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The Australian actor Rebel Wilson became an international star with a breakthrough part in the 2011 Hollywood comedy Bridesmaids, opposite Kristen Wiig and Melissa McCarthy. She followed this up playing Fat Amy in the highly successful Pitch Perfect trilogy, which documents the fortunes of a female college acapella group.

Rebel was born in Balmain, a suburb of Sydney. Her parents bred and showed dogs, in particular beagles, and her first brush with showbusiness came when she visited television studios to watch the dogs perform in popular shows. The dogs were so successful they even had their own agents.

She studied for a combined arts and law degree and then joined the Australian Theatre for Young People. At the age of 29 she sold everything she had and left Sydney to try her luck in Hollywood where she slept on a friend\u2019s sofa for the first few months. She gave herself a year to make it and Bridesmaids came at just the right time \u2013 she never looked back.

Rebel recently made her debut as a director with the Deb, a musical set in Australia.

DISC ONE: Just the Way You Are - Bruno Mars\nDISC TWO: Greatest Love of All - Whitney Houston \nDISC THREE: Always Look on the Bright Side of Life - Monty Python \nDISC FOUR: I Missed the Bus - Kris Kross \nDISC FIVE: We Belong - Pat Benatar\nDISC SIX: Let Me Entertain You - Robbie Williams \nDISC SEVEN: Can You Feel the Love Tonight? - Elton John \nDISC EIGHT: Here Comes The Sun - The Beatles

BOOK CHOICE: Charlie and the Chocolate Factory by Roald Dahl\nLUXURY ITEM: A bath tub and bath salts \nCASTAWAY'S FAVOURITE: Always Look on the Bright Side of Life - Monty Python

Presenter Lauren Laverne\nProducer Paula McGinley