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Full Name:	Nia Vardalos
Birth Name:	Antonia Eugenia Vardalos
Famous As:	Actress, screenwriter, producer
Date of Birth:	September 24, 1962
Place of Birth:	Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
Height:	5' 6
Nationality:	Canadian

• I Hate Valentine's Day

  New York Times - Found 8 hours ago Genevieve (Nia Vardalos) and Greg (John Corbett), the conflicted lovebirds in the bottom-drawer romantic comedy ?I Hate Valentine?s Day,? may John Corbett On Refusing To Bare All On-Screen: My Mom Watches ... - Access Hollywood I Hate Valentine?s Day: Love Game with New Rules - Los Angeles Times Stills of movie I HATE VALENTINE?S DAY - Los Angeles Times 11% I Hate Valentine's Day - Rotten Tomatoes Explore All

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• Sorry, Nia Vardalos: We hate 'Valentine's Day,' too

  New York Daily News - Found Jul. 2, 2009 It can?t be easy to be Nia Vardalos right now. Movie Review | 'I Hate Valentine?s Day': The Game of Love, Played ... - New York Times So much to hate about 'Valentine's Day' - USA Today So much to hate about 'Valentine's Day' - USA Today John Corbett: 'I Won't Be Naked' For Any Role (Yesterday) - Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Explore All

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• Paula Abdul Will Drop In On Drop Dead Diva

  People - Found Jul. 1, 2009 ... a big roster of guest stars for the show, which premieres July 12, including Liza Minnelli, Nia Vardalos, Rosie O?Donnell, Tim Gunn, Sharon... Paula Abdul Will Drop In On Drop Dead Diva - People Paula Abdul Signs On To Play Judge On New Lifetime Show - Access Hollywood Minnelli, Burke and O'Donnell to Guest on "Drop Dead Divas" for ... - Playbill Paula Abdul Signs On To Play Judge On New Lifetime Show - NBC Connecticut Explore All

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• Nia Vardalos doesnt like the attention

  Boston Herald - Found Jun. 27, 2009 Nia Vardalos isn?t happy that her new slimmed-down shape is all that anyone?s interested in. ?It?s just weight.

• Your Weekly LAist Film Calendar

  LAist - Found Jun. 24, 2009 Breakout Greek writer/director/actress Nia Vardalos (go ahead, name another one) claims to hate Valentine's Day with her latest triple...

• 'I Hate Valentine's Day' Movie Review: Nia Vardalos can't resurrect ...

  New Jersey Online - Found Jul. 3, 2009 I Hate Valentine's Day (PG-13) IFC (89 min.) Directed by Nia Vardalos. With Vardalos, John Corbett. Now playing in New York.

• Pittsburgh Philanthropist John G. Rangos Sr. Wins National Gabby ...

  Reuters - Found Jun. 22, 2009 Other celebrities in attendance included Melina Kanakaredes (Providence and CSI:NY) and Nia Vardalos (My Big Fat Greek Wedding). Pittsburgh Philanthropist John G. Rangos Sr. Wins National Gabby ... - Globe Investor LA Greek Film Festival Presents: The World Premiere of I HATE ... - PR inside Greek Festival Celebrates 20th Year - KIMT.COM Greek culture celebrated at festival - Metronews Explore All

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• The Early Report for June 29, 2009: Part One

  FilmJerk.com - Found 10 hours ago Dan Finnerty, Judah Friedlander, Zoe Kazan, Nia Vardalos Director: Nia Vardalos Writer: Nia Vardalos, story by Nia Vardalos and Stephen David...

• New Releases: Film - Public Enemies plus two. /entertainment/

  Nerve.com - Found 21 hours ago This is, in fact, the second Nia Vardalos rom-com in as many months, following June?s now-you-see-it, now-you-don?t release of My Life in... Public Enemies, Michael Mann, 140 mins, (15) - The Independent Johnny Depp + Christian Bale = Public Enemies - Now Magazine Johnny Depp is back with Public Enemies - ITN 1934 film made her bait to nab Dillinger - Philadelphia Inquirer Explore All

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• PAULA ABDUL HEADED TO LIFETIME: 'Idol' j...

  EURweb - Found 20 hours ago ... a big roster of guest stars for the show, which premieres July 12, including Liza Minnelli, Nia Vardalos, Rosie Oâ??Donnell, Tim Gunn... Abdul to guest in 'Drop Dead Diva' - Digital Spy 'Drop Dead Diva' gets Paula Abdul to play ... a judge - Zap2it.com Abdul's Cameo In New Show - IMDB Explore All

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Nia Vardalos
Vardalos at the Connie and Carla premiere on the Universal City Walk, Los Angeles, April 2004
Born	Antonia Eugenia Vardalos September 24, 1962 (1962-09-24) (age 46) Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
Years active	1996–present
Spouse(s)	Ian Gomez (1993–present)

Antonia Eugenia "Nia" Vardalos (born September 24, 1962) is a Canadian-American actress, screenwriter and producer.

Contents 1 Biography 1.1 Personal life 1.2 Career 2 Filmography 2.1 Film 2.2 Television 3 References 4 External links

Biography

Personal life

Vardalos was born in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, the daughter of Greek Canadian parents Doreen, a bookkeeper and homemaker, and Constantine "Gus" Vardalos, a land developer.¹²³⁴ She attended Shaftesbury High School and Ryerson University.⁵ Vardalos married actor Ian Gomez on September 5, 1993 (her husband converted to the Greek Orthodox religion prior to marrying her). They have recently adopted a daughter, and she has written a post with advice about the adoption process at The Huffington Post.⁶ She became a dual citizen of the U.S. in 1999.

Career

Vardalos had done many different works but gained almost overnight success with her movie My Big Fat Greek Wedding. The success of the movie led to an unsuccessful television series on CBS, called My Big Fat Greek Life. Except for John Corbett, this series featured the original movie cast. In 2004 she followed it up with Connie and Carla, which co-starred Toni Collette. Vardalos and her husband have appeared together in both of those films, as well as Meet Prince Charming (1999). Vardalos also guest starred on The Drew Carey Show in 1997, where Gomez was a frequent guest star. Her next work was the movie My Life in Ruins, which arrived in theaters in 2009.

Vardalos is among many celebrities helping to produce The 1 Second Film art project.

Vardalos was featured in The Dialogue interview series. In this 90 minute interview with producer Mike DeLuca, Vardalos talks about how her experiences in the Second City comedy troupe helped her as an actress and a screenwriter, and how the unofficial "tell-the-Greek" word-of-mouth program had a hand in catapulting her movie to such great heights.

Filmography

Film

Year	Film	Role	Notes
1996	No Experience Necessary	Sheila
1997	Men Seeking Women	Iris
1999	Meet Prince Charming	Jennifer
2002	My Big Fat Greek Wedding	Toula Portokalos	also writer American Screenwriters Award - Discover Screenwriting award Nominated - Academy Award for Best Writing, Original Screenplay Nominated - Golden Globe Award for Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Musical of Comedy Nominated - Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by the Cast of a Theatrical Motion Picture
2004	Connie and Carla	Connie	also writer
2008	A Wilderness of Monkeys
2009	My Life In Ruins	Georgia	writer
	I Hate Valentine's Day7	Genevieve	writer and director
	The 1 Second Film	herself

Television

Year	Show	Role	Notes
1996	High Incident	uncredited	1 episode - "Father Knows Best"
	Common Law	uncredited	1 episode - "In the Matter of, Acceptance"
1997	Men Seeking Women	Iris
	The Drew Carey Show	Grace Almada	1 episode - "Strange Bedfellows"
1997 - 1998	Team Knight Rider	Domino (voice)	appeared in 22 episodes
1998 - 1999	Boy Meets World	uncredited	2 episodes - "You're Married, You're Dead" (1998) and "Can I Help to Cheer You" (1999)
1999	It's Like, You Know...	Mindy	1 episode - "Memories of Me"
	Two Guys and a Girl	Evelyn	1 episode - "Career Day"
2000	Curb Your Enthusiasm	Larry's Lawyer	1 episode - "Interior Decorator"
2002	Saturday Night Live	Host
2003	My Big Fat Greek Life	Nia Portokalos	writer and executive producer 7 episodes
2008	My Boys	Jo	3 episodes - "Spit Take," "Take My Work Wife...Please," and "Dudes Being Dudes"

References

External links

• Nia Vardalos at the Internet Movie Database
• Nia Vardalos at TV.com
• Nia Vardalos at Yahoo! Movies
• Nia Vardalos's Executive Producer Profile on The 1 Second Film website
• Nia Vardalos on Twitter