Angeliki Papoulia
Angeliki Papoulia was born in Athens, Greece. She graduated from Athens University (Theatre Studies) and the "Empros" Theatre Drama School in 2000. She speaks English and French. She has starred in the following films: Matchbox (Kiki) Dir. Yiannis Economides 2002. Dogtooth (Older daughter) Dir. Yorgos Lanthimos which won the "Prix Un Certain Regard" at the 2009 Cannes Film Festival and was nominated for an Academy Award (Best Foreign Language Film) at the 83rd Academy Awards in 2011. Alps (Nurse) Dir. Yorgos Lanthimos which won the Osella for Best Screenplay at the 68th Venice International Film Festival in 2011. A Blast (Maria) Dir. Syllas Tzoumerkas which had its premiere in Locarno Film Festival in 2014. The Lobster (Heartless Woman) Dir. Yorgos Lanthimos which won The Jury Prize at the 2015 Cannes Film Festival and was nominated for Best Original Screenplay at the 89th Academy Awards. The miracle of the Sargasso Sea (Elisabeth) Dir. Syllas Tzoumerkas which had its premiere at the Berlinale 2019 Film Festival. Amulet (woman) Dir. Romola Garai will have its premiere at Sundance Film Festival 2020. Green Sea (Anna) Dir. Angeliki Antoniou 2018. For her role in Dogtooth, she was awarded with Heart of Sarajevo for Best Actress at the Sarajevo Film Festival 2009. In 2004, she co-founded the blitz theatre group (www.theblitz.gr). She has written, directed and acted in all the group's performances until the most recent in 2017. The group has presented its performances in various important Festivals and Theatres in France (Festival d'Avignon, Theatre de la Ville, La Comedie de Reims), The Netherlands, Germany (Schaubuhne Theatre, Thalia Theatre), Italy, Belgium, Poland, Austria, Norway, Greece (Athens and Epidaurus Festival, Onassis Cultural Center), Turkey, Lebanon. Lately she has co-directed theatre performances at Luzerner Theater in Luzern / Switzerland with Christos Passalis. She has also appeared in performances directed by Michael Marmarinos, Lefteris Vogiatzis, as well as Greek National Theatre productions directed by Yorgos Houvardas and Yorgos Lanthimos.
The Lobster
as Heartless WomanIn a dystopian near future, single people, according to the laws of The City, are taken to The...
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Dogtooth
as Older DaughterThree teenagers are confined to an isolated country estate that could very well be on another...
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Amulet
as MiriamTomaz, an ex-soldier now homeless in London, is offered a place to stay at a decaying house,...
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Cryptozoo
as Phoebe (voice)Cryptozookeepers try to capture a Baku, a dream-eating hybrid creature of legend, and start...
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Alps
as NurseA nurse, a paramedic, a gymnast and her coach offer a service for hire wherein they stand in for...
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Cavewoman
as CavewomanDuring the Nazi invasion of Greece, a female resistance fighter embarks on a revenge operation...
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A Blast
as MariaRunning away on the highway, Maria is alone in her roaring SUV. Behind her, fire and a case full...
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Arcadia
as KaterinaNeurologist Katerina and former doctor Yannis are heading off to a deserted seaside resort....
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Shooting Blanks
as ChristinaAll Vida wants is a baby. Instead, she is trying not to lose her mind as she juggles the men in...
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Pity
as Woman at HospitalThe story of a man who feels happy only when he is unhappy: addicted to sadness, with such need...
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To a Land Unknown
as TatianaChatila and Reda are saving to pay for fake passports to get out of Athens. But when Reda loses...
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The Miracle of the Sargasso Sea
as ElisabethElizabeth, a sexually yielding policewoman, is miserable in the narrow-minded town in which...
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The Strangers' Case
as HelenaOver four centuries ago, William Shakespeare collaborated with others on a play about the...
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Green Sea
as AnnaAnna has lost her memory but she hasn’t forgotten how to cook. One night she shows up in a...
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Well Kept Secrets: Athanasia
as GeorgiaA young American woman returns to her Greek roots in search of her real father. Accompanied by...
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Matchbox
as KikiDimitris, a grumpy middle-aged man, is having a hard time with his business partner on a...
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Sleepy Lights
as uncreditedIn a small town, Nontas has a radio show and through it he affects the lives of the residents.
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Patchwork
as CharaChara’s family is everything to her, and yet she sometimes ponders a life without them. When she...
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Human Flowers of Flesh
as IdaIda lives on a sailing yacht with a crew of five men. While on shore leave in Marseilles, she...
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Silence 6–9
as uncreditedAris and Anna meet one evening in a half-abandoned town surrounded by antennas. In this strange,...
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The City and the City
as SarinaSix chapters describe the lives and perils of Thessaloniki’s Jewish community which was almost...
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Alexandria
as uncreditedNina, daughter of a Greek woman who left Egypt in 1956, goes for the first time to Alexandria,...
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My Mother Is a Saint
as uncredited"My name is Simeon the Madman. From now on, I will only speak my true language. I will go back...
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A Little Love Package
as uncreditedVienna, 2019 – the end of an era. The smoking ban in public places means that a part of...
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A Manifesto for the Un-communal
as uncreditedA documentary, a video-diary and a propaganda piece for the “lawless, those without hearth, nor...
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Voices in Deep
as GloriaFollowing a tragedy at sea, the lives of two orphaned refugees and an Australian aid worker are...
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