Katia Dandoulaki

Katia Dandoulaki
Born
Ekaterini Dandoulaki

(1948-05-16) May 16, 1948 (age 76)
Thessaloniki, Kingdom of Greece
Alma materLondon School of Dramatic Art
SpouseMarios Ploritis (1996–2006) (his death)

Ekaterini "Katia" Dandoulaki (Greek: Κάτια Δανδουλάκη; born May 16, 1948) is a Greek theatre, television and film actress. She is best known for her role as protagonist Virna Drakou on the Greek television series Lampsi in the 1990s. Katia also starred in the series I Zoi tis Allis, which surpassed 70% of the ratings and in Vals me 12 Theous in 2012 with at least 60% ratings on the Ant1 network. It was the 2012 record for the network.

Biography

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She was the spouse of the Greek intellectual, translator, writer Marios Ploritis, who translated many of her plays, until his death in 2006.

Dandoulaki studied English at Boston University for one year (1968) and speaks English fluently.

Career

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Katia Dandoulaki starred in many popular Greek films, like Papaflessas (1971) with Dimitris Papamichael. She played the role of Marmo Panteou, a young wife, in the classic TV series Oi Pantheoi (1977), based on a classic novel by Tassos Athanassiadis. During the 1990s she starred as Virna Drakou in the popular Greek soap opera of Nikos Foskolos Lampsi.

She also played Maria Callas in Terrence McNally's Master Class, and Blanche in A Streetcar Named Desire. She was one of the lead stars in the TV series Istera irthan oi melisses (2000), directed by Yiannis Koutsomitis. It was one of the few successes that ET1, the state TV channel, had during that period. During the 2001-2002 season she played Emma in the classic Pinter play Betrayal. It was a big success, and directed by Stamatis Fasoulis. Her co-stars were S. Zalmas and K. Konstantopoulos.

Subsequently, she worked on Vera sto Dexi, as a main character, until 2007.

After Vera sto Dexi, a TV series from MEGA CHANNEL, she worked on the TV series I Zoi Tis Allis as main character airing at the same channel.

In 2019, she started acting in Agries Melisses a dramatic TV series from ANTENNA CHANNEL.

Katia Dandoulaki Theatre

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Katia Dandoulaki has a theatre named after her in Athens. The modern theatre of Katia Dandoulaki resulted from the remodelling of the third floor of a commercial complex of entertainment halls built in the 1960s. In particular, the 1000 m2 area of the Superstar Theatre was completely remodelled. It is a work by architect Katerina Thanou.

The theatre proper has 500 stalls on an inclined level and a stage 200 m2 with a revolving section which offered the possibility of multiple uses. The foyer, with an area of 250 m2, is on two levels and includes a bar, bookshop, lounge and a small exhibition area in the loft.

Theatrical filmography

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1966–1979

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1979–1985

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1995–present

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National Theatre of Greece Productions

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Television and film work

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  • "Agries Melisses" (2019–2021) TV series as Aneta "Anet" Sevastou
  • "4xxx4" (2016–2017) TV series as Parthenia Ralli
  • "Orkos Siopis" (2014-2015) TV series as Alexandra Aslani
  • "To Spiti tis Emmas" (2013–2014) TV series as Ioulia Paxinou
  • "Dancing With The Stars (2012–2015) - Judge
  • "Vals me Dodeka Theous" (2012–2014) TV series
  • "I Zoi tis Allis" (2009–2012) TV series as Katia Kallifatidi
  • "Vera Sto Dexi" (2004–2007) TV series as Claire
  • "Leni" (2003) TV series as Eleni
  • "Istera irthan oi melisses" (2000) TV series as Despina
  • "Lampsi, I" (1991–1998) TV series as Virna Drakou
  • Sweet Country (1987) as Sister Mathilde
  • "A.D." (1985) (mini) TV series as Octavia
  • Greek Language and People (1983) BBC Greek learning series as herself
  • Tragoudi tis epistrofis, To (1983)
  • "Athlioi ton Athinon, Oi" (1980) TV series as Mariora
  • "Pantheoi, Oi" (1977) TV series as Marmo Pantheou
  • 1000 hronia prin (1977) (TV)
  • Agnostos stratiotis (1976) as Myrto
  • Sta dyktia tou tromou (1975)
  • Daimonismeni, I (1975) as Eleni Stavrianou
  • Gios mou, o Stefanos, O (1975) as Hristina
  • "O Hristos xanastavronetai " (1975) TV series as Maryori
  • "O Asterismos ton likon " (1974) TV series
  • "Alithines istories" (1974) TV series
  • Epikindini nychta (1974)
  • Lesviakos Avgoustos (1974) as Angeliki
  • Okei, file (1974)
  • Sfalma (1974)
  • Polemistai tis eirinis (1973)
  • Sta diktia tis arahnis (1973)
  • Boom, tara!!! Ta tzoum!!! (1972) as Lefkippi
  • Ippokratis kai dimokratia (1972)
  • Os tin teleftaia stygmi (1972)
  • Souliotes (1972)
  • Olokaftoma, To (1971)
  • Megali stigmi tou '21: Papaflessas, I (1971)

References

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