Victoria Haralabidou
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Victoria Haralabidou | |
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| Born | 23 October 1971 Saint Petersburg, Russia |
| Occupation | Actress |
Background
Victoria Haralabidou (Greek: Βικτώρια Χαραλαμπίδου, born 23 October 1971), is a Greek actress. She was born in Saint Petersburg, Russia; her father was a Pontic Greek from Trabzon, while her mother was born in Tashkent to Greek refugees. When she was 15 years old, her family moved to Athens, Greece, but she returned to Russia to study at the Institute of Cinematography in Moscow and then got back to study at the Greek Drama School in Athens. In 2005, she moved to Sydney, Australia, where she currently lives.
Haralabidou has translated various theatrical works into Russian, English, and Greek.
Stage
Her acting credits include Dear Elena, a contemporary Russian play by Liudmila Razumovskaya (Best Actress award 2001), Curse of the Starving Class by Sam Shepard, A Bright Shining Sun (Best Actress Award – Short Film Festival 2000).
Film
A feature film Nyfes (Best Actress Award – Thessaloniki Film Festival 2005), a Martin Scorsese production which was released in Australia by Palace Cinemas in September 2005. She appeared in two films in 2009, Blessed in Australia and Psyhi vathia in Greece.
Television
Her television credits include Suddenly, a drama series for Mega Channel in Greece.
- In 2008, she appeared in the drama series East West 101 on SBS, All Saints on the Seven Network, The Strip on the Nine Network and telemovie The Informant for Network Ten.
- In 2009, she appeared in soap opera Home and Away as Jody Walker and the children's television series My Place on ABC3.
- In 2011, she returned to Home and Away to once again portray Jody Walker.
- In 2016, she starred as Danny's mother in an ABC television adaptation of Christos Tsiolkas's Barracuda.
Filmography
- Inepoli (1996)
- Enas laberos ilios (1999)
- Nyfes (2004), aka Brides
- Informant (2008)
- Blessed (2009)
- Psyhi vathia (2009)
- Thirst (2012)
External links
- Victoria Haralabidou at IMDb
- ABC review
- Hollywood.com
- The Age review
- Behind the Scenes Review
- ABC At The Movies Thirst reviewed 21 March 2012
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- Use dmy dates from February 2013
- 1971 births
- Living people
- Soviet emigrants to Greece
- Greek actresses
- Australian actors of Greek descent
- Greek emigrants to Australia
- Soviet people of Greek descent
- Australian film actresses
- Australian stage actresses
- Australian television actresses
- Actresses from Saint Petersburg