Biography
Antonia Eugenia "Nia" Vardalos (born September 24, 1962) is a Canadian-American actress, screenwriter, director, and producer. Her most notable work is the 2002 film My Big Fat Greek Wedding, which garnered her nominations for the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay, and the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Comedy or Musical. She's also known for starring in the sequel My Big Fat Greek Wedding 2, and the TV series My Big Fat Greek Life. She starred in the films Connie...
Known For
Complete Filmography
My Big Fat Greek Wedding 3
2023
as Toula Portokalos-Miller
Following the death of their patriarch Gus, the Portokalos family travels to Greece for a family reunion, and to deliver Gus' journal to his old frien...
My Big Fat Greek Wedding 3
2023
Director, Writer, Executive Producer
Following the death of their patriarch Gus, the Portokalos family travels to Greece for a family reunion, and to deliver Gus' journal to his old frien...
The Curse of Bridge Hollow
2022
as Madam Hawthorne
A Halloween-hating dad reluctantly teams up with his teenage daughter when an evil spirit wreaks havoc by making their town's decorations come to life...
Ivy + Bean: The Ghost That Had to Go
2022
as Mrs. Trantz
Cold, white mist. Clanking pipes. And an eerie voice that's coming from the drain. Is the school bathroom... haunted? Ivy and Bean are on the case!
Ivy + Bean
2022
as Mrs. Trantz
Ivy and Bean never expected to be friends. Ivy is quiet, thoughtful and observant. Bean is playful, exuberant and fearless. However, sometimes an adve...
Tiny Beautiful Things
2021
Adaptation, Writer
In this unforgettable play, wit and hard-won wisdom are dished out in the advice column exchanges between a writer who goes by the name of “Sugar” and...
A Taste of Christmas
2020
as Olivia
When Natalie learns her cousin Francesca must cancel the Christmas Eve opening of her new Italian restaurant, Natalie’s heart goes out to all of the g...
Tiny Beautiful Things
2020
as Sugar
In this play based on the book Tiny Beautiful Things by Cheryl Strayed, Sugar is an anonymous online advice columnist—later revealed to be Strayed—who...
Tiny Beautiful Things
2020
Writer
In this play based on the book Tiny Beautiful Things by Cheryl Strayed, Sugar is an anonymous online advice columnist—later revealed to be Strayed—who...
Poisoned Love: The Stacey Castor Story
2020
as Stacey
Stacey Ruth Castor weathered the storm of her first husband's death and managed to find love again with her boss, David. But when David is discovered ...
Same Time, Next Christmas
2019
as Faye Anderson
Olivia Anderson is a successful young woman who met her childhood sweetheart during her family’s annual Christmas visit to Hawaii. After being separat...
Wonder Woman: Bloodlines
2019
as Julia Kapatelis (voice)
Witness the legendary origin of renowned Justice League member Wonder Woman as she fights for good with her sword and magic lasso. Equally strong in b...
Charming
2018
as Nemeny Neverwish (voice)
Three fairy tale princesses find themselves engaged to the same guy, Prince Charming.
Car Dogs
2017
as Sharon
Malcolm is a brilliant, callous businessman who is a vicious, overbearing father. Mark is the sales manager at Chamberlain Auto, the dealership that p...
My Big Fat Greek Wedding 2
2016
as Toula Portokalos-Miller
The continuing adventures of the Portokalos family. A follow-up to the 2002 comedy, "My Big Fat Greek Wedding."
My Big Fat Greek Wedding 2
2016
Writer, Executive Producer
The continuing adventures of the Portokalos family. A follow-up to the 2002 comedy, "My Big Fat Greek Wedding."
Helicopter Mom
2015
as Maggie
Maggie Cooper thinks it would be really cool if her son Lloyd were gay. So cool, in fact, that she outs him to the entire school.
Dealin' with Idiots
2013
Faced with the absurd competitiveness surrounding his son's youth league baseball team, Max Morris, a famous comedian, decides to get to know the colo...
For a Good Time, Call...
2012
as Rachel Rodman
College "frenemies" Lauren and Katie move in together after losing a relationship and rent control, respectively. Sharing Katie's late grandmother's a...
An American Girl: McKenna Shoots for the Stars
2012
as Mrs. Brooks
A young girl struggles to maintain her school grades while competing as a gymnast.
Larry Crowne
2011
as Map Genie
When he suddenly finds himself without his long-standing blue-collar job, Larry Crowne enrolls at his local college to start over. There, he becomes p...
Larry Crowne
2011
Writer, Screenplay
When he suddenly finds himself without his long-standing blue-collar job, Larry Crowne enrolls at his local college to start over. There, he becomes p...
I Hate Valentine's Day
2009
as Genevieve Gernier
A love story set in Manhattan, where a florist who abides by a strict five-date-limit with any man finds herself wanting more with the new restaurateu...
I Hate Valentine's Day
2009
Director, Screenplay
A love story set in Manhattan, where a florist who abides by a strict five-date-limit with any man finds herself wanting more with the new restaurateu...
My Life in Ruins
2009
as Georgia Ianakopolis
A Greek tour guide named Georgia attempts to recapture her kefi (Greek for mojo) by guiding a ragtag group of tourists around Greece and showing them ...
The Dialogue: An Interview with Screenwriter Nia Vardalos
2007
as Herself
NIA VARDALOS was nominated for the Academy Award® and the Writers Guild Award in 2003 for her breakthrough screenplay My Big Fat Greek Wedding, which ...
Boffo! Tinseltown's Bombs and Blockbusters
2006
as Self
Hollywoods biggest talents explore what is the recipe for blockbuster, flops, and how absolute happenstance and controlled luck can make movie magic.
Greece: Secrets of the Past
2006
as Narrator
GREECE: SECRETS OF THE PAST, directed by two-time Academy Award®-nominated filmmaker Greg MacGillivray, is the stirring story of how a Greek archeolog...
Connie and Carla
2004
as Connie
After accidentally witnessing a mafia hit in the Windy City, gal pals Connie and Carla skip town for L.A., where they go way undercover as singers wor...
Connie and Carla
2004
Writer, Executive Producer
After accidentally witnessing a mafia hit in the Windy City, gal pals Connie and Carla skip town for L.A., where they go way undercover as singers wor...
My Big Fat Greek Wedding
2002
as Fotoula "Toula" Portokalos
A young Greek woman falls in love with a non-Greek and struggles to get her family to accept him while she comes to terms with her heritage and cultur...
My Big Fat Greek Wedding
2002
Screenplay
A young Greek woman falls in love with a non-Greek and struggles to get her family to accept him while she comes to terms with her heritage and cultur...
Meet Prince Charming
1999
as Jennifer
Jonathan 'Jack' Harris is a waiter, who hopes to start a newspaper called The Tribeca Times, after the part of Manhattan where he lives, and while str...
Men Seeking Women
1997
as Iris
Three best friends mess up their already flagging love lives with an ill-fated bet. They each put two thousand dollars in a bank account, with the win...
33 Liberty Lane
N/A
A story of four women who join forces to start a phone-sex company.