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Antonia Eugenia Vardalos(Vardalos, Nia)
Born: 1962 AD
Currently alive, at 45 years of age.
Nationality: Canadian
Categories: Actresses, Entertainers, Producers
Currently alive, at 45 years of age.
Nationality: Canadian
Categories: Actresses, Entertainers, Producers
1962 - Antonia Eugenia Vardalos, born on the 24th of September in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. She is a Golden Globe-nominated actress, Academy Award-nominated screenwriter and producer.
1986 - She began her professional acting career at the Rainbow Stage, a local theater company that helped her land a scholarship to Toronto's Ryerson University.
1988 - She joined Toronto's Second City theater troupe, moving to Chicago's Second City stage shortly thereafter.
1993 - She married actor Ian Gomez in September.
1997 - After moving to Los Angeles to continue acting, she received bit parts on such sitcoms as The Drew Carey Show.
2002 - Began penning a stage play entitled My Big Fat Greek Wedding. The one-woman play drew the attention of actress Rita Wilson and husband Tom Hanks who agreed to turn it into a film. For a paltry $5 million, My Big Fat Greek Wedding debuted to become the sleeper hit of the year.
2003 - In February, CBS briefly ran a follow-up sitcom My Big Fat Greek Life, which featured much of the same cast.
2004 - She wrote and costarred in another film, Connie and Carla, about two women who go undercover as drag queens.
2007 - Her next work is the movie A Wilderness of Monkeys, followed by My Life In Ruins, which will arrive in theaters in next year.
1986 - She began her professional acting career at the Rainbow Stage, a local theater company that helped her land a scholarship to Toronto's Ryerson University.
1988 - She joined Toronto's Second City theater troupe, moving to Chicago's Second City stage shortly thereafter.
1993 - She married actor Ian Gomez in September.
1997 - After moving to Los Angeles to continue acting, she received bit parts on such sitcoms as The Drew Carey Show.
2002 - Began penning a stage play entitled My Big Fat Greek Wedding. The one-woman play drew the attention of actress Rita Wilson and husband Tom Hanks who agreed to turn it into a film. For a paltry $5 million, My Big Fat Greek Wedding debuted to become the sleeper hit of the year.
2003 - In February, CBS briefly ran a follow-up sitcom My Big Fat Greek Life, which featured much of the same cast.
2004 - She wrote and costarred in another film, Connie and Carla, about two women who go undercover as drag queens.
2007 - Her next work is the movie A Wilderness of Monkeys, followed by My Life In Ruins, which will arrive in theaters in next year.
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