Nia Vardalos

Antonia Eugenia Nia Vardalos is a Canadianborn American actress, screenwriter, director, and producer of Greek descent. Her most notable work is the 2002 Academy Awardnominated film My Big Fat Greek Wedding, which was based on a onewoman stage play she dramatized and in which she starred.

Vardalos was born in Winnipeg, Manitoba on September 24, 1962. She is the daughter of Greek Canadian parents Doreen, a bookkeeper and homemaker, and Constantine Gus Vardalos, a land developer. She attended St. George School and Shaftesbury High School in Winnipeg and Ryerson University in Toronto. She married American actor Ian Gomez on September 5, 1993. Gomez converted to Greek Orthodoxy prior to marrying her. In 2008, they adopted a daughter named Ilaria. She posted an advice column about the adoption process at The Huffington Post. She became a U.S. citizen in 1999.

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