Gia Carides (born June 7, 1964 in Sydney, Australia) is a Greek-Australianactress. June 7 is the 158th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (159th in leap years), with 207 days remaining. ... 1964 (MCMLXIV) was a leap year starting on Wednesday (the link is to a full 1964 calendar). ... The Sydney Opera House is one of the most iconic landmarks in the world, and since its opening it has become an international symbol of Sydney Sydney (pronounced ) is the state capital of New South Wales, located on the east coast of Australia. ... Greek Australian is seventh largest ethnic group in Australia, numbering 375,703 or 1. ... Actors in period costume sharing a joke whilst waiting between takes during location filming. ...
She speaks Greek fluently.
She has been acting since age 12.
She has won awards for her films, Strictly Ballroom and Brilliant Lies from the Australian Film Institute. She is best known for her roles as Robin Spitz Swallows in Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me and Cousin Nikki in My Big Fat Greek Wedding and the television show, My Big Fat Greek Life. Strictly Ballroom is the name of a 1986 play and its 1992 film adaptation. ... The Australian Film Institute (AFI) was established in 1958. ... Austin Powers: the Spy Who Shagged Me is the second film in the Austin Powers series started with Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery and continued in Austin Powers in Goldmember. ... My Big Fat Greek Wedding is a 2002 romantic comedy film written by Nia Vardalos and directed by Joel Zwick. ... // My Big Fat Greek Life Nia Portokalos is a newly-married modern woman caught in an old-fashioned world. ...
Carides works in both America and Australia.
Family
Gia's parents are an English mother and a Greek father. She is married to actor Anthony LaPaglia and they are the parents of daughter Bridget(born 2003). She is sister to Zoe Carides, also an actress and sister-in-law to former doctor now actor Jonathan LaPaglia (from New York Undercover). Anthony LaPaglia (born January 31, 1959) is an Australian actor, best known for his role as FBI agent Jack Malone on the American TV series Without a Trace, a role which won him a Golden Globe Award. ... Zoe Carides is an Australian film and television actress. ... Jonathan LaPaglia (born 31 August 1969) is best known for his role as Frank Parker in the television series Seven Days. ... New York Undercover was a one-hour urban police drama, which ran on the FOX network from 1994 to 1998. ...
GiaCarides was looking tanned and chirpy despite being a little over three months pregnant.
Gia is expected to give birth "early in the new year" but she doesn't know, or want to know, the sex of the child.
It has been quite a time for Gia, whose father passed away last Christmas, but says that she is gratified "to have found someone like Anthony" in her life.
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