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Antonia Eugenia Vardalos, better known as Nia Vardalos (born September 24, 1962 in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada), is a Canadian actress, screenwriter and producer. She had done many different works but gained almost overnight success with her movie My Big Fat Greek Wedding, which was made into an unsuccessful CBS series, starring almost all of the original cast, except John Corbett, which was called My Big Fat Greek Life. September 24 is the 267th day of the year (268th in leap years). ... 1962 was a common year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). ... {{Canadian City/Disable Field={{{Disable Motto Link}}}}} Motto: Unum Cum Virtute Multorum (One With the Strength of Many) City of Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada location. ... Actors in period costume sharing a joke whilst waiting between takes during location filming. ... Screenwriters, scenarists or script writers, are authors who write the screenplays from which movies are made. ... In the entertainment industry, a producer is generally in charge of, or helps to coordinate, the financial, legal, administrative, technological, and artistic aspects of a production. ... Film refers to the celluloid media on which movies are printed Film is a term that encompasses motion pictures as individual projects, as well as the field in general. ... My Big Fat Greek Wedding is a 2002 romantic comedy film written by Nia Vardalos and directed by Joel Zwick. ... CBS (Columbia Broadcasting System) is a major radio and television network in the United States. ... John Corbett (May 9, 1961 in Wheeling, West Virginia) is an American actor who has starred in two succesful the television series to date: Northern Exposure from 1990 to 1995 and Sex and the City. ...


Vardalos is married to actor Ian Gomez, who is of Jewish and Puerto Rican descent and who appeared in her hit film My Big Fat Greek Wedding, but they have no children. My Big Fat Greek Wedding is a 2002 romantic comedy film written by Nia Vardalos and directed by Joel Zwick. ...


As of 2004, her latest work is the movie Connie and Carla, which co-starred Toni Collette. 2004 is a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Connie and Carla is a 2004 film directed by Michael Lembeck. ... Toni Collette Antonia Collette (born November 1, 1972 in Sydney, New South Wales) is an Australian actress. ...


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Interview - Nia Vardalos for "Connie & Carla" (908 words)
Nia Vardalos is an actress who comes across with a genuine 'joi de vivre'.
Born Antonia Eugenia Vardalos in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada in September 1962, Vardalos' good-natured and eccentric family encouraged the talented youngster's creativity she began exhibiting when she was merely six years old.
Both Nia Vardalos and Gomez began appearing on numerous small-screen shows such as The Drew Carey Show, and it wasn't long before Nia Vardalos, inspired by her eccentric family and her colourful childhood, began to pen a stage play entitled My Big Fat Greek Wedding.
Nia Vardalos @ Filmbug (355 words)
Nia Vardalos is the actress-writer, who has adapted her popular one-woman theatrical show for the screen, was born and raised in Winnipeg.
Although Vardalos wanted to be in the ensemble, she took a job in the box office for the Toronto company in the late 1980s.
Currently, Vardalos is a recurring character on the critically acclaimed Curb Your Enthusiasm, a half-hour comedy for HBO from Seinfeld co-creator Larry David.
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