Nia Vardalos
Nia Vardalos
Antonia Eugenia "Nia" Vardalosis an American actress, screenwriter, director, and producer of Greek descent. Her most notable work is the 2002 Academy Award–nominated film My Big Fat Greek Wedding, which was based on a one-woman stage play she dramatized and in which she starred...
NationalityCanadian
ProfessionMovie Actress
Date of Birth24 September 1962
CityWinnipeg, Canada
CountryCanada
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Tom will play a man who is forced into a career change when he least expects it.
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I liked the title, and I wanted to explore the concept of this contrived holiday and what happens when romance is forced on us.
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I couldn't get an acting job to save my life when I moved to L.A.
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I've understood the desire for a sequel, because I hear it all the time from my family and everyone I run into at a Starbucks.
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I have this theory of life that there are four popular people in high school and then there are the rest of us. I write movies for the rest of us who never peaked in high school. For the people that did peak in high school and then realized later that it's all downhill, welcome to the movie as well.
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My New Year's Resolution List usually starts with the desire to lose between ten and three thousand pounds.
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You're never too fat for a new purse.
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You only get one life so you might as well make it a happy one, and that's why I tend to just jump into things. I'm sort of a fearless idiot that way.
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Let's face it: Russell Crowe is fat and no one ever talks about it.
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It's not like suddenly, when you become a working actor all your friends are in the same situation. I have friends who are still handing out flyers for their one-woman show and trying to make ends meet.
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I thought I was attractive when I shot 'My Big Fat Greek Wedding.' Studio executives and movie reviewers let me know I had a confidence in my looks that was not shared by them.
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Becoming a mother is the best thing that has ever happened to me, I am happy to once again be a part of National Adoption Day. We were matched with our daughter through the U.S. foster care system, and my goal is to share information about the more than 120,000 foster care children in this country who are waiting for a family.
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Time can turn a scab into a beauty mark.
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You're not ethnic enough. You're not fat enough. You're not thin enough. You're not blond enough. You're not dark enough. You're not young enough. You're not old enough.