My track record is I usually don’t discover something until 40 or 50 years after its heyday. So I’m doing better on La Femme Nikita, its only 20 years old. Why I’m not more culturally aware I have no idea. The premise of Nikita was that Section One of the ‘Center’ saw this convicted murderer as someone they could make into their ultimate assassin, given her beauty and physical skills. Wrongfully convicted of murdering the cop and of being a drug addict, she is forced to do their bidding or become “cancelled” herself.

The 96 episodes of the Canadian series ran from 1997 – 2001. Most of it filmed around Toronto, though the secret  agent was a globetrotter as I understand it. The only other series (which I didn’t watch either) that had the ‘cool’ factor this one did was Miami Vice. Part of the reason for this was they used mind control to flush her emotions so she’d be the cold blooded killer they needed. It only half works as she constantly struggled to retain her humanity against incredible odds.

Peta Wilson started out as a fashion model (big surprise), so she already has this air about her of the “yes I know I’m the most fabulous thing to ever walk the planet“. In her case it just happens to be true. One thing I’ve noticed having done several posts on beautiful women, the ones who were models rarely had a bad photo. The photographer may have had a bad idea or execution, but the model pretty much always did their part. At the end of the post I’m just going to throw down a bunch of photos of the Australian born goddess that I consider great. It was really hard to pick the lead one  for this post. So many captured the gist of her character.

So anyway, thanks to Central Iowa’s ME TV channel 8.2 for putting this show on at 11 pm. Its worth staying up for. If you like tall, leggy blondes that is.

What I consider the best ‘Nikita’ photo.