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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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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It wasn't easy to adopt an American child. Actually it's quite simple, but finding out how to do it was the hard part.
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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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I would rather be called funny than pretty.
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When I used to do musical theatre, my dad refused to come backstage. He never wanted to see the props up close or the sets up close. He didn't want to see the magic.
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We live in an unsafe world.
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If the standard route for creating a family had worked for me, I wouldn't have met this child. I needed to know her. I needed to be her mother. She is, in every way my daughter.
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In many ways we are all sons and daughters of ancient Greece.
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Now that I'm experiencing motherhood, I'm ready to write the next chapter of my family story. Of course a few jaded folks in the press corps will claim I ran out of money or just want to kiss John Corbett again. One of these things is true.
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Sometimes if something scares me, I lean right into it . I’m not a brave person— I’m more of a fearless idiot.
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On November 15th, 2008, in over 300 cities, 4,000 children were adopted in one day.
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Socially, the issue of men's weight is simply not a big deal.
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On the publicity tour of 'My Big Fat Greek Wedding,' I was asked over and over again, if, as the writer, I felt it was a fair depiction of real life to have someone of my er, below average looks, hook up with hottie John Corbett.