describe her upcoming projects to me but I was so boozed (because of 2 drinks) that I didn't understand what she told me. Her closing sentence was, that she was having time off now to which I replied, that's great for you, and she reacted by giving me a puzzled look. After that I left the party.

The Melbourne premiere I didn't go to by myself — thank goodness, Aussie Op and his daughter Fiona had come with me.

After the Melbourne premiere the actors attended the meeting to review and discuss the film. Unlike earlier in Adelaide, Peta appeared there quite open and talkative, and quickly won the audience over with her happy and cheerful manner. She talked a lot about her childhood. In relation to the film, she stressed how important she thought it was to make such films, not merely for entertainment purposes but also for the chance to educate the viewers, open their minds and their hearts and possibly make a real difference in the long run. After the meeting we were allowed to take photographs of Peta.

At the Sydney premiere I remembered that I had promised to get autographs for a number of fans, but sadly I had forgotten about them the last time round. Now I tried to seize the opportunity to make up for that. I arrived especially early so I would have enough time for everything I planned. Unfortunately Peta was the last actress to turn up to the event, when everything was already almost over… I handed her a list with the fan's names on it. She started writing out the autographs but was called away for a photo shooting after only a second. There were no tickets for the film at the Sidney premiere so I decided to go and watch Slumdog Millionaire instead.

On the way to Slumdog's I walked past the producer/director Dean O'Flaherty, I would have loved to chat him up and I nearly did, perhaps we could have talked about his movie and there might have been a photo with him and an autograph, but then at the last moment I chickened out and the opportunity was lost.

So, and that is the story I wanted to share with you all. I'm thrilled about the experience of having met Peta as I admire and respect her a lot and I'm sure many others will agree when I say that she is indeed an extraordinary person.