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Sandra Bullock Sucker Punches Nia Vardalos in BO Championship, Female Lead ... - Movieline (blog)


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Sandra Bullock Sucker Punches Nia Vardalos in BO Championship, Female Lead ...
Movieline (blog)
Let's go back to 2002 for a minute, preferably with our guide, the real first $200 million woman Nia Vardalos. That year (2002-03, 52 weeks total to be ...
Sandra Bullock's 'The Blind Side' Breaks RecordsActress Archives
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Sandra Bullock Makes HistoryExaminer.com
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Posted on January 5, 2010, 4:36 pm

A birthday party with Meg Ryan, Helen Hunt and Adam Carolla - Las Vegas Sun


Las Vegas Sun

A birthday party with Meg Ryan, Helen Hunt and Adam Carolla
Las Vegas Sun
Guests included Ricki Lake, Camryn Manheim, Adam Carolla, Helen Hunt, Cheri Oteri and Nia Vardalos. The party was in a private VIP luxury box complete with ...
PHOTOS: Meg Ryan and Adam Carolla Hit Vegas For Surprise Birthday BashRadar Online

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Posted on January 25, 2010, 3:24 pm

Nia Vardalos, Not Sandra Bullock Is First Woman Leading a Movie to Earn Over ... - PeopleMagazineDaily.com


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Nia Vardalos, Not Sandra Bullock Is First Woman Leading a Movie to Earn Over ...
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Nia Vardalos was the first with My Big Fat Greek Wedding. However, it seems since Nia was not famous before the movie, she has been overlooked by many ...
Sandra Bullock makes historyABS CBN News

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Posted on January 6, 2010, 9:31 pm

How Did the Star of My Big Fat Greek Wedding Miss the Boat with My Life in Ruins? - Gather.com


How Did the Star of My Big Fat Greek Wedding Miss the Boat with My Life in Ruins?
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Last night I cued up the newest Nia Vardalos movie, My Life in Ruins, and settled in expecting to be thoroughly entertained. I didn't jump right on the My ...

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Posted on January 24, 2010, 5:16 pm

TV best bets: Sun., Jan. 24 - NorthJersey.com


TV best bets: Sun., Jan. 24
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MY BIG FAT GREEK WEDDING ? Nia Vardalos plays a Greek woman who risks her tradition-bound family's wrath when she falls for, then plans to wed, ...

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Posted on January 24, 2010, 2:18 am

Sunday's TV highlights: 'Masterpiece Classic' offers a new adaptation of 'Emma' - Los Angeles Times


Sunday's TV highlights: 'Masterpiece Classic' offers a new adaptation of 'Emma'
Los Angeles Times
My Big Fat Greek Wedding: A Greek woman (Nia Vardalos) risks her tradition-bound family's wrath when she falls for, then plans to wed, a decidedly non-Greek ...

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Posted on January 24, 2010, 1:02 am

2009: Worst films of the year - The Star-Ledger - NJ.com


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2009: Worst films of the year
The Star-Ledger - NJ.com
WORST NIA VARDALOS MOVIE: Who knew? Once she came out of nowhere with a surprise hit; now she's her own bad-film category. But that big fat Greek anomaly ...

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Posted on December 31, 2009, 2:39 pm

Golden Globes wrap-up - Bay Windows


Golden Globes wrap-up
Bay Windows
Maria Menounos was huddled in a corner with Seth MacFarlane, while Nia Vardalos was solo (hubby Ian Gomez was home babysitting). ...

Posted on January 26, 2010, 10:33 am

Sleep Challenge 2010: How Sleep is Like Steroids . . . Without the 'Roid Rage' - Chicago Tribune


Sleep Challenge 2010: How Sleep is Like Steroids . . . Without the 'Roid Rage'
Chicago Tribune
I also want to take a moment to welcome my wonderful compatriot and friend Nia Vardalos to the sleep challenge. In her recent piece for the Huffington Post, ...

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Posted on January 16, 2010, 5:39 pm

The Hangover Becomes All-Time Best Selling Comedy DVD - Cinema Blend


Cinema Blend

The Hangover Becomes All-Time Best Selling Comedy DVD
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Considering that I've never actually met anyone who owns that film, I am forced to come to one conclusion: Nia Vardalos owns every single copy and watches ...

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Posted on January 7, 2010, 2:48 pm

Nia Vardalos Biography

Nia Vardalos
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Nia Vardalos

Vardalos at the Connie and Carla premiere on the Universal City Walk, Los Angeles, April 2004
Born Antonia Eugenia Vardalos
September 24, 1962 (1962-09-24) (age 47)
Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
Years active 1996–present
Spouse(s) Ian Gomez (1993–present)

Antonia Eugenia "Nia" Vardalos (born September 24, 1962) is a Greek-Canadian-American actress, screenwriter, director, and producer.

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Biography

Personal life

Vardalos was born in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. She is the daughter of Greek Canadian parents Doreen, a bookkeeper and homemaker, and Constantine "Gus" Vardalos, a land developer.1234 She attended Shaftesbury High School and Ryerson University.5 Vardalos married actor Ian Gomez on September 5, 1993 (her husband converted to the Greek Orthodox religion prior to marrying her). They have recently adopted a daughter, and she has written a post with advice about the adoption process at The Huffington Post.6 She became a dual citizen of 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 television 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 both of those films, as well as Meet Prince Charming (1999). Vardalos also guest starred on The Drew Carey Show in 1997, where her husband was a frequent guest star. Her next work was the movie My Life in Ruins, which arrived in theaters in 2009.

Vardalos is among many celebrities helping to produce The 1 Second Film art project.

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.

Filmography

Film

Year Film Role Notes
1996 No Experience Necessary Sheila
1997 Men Seeking Women Iris
1999 Meet Prince Charming Jennifer
2002 My Big Fat Greek Wedding Toula Portokalos
2004 Connie and Carla Connie
  • also writer
2009 My Life in Ruins Georgia
  • additions to original script
I Hate Valentine's Day7 Genevieve
  • also writer and director
2010 A Wilderness of Monkeys8
2012 Talk of the Town9

Television

Year Show Role Notes
1996 High Incident uncredited
  • 1 episode - "Father Knows Best"
Common Law uncredited
  • 1 episode - "In the Matter of, Acceptance"
1997 Men Seeking Women Iris
The Drew Carey Show Grace Almada
  • 1 episode - "Strange Bedfellows"
1997 - 1998 Team Knight Rider Domino (voice)
  • appeared in 22 episodes
1998 - 1999 Boy Meets World uncredited
  • 2 episodes - "You're Married, You're Dead" (1998) and "Can I Help to Cheer You" (1999)
1999 It's Like, You Know... Mindy
  • 1 episode - "Memories of Me"
Two Guys and a Girl Evelyn
  • 1 episode - "Career Day"
2000 Curb Your Enthusiasm Larry's Lawyer
  • 1 episode - "Interior Decorator"
2002 Saturday Night Live Host
2003 My Big Fat Greek Life Nia Portokalos
  • writer and executive producer
  • 7 episodes
2008 My Boys Jo
  • 3 episodes - "Spit Take," "Take My Work Wife...Please," and "Dudes Being Dudes"
2009 Drop Dead Diva Lisa Shane
  • 1 episode

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