In , 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. Wilson has three siblings: sisters Liberty and Annaleise who uses the name "Annarchi" and a brother, who uses the name "Ryot.
Wilson's first career choice was mathematics. She told The Sydney Morning Herald , "I was very academic at high school and was always good with numbers. In March , the American satellite television network Dish Network launched a marketing campaign for its Hopper DVR featuring Wilson as the voice of the eponymous computer animated kangaroo. Smith of The Guardian wrote, "Wilson is the standout, nailing every pratfall she's dealt, but How to Be Single doesn't make strong use of her character.
Wilson has thus far starred in two comedies. The first, Isn't It Romantic , was released in February, and is about a woman Wilson who wakes up in a literal romantic comedy , despite the character's hate for the genre; the film is Wilson's first solo lead role.
Wilson also co-produced the latter film. Wilson will appear in a remake of Private Benjamin. In May , Australian magazine Woman's Day published a story claiming that Wilson had been misleading about her birth name, age, and upbringing. According to a defamation writ filed in the Supreme Court of Victoria , Wilson said her reputation and credit had suffered and she had been humiliated and embarrassed.
She also sued for special damages, claiming she missed out on roles and other ones were terminated because of the articles. On 15 June , a six-person jury ruled in Wilson's favour, finding that publisher Bauer Media Group had indeed wrongly painted the actress as a serial liar, and that publishing the articles was likely to have caused harm to her career. Wilson's lawyer Richard Leder, said "Today's verdict is a significant recordβit's about four times the highest previous verdict in a defamation case in Australia.
