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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 |
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NBC - Found Nov. 18, 2009
Nov. 18: TODAY s Hoda Kotb and Kathie Lee Gifford talk to actress Nia Vardalos about her personal experiences with adoption and her role as the
TVgasm Blog - Found Nov. 11, 2009
Ohmigod, ohmigod, ohmigod! She's like the Nia Vardalos of the 90s! And Peggy Hill? God, I love Peggy Hill. And I love Kathy Najimy.
ShoppingBlog.com - Found Nov. 8, 2009
Julianne Hough donned a cat suit for Halloween. NIa Vardalos was dressed as a cat. Soleil Moon Frye dressed up as Minnie Mouse.
Daily Record - Found Nov. 10, 2009
ACTRESS Nia Vardalos is a shadow of the woman she was - seven years after making her name as the plump star of smash-hit comedy My Big Fat Greek
Glamour Magazine - Found Oct. 15, 2009
After a medical wake-up call, Nia Vardalos lost 40 pounds.
Gazette Live - Found Oct. 2, 2009
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KOTA Territory News - Found Sep. 23, 2009
23 /PRNewswire/ -- The National Adoption Day Coalition is pleased to announce Nia Vardalos as its 2009 National Adoption Day spokesperson.
Birmingham Business Journal - Found Sep. 23, 2009
23 /PRNewswire/ -- The National Adoption Day Coalition is pleased to announce Nia Vardalos as its 2009 National Adoption Day spokesperson.
Orlando Business Journal - Found Sep. 23, 2009
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Biz Journals - Found Sep. 23, 2009
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Nia Vardalos
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 Vardalos at the Connie and Carla premiere on the Universal City Walk, Los Angeles, April 2004 |
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| Born | Antonia Eugenia Vardalos September 24, 1962 Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada |
| Years active | 1996–present |
| Spouse(s) | Ian Gomez (1993–present) |
Antonia Eugenia "Nia" Vardalos (born September 24, 1962) is a Greek-Canadian-American actress, screenwriter, director and producer.
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Biography
Personal life
Vardalos was born in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. She is 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 |
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| 1996 | No Experience Necessary | Sheila | |
| 1997 | Men Seeking Women | Iris | |
| 1999 | Meet Prince Charming | Jennifer | |
| 2002 | My Big Fat Greek Wedding | Toula Portokalos |
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| 2004 | Connie and Carla | Connie |
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| 2009 | My Life in Ruins | Georgia |
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| I Hate Valentine's Day7 | Genevieve also writer and director | ||
| 2010 | A Wilderness of Monkeys8 | ||
| 2012 | Talk of the Town9 |
Television
| Year | Show | Role | Notes |
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| 1996 | High Incident | uncredited |
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| Common Law | uncredited |
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| 1997 | Men Seeking Women | Iris | |
| The Drew Carey Show | Grace Almada |
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| 1997 - 1998 | Team Knight Rider | Domino (voice) |
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| 1998 - 1999 | Boy Meets World | uncredited |
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| 1999 | It's Like, You Know... | Mindy |
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| Two Guys and a Girl | Evelyn |
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| 2000 | Curb Your Enthusiasm | Larry's Lawyer |
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| 2002 | Saturday Night Live | Host | |
| 2003 | My Big Fat Greek Life | Nia Portokalos |
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| 2008 | My Boys | Jo |
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| 2009 | Drop Dead Diva | Lisa Shane |
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References
- ^ Greek goddess: but it wasn't always that way. Once told she was too frumpy to be a star, Nia Vardalos proves them wrong. | Redbook (April , 2003)
- ^ Sending up the Greek in spirit - theage.com.au
- ^ Nia Vardalos Biography (1962-)
- ^ USATODAY.com - 'Greek Wedding' marches on, much to Hollywood's surprise
- ^ Nia Vardalos Biography - Yahoo! Movies
- ^ Nia Vardalos. "The List". The Huffington Post. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/nia-vardalos/the-list_b_161241.html. Retrieved 2009-01-28.
- ^ Nia Vardalos To Reunite With John Corbett In Another Romantic Comedy | AHN | August 9, 2008
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