Nia Vardalos

American-canadian actress, screenwriter and film Director of Greek ancestry. Born September 24, 1962 in Winnipeg in Canada in the Greek-American family. Since 1993 married to actor Ian Gomez (for the wedding he had to convert to Orthodoxy). In 2008 they adopted the girl. Prior to his triumph, the movie “My big fat Greek wedding” (My Big Fat Greek Wedding) — Nia participated in many TV projects, however, have made her famous, the story of Greek-American relations, which Vardalos wrote, using his own experience. Its screenplay was nominated for an Oscar, and her performance has attracted viewers worldwide and ensured 367-million fees with a budget of $ 5 million. After the resounding success of the film Nia continued to do what she does best, is to play and to write scripts (film “My life in ruins” ) — her latest high-profile project). In 2009 these two guises she added and third, directing, removing the Comedy “I hate Valentine’s day”