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Rita Wilson on "Sound of a Woman" and Her Music Career Second Act

Rita Wilson, a Hollywood actress, discusses her album "Sound of a Woman" and growing up a music lover in L.A. She shares advice from Nora Ephron and Bruce Springsteen that kickstarted her music career.

Variety Music·May 10, 2026·via Variety Music

Rita Wilson on "Sound of a Woman" and Her Music Career Second Act

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Rita Wilson on Her ‘Sound of a Woman’ Album, Growing Up a Music Lover in L.A. and the Advice From Nora Ephron and Bruce Springsteen That Kickstarted Her Second Act

By Chris Willman

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Chris Willman

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Rita Wilson is hardly the first Hollywood actress who’s complained of a dearth of interesting parts for women, or to have met that by realizing that she might have to proactively create challenging roles for herself. What sets her further apart is that she’s taken to creating these parts in song . And yes, as a producer of film and TV, too, but for the moment, her focus is on the work she’s creating as a singer-songwriter, with her sixth album just out. The title is, not at all incidentally, gender-specific: “Sound of a Woman.”