Nia Vardalos

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Antonia Eugenia Vardalos, known as Nia Vardalos is a Greek-Canadian actress, screenwriter and film producer. She started her first television appearances in the series “Missing Persons” in 1994 where she plays a barwoman. He also appeared in small roles in other series such as   “The Drew Carey Show” and “Two Guys and a Girl”. […]

Nia Vardalos

Actor - Screenwriter

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Antonia Eugenia Vardalos, known as Nia Vardalos is a Greek-Canadian actress, screenwriter and film producer. She started her first television appearances in the series “Missing Persons” in 1994 where she plays a barwoman. He also appeared in small roles in other series such as   “The Drew Carey Show” and “Two Guys and a Girl”. In 1997, Nia Vardalos starred for six weeks in the play “Wedding in Greek” at the Hudson Backstage Theater in Los Angeles. There she played Toula, a 30-year-old single woman who is pressured by her family of Greek origin to marry. Rita Wilson and Tom Hanks were excited about the play and decided to help it get fleshed out on the big screen and so in February 2002, “Wedding in Greek” was played in cinemas with Nia Vardalos again starring in film. The film belongs to the   “sleeper hit” category as it managed to be on the list of highest grossing independent films of all time. It won 20 awards while it has a total of 29 nominations with one of them being nominated for Best and Original Screenplay at the Academy Awards.

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    Antonia Eugenia Vardalos, known as Nia Vardalos is a Greek-Canadian actress, screenwriter and film producer. She started her first television appearances in the series “Missing Persons” in 1994 where she plays a barwoman. He also appeared in small roles in other series such as   “The Drew Carey Show” and “Two Guys and a Girl”. […]