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Nia Vardalos
BornSeptember 24 1962 (1962--) (age 45)
Winnipeg, Manitoba
Nia Vardalos (born September 24 1962) is a Golden Globe-nominated Canadian-American actress, Academy Award-nominated screenwriter and producer.

Biography

Personal life

Vardalos, who is of Greek descent, was born Antonia Eugenia Vardalos in Winnipeg, Manitoba, to Greek Canadian parents Doreen, a bookkeeper and homemaker, and Gus Vardalos, who worked in business.[1][2] She attended Ryerson University.[3] Vardalos married actor Ian Gomez on September 5, 1993 (her husband converted to the Greek Orthodox religion prior to marrying her).[4][5] She became a dual citizen (with 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 T.V. 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 the films Meet Prince Charming (1999), My Big Fat Greek Wedding (2002), and Connie and Carla (2004). Vardalos also guest starred on The Drew Carey Show in 1997, where Gomez was a frequent guest star.

As of 2007, her next work is the movie A Wilderness of Monkeys, followed by My Life In Ruins, which will arrive in theaters in 2008.

Filmography

Television

TV Appearance

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.

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September 24 is the 1st day of the year (2nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 0 days remaining.

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  • 622 - Prophet Muhammad completes his hegira from Mecca to Medina.

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Year 1962 (MCMLXII
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Golden Globe Award

The Golden Globe Award
Awarded for Best in film and television programs
Presented by Hollywood Foreign Press Association
Country  United States
First awarded 1944
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Canadian-American refers to a member of that group of people living in the United States who were born, raised, or (to a lesser extent) possess ancestral ties to Canada. The term is particularly apt when applied or self-applied to people with strong ties to Canada, such as those
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Academy Award

Awarded for Excellence in cinematic achievements
Presented by Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
Country United States
First awarded May 16, 1929 to honor achievements of 1927/1928
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A film producer creates the conditions for making movies. The producer initiates, coordinates, supervises and controls matters such as fundraising, hiring key personnel, and arranging for distributors.
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City of Winnipeg

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Capital Winnipeg
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Ryerson University is a public university located in downtown Toronto, Canada. It has 24,000 full-time students,[1] and offers undergraduate and graduate degree programs.

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Ian Gomez

Born November 27 1964 (1964--) (age 44)
New York City, New York, U.S.
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Greek Orthodox Church (Greek: Ἑλληνορθόδοξη Ἐκκλησία Hellēnorthódoxē Ekklēsía
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My Big Fat Greek Wedding is a 2002 romantic comedy film written by and starring Nia Vardalos and directed by Joel Zwick. It was the fifth highest grossing movie of 2002 in the USA, with USD$241,438,208.
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CBS Broadcasting, Inc. (CBS)

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My Big Fat Greek Life is a short-lived situation comedy series that ran on CBS in 2003. The series was based on the 2002 box-office hit movie My Big Fat Greek Wedding and was produced by HBO Television and Tom Hanks' Playtone Productions for Sony Pictures Television.
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John Corbett

John Corbett in 2007
Birth name John Joseph Corbett, Jr.
Born May 9 1962 (1962--) (age 45)
Wheeling, West Virginia


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Connie and Carla is a 2004 LGBT comedy film directed by Michael Lembeck and starring Nia Vardalos, Toni Collette and David Duchovny.

Tagline: When you follow your dream, there's no telling what you'll become.
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Toni Collette

Birth name Antonia Collette
Born November 1 1972 (1972--) (age 35)
Blacktown, New South Wales, Australia

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My Big Fat Greek Wedding is a 2002 romantic comedy film written by and starring Nia Vardalos and directed by Joel Zwick. It was the fifth highest grossing movie of 2002 in the USA, with USD$241,438,208.
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IMDb profile
Connie and Carla is a 2004 LGBT comedy film directed by Michael Lembeck and starring Nia Vardalos, Toni Collette and David Duchovny.

Tagline: When you follow your dream, there's no telling what you'll become.
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The Drew Carey Show is a long-running American sitcom (set in Cleveland, Ohio) that aired on ABC from 1995 to 2004 and was known for its "everyman" characters and themes.
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A Wilderness of Monkeys is a upcoming comedy-drama that is scheduled to hit theaters in 2008. The film, which has been in development since 2005, is based on Laura Zigman's novel Piece of Work and is directed by Tom Hanks for Universal Pictures.
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