Nia Vardalos

Birthday: 24 September 1962, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada

Birth Name: Antonia Eugenia Vardalos

Height: 168 cm

Nia Vardalos was born on September 24, 1962 in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada as Antonia Eugenia Vardalos. She is an actress and writer, known for My Big Fat Greek Wedding (2002), My Big Fat Greek Wedding ...Show More

When I worked at 'Second City' in Canada, they brought me down to Chicago on a work permit. I was th Show more When I worked at 'Second City' in Canada, they brought me down to Chicago on a work permit. I was thrilled to be in Chicago. What I didn't know is that you only make $65 a show. I was a child of immigrants, so everyone worked. I had a job at 16. And although I didn't like that I'm very, very grateful for that now because it taught me to be self-supporting. It's not like suddenly, when you become a working actor all your friends are in the same situation. I have friends who are still handing out flyers for their one-woman show and trying to make ends meet. Hide

I'd been raised by my parents who taught me not to think you're better than you are. And that I thin Show more I'd been raised by my parents who taught me not to think you're better than you are. And that I think is what Larry Crowne is going through. [He] will do anything to make a living, and that is indicative I think globally, and much more so in this country. People are just trying to get by. There's a relevance to 'Larry Crowne' that's fortunate and unfortunate. This is not a downer movie, this is an uplifting movie and yet it is not out of the realm of ordinary. It's what can happen if you keep your heart open. Hide

[on her stint as a "caterer" for a student porn film spoof] My friend asked me if I wanted to be in Show more [on her stint as a "caterer" for a student porn film spoof] My friend asked me if I wanted to be in the film, and I said, 'No, but I'll come and make food for everybody - because I'm so very Greek.' So I came and, as a joke, she gave me the credit of 'caterer' and now it's on my credits forever. People think it was a real porn flick, and I really was a caterer. Hide

You're never too fat for a new purse. You're never too fat for a new purse.

Nia Vardalos's FILMOGRAPHY

All as Actor (160) as Creator (4)

My Big Fat Greek Wedding 3

Greys Anatomy - Season 15

My Boys - Season 3

Same Time, Next Christmas

Curb Your Enthusiasm - Season 5

For a Good Time, Call...

Saturday Night Live - Season 5

Drop Dead Diva - Season 6

Station 19 - Season 3

Two Guys, a Girl and a Pizza Place - Season 3

Station 19 - Season 2

Boy Meets World - Season 5

Station 19 - Season 1

Greys Anatomy - Season 19

My Big Fat Greek Wedding

The Tonight Show Fallon - Season 11

Cougar Town - Season 3

Watch What Happens: Live - Season 19

The Drew Carey Show - Season 4

Star vs. the Forces of Evil - Season 1

Love, Victor - Season 3

Larry Crowne

Battle of the Decades - Season 1

Greys Anatomy - Season 17

Charming

Love, Victor - Season 2

Nia Vardalos'S roles

Mrs. Diaz

Connie

Angela Torres

Lisa Shane

Angela Torres

Sharon

Karen

Leah Wells

Toula Portokalos