Rita Wilson performs to Brisbane crowd as husband Tom Hanks looks on

Singer-songwriter Rita Wilson wowed a sold-out room in Brisbane on Thursday night as Hollywood heavyweight husband Tom Hanks looked on from the back of the room.

A SELL-OUT crowd welcomed singer-songwriter Rita Wilson to Brisbane last night, but the biggest fan in the room was the entertainer’s husband, Hollywood great Tom Hanks.

The couple’s son Truman Hanks was also in the audience, in the ballroom of the Emporium Hotel South Bank.

Experience an intimate evening with Rita Wilson at Emporium Hotel South Bank Picture: Peter Wallis

Wilson, 63, has been married to Hanks since 1988 in one of Tinseltown’s most enduring partnerships.

She delighted the audience with her soulful Southern California rock-meets-Nashville country style of music and emotional lyrics over a delicious three-course dinner.

Hanks, who hid at a table towards the back of the room, is currently on the Gold Coast, filming a Baz Luhrmann biopic on Elvis Presley.

Crew from the film joined him to support his wife.

This is Wilson’s first visit to Australia.

Tom Hanks and Rita Wilson at the Academy Awards in Hollywood last month. Picture: Amy Sussman/Getty Images

Last year, she was honoured with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame and released her fourth studio album, Halfway to Home, to rave reviews.

Wilson, a breast cancer survivor and mother of two, has acted in many films including Sleepless in Seattle, with Hanks (1993) and It’s Complicated (2009), and produced My Big Fat Greek Wedding (2002) and Mamma Mia! (2008), among others.

She met Hanks while working on the TV comedy Bosom Buddies in 1981.

Since arriving in Queensland late last month, Hanks has happily posed for photos with starstruck locals in restaurants and bars.

Originally published as Rita Wilson performs to Brisbane crowd as husband Tom Hanks looks on