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Teresa Petrillo-Belfort is a hairdresser and the first wife of stockbroker, Jordan Belfort. According to the backstory, both Teresa and Jordan were born in New York City. Their relationship seemed to be one of an "all-American checklist"; their relationship began at a public high school, where...
- Belfort's wives' names were changed for the film. Although their real-life counterparts are obvious, the names of Jordan Belfort's ex-wives were changed in the film, giving the filmmaker creative license with the characters.
- The original crew Belfort recruited from friends are composite characters. Although Belfort recruited the original crew for his Long Island brokerage firm from a group of friends; Alden "Sea Otter" Kupferberg (Henry Zebrowski), Robbie "Pinhead" Feinberg (Brian Sacca), Chester Ming (Kenneth Choi), and Nicky "Rugrat" Koskoff (PJ Byrne) are composite characters with fictitious names.
- Donnie Azoff doesn't exist, his real-life counterpart is Danny Porush. Jonah Hill's character Donnie Azoff in "The Wolf of Wall Street" doesn't exist. He is a composite character created to avoid defaming anyone while making the film.
- Danny Porush's wife introduced Jordan Belfort to her husband. In "The Wolf of Wall Street," Donnie Azoff (Danny Porush's fictional counterpart) approaches Belfort at a restaurant about what he does for a living, after seeing Belfort's Jaguar in the parking lot.
Milioti portrayed Jordan Belfort's first wife, Teresa Petrillo, in the 2013 Martin Scorsese film The Wolf of Wall Street. [17] In February 2014, she was cast as Zelda, the female lead on NBC's comedy A to Z which premiered that October and aired for one season of 13 episodes. [18]
Jul 17, 2024 · Denise Lombardo, Jordan Belfort’s First Wife. Unlike Belfort and Macaluso, the real Wolf of Wall Street’s first wife, Denise Lombardo, has largely avoided the public eye. Once again, Lombardo’s name is never mentioned in the Martin Scorsese film, but she is represented by the character Teresa Petrillo, played by Cristin Milioti.
- Austin Harvey
May 30, 2024 · The first wife of infamous Wall Street broker Jordan Belfort, Denise Lombardo disappeared from the spotlight after their divorce in 1991. In the movie "The Wolf of Wall Street," Cristin Milioti plays Teresa Petrillo, a character based on Jordan Belfort's real first wife Denise Lombardo.
- Austin Harvey
Dec 10, 2020 · Apparently, people recognize her more as The Mother than for her role as Jordan Belfort's first wife, Teresa Petrillo. It appears fans are more familiar with Beflrot's second wife in the movie, who was played by Margot Robbie.
Dec 31, 2013 · Belfort divorced Denise Lombardo, called Teresa in the movie, after meeting Nadine Caridi at a Stratton Oakmont party. Caridi, called Naomi and played by Margot Robbie, was a model who had ...
