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	Interview - Nia Vardalos for "Connie & Carla"
		Nia Vardalos is an actress who comes across with a genuine 'joi de vivre'.
		Born Antonia Eugenia Vardalos in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada in September 1962, Vardalos' good-natured and eccentric family encouraged the talented youngster's creativity she began exhibiting when she was merely six years old.
		Both Nia Vardalos and Gomez began appearing on numerous small-screen shows such as The Drew Carey Show, and it wasn't long before Nia Vardalos, inspired by her eccentric family and her colourful childhood, began to pen a stage play entitled My Big Fat Greek Wedding.
	www.darkhorizons.com /news04/niav.php (908 words)

	Nia Vardalos @ Filmbug
		Nia Vardalos is the actress-writer, who has adapted her popular one-woman theatrical show for the screen, was born and raised in Winnipeg.
		Although Vardalos wanted to be in the ensemble, she took a job in the box office for the Toronto company in the late 1980s.
		Currently, Vardalos is a recurring character on the critically acclaimed Curb Your Enthusiasm, a half-hour comedy for HBO from Seinfeld co-creator Larry David.
	www.filmbug.com /db/342883 (355 words)

	Nia Vardalos makes her own luck - MORE MOVIE NEWS AND FEATURES - MSNBC.com
		Vardalos scored an Academy Award nomination for her “Greek Wedding” screenplay and found herself on the fast track with her second script, the drag-queen comedy “Connie and Carla” (for which the music budget alone equaled the entire $5 million cost of “Greek Wedding”).
		Vardalos was born in Winnipeg, Manitoba, to a Greek immigrant family not unlike what she created for “Greek Wedding.” She was named Antonia Eugenia, after her two grandmothers, and from an early age was called “Nia,” the last three letters in each name.
		Vardalos expanded the idea to a screenplay but could not get it read, so she adapted it into a one-woman show, rented a theater and hoped someone with clout might catch her act.
	www.msnbc.msn.com /id/4724066 (1368 words)

	Nia Vardalos - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Antonia Eugenia Vardalos, better known as Nia Vardalos (born September 24, 1962 in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada), is a Canadian actress, screenwriter and producer.
		Vardalos, a Greek Canadian, had done many different works but gained almost overnight success with her movie My Big Fat Greek Wedding, which was made into an unsuccessful CBS series, starring almost all of the original cast, except John Corbett, which was called My Big Fat Greek Life.
		Vardalos is married to actor Ian Gomez, who appeared in her hit film My Big Fat Greek Wedding (as friend of Ian).
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Nia_Vardalos (184 words)

	Nia Vardalos (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		Born and raised in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Vardalos took an unconventional path to improvisational comedy through the box office.
		Though she wanted to be on stage, she took a job in the ticket office for the Toronto Second City stage company in the late 1980s.
		However, Vardalos returned to the big screen with a new comedy, Connie and Carla (2004), starring alongside Toni Collette and David Duchovny.
	www.tribute.ca /bio.asp?id=8890 (308 words)

	Nia Vardalos, Manitoba Calling Archive, Manitoba Competitiveness, Training and Trade (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		Nia Vardalos turned aspects of her upbringing into a one-woman play about being surrounded by large, loud and loony-but-lovable kin and marrying someone of a very different ethnic fabric.
		Last September, Oprah Winfrey flew Vardalos and 42 of her family members from Chicago, Toronto, Winnipeg and Greece (Nia’s parents were vacationing there) for a special taping of her talk show to celebrate the suc-cess of Greek Wedding.
		Vardalos flew in from Los Angeles as a special guest of Premier Gary Doer for dinner with Queen Elizabeth at the Manitoba Legislature on October 8th.
	www.gov.mb.ca /iedm/archive/people/vardalos.html (687 words)

	Nia Vardalos News
		Actress/writer Nia Vardalos is considering a sequel to My Big Fat Greek Wedding, her breakout 2002 comedy.
		MY BIG FAT GREEK WEDDING star NIA VARDALOS is relieved she has finally started working on a sequel to her hit film, as she had been suffering from a terrifying period of writer's block.
		Vardalos keeping busy with two scripts on her plate Her first film out of the gates - My Big Fat Greek Wedding - was a roaring success, earning an Oscar nomination for her Best Original Screenplay and over $241...
	www.topix.net /who/nia-vardalos (681 words)

	USATODAY.com - Nia Vardalos builds 'Big Fat Greek' franchise (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		In less than a year, Vardalos has gone from Hollywood hopeful to the real-life star of a Cinderella story more unlikely than that of her Wedding character, a mousy type who found love, pizazz and the backbone to stand up to her loving but domineering family.
		Vardalos, 40, a Winnipeg native and veteran of Chicago's Second City comedy troupe, remains stunned by the power of a short, family-oriented monologue.
		But Vardalos, who went from virtual anonymity to wealth and fame in less than a year, says she doesn't feel pressure.
	www.usatoday.com /life/television/news/2003-02-23-greek-life_x.htm (838 words)

	Nia Vardalos - Cranky Critic® StarTalk - Movie Star Interviews
		As with Toula Portokalos in her 2002 comedy smash, Vardalos' Connie is genially optimistic, yet the outsider, and cheerfully admits to certain parallels with these two characters – and perhaps with their gregarious creator.
		Both Nia Vardalos and Gomez began appearing on numerous small-screen shows such as The Drew Carey Show, and it wasn't long before Nia Vardalos, inspired by her eccentric family and her colorful childhood, began to pen a stage play entitled My Big Fat Greek Wedding.
		Penning her first draft in a mere two weeks, the play was assembled based on her friends' recollection of humorous stories about her family and centered around her account of her and Gomez's memorable wedding.
	www.crankycritic.com /qa/pf_articles/niavardalos.html (1391 words)

	SAG Foundation \| Programs \| Conversations \| Nia Vardalos
		Vardalos recently signed a deal with Spyglass Entertainment for her new project, a script that she wrote entitled "Connie and Carla Do L.A." in which Nia will also star.
		Vardalos is an alumnus of The Second City Comedy Theater in Toronto and Chicago.
		Vardalos is a native of Winnipeg and now lives in Los Angeles with her husband.
	www.sagfoundation.org /conversations/20021101 (897 words)

	Nia Vardalos Photos - Nia Vardalos News - Nia Vardalos Information
		Nia says, "I think the average filmgoer sent a message to Hollywood saying we like stories about real people, we like actresses who look like real people." (edit)
		Nia Portokalos is a newly-married modern woman caught in an old-fashioned world.
		From an early age, Nia was mortified by her family's patriotic, exaggerated ways.
	www.tv.com /person/2862/summary.html (149 words)

	Nia Vardalos (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		Nia: It was really easy to do initially because I had done research and development on all those one-liners and story ideas.
		Nia: In a marriage you try and be as honest as possible and keep everything kind of open.
		Nia: Well we have had some offers to do a TV show out of this, a sequel, a Broadway musical and all sorts of things.
	www.femail.com.au /niavardalos.htm (1201 words)

	AskMen.com - Nia Vardalos
		Nia is world-renowned for writing and starring in the most successful independent film of all time, My Big Fat Greek Wedding, and the now defunct TV series, My Big Fat Greek Life.
		The fact that Nia stuck to her autobiographical story throughout her one-woman stage show and the usual barrage of Hollywood temptations is pretty impressive.
		Antonia Eugenia Vardalos was born in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, on September 24th, 1962.
	www.askmen.com /women/actress_150/198_nia_vardalos.html (438 words)

	CNN.com - From Greek princess to drag queen - Apr 20, 2004
		But when it came time to return to the silver screen, Vardalos decided to trade in her "Big Fat Greek Wedding" dress for fishnet hose, sexy fl eyeliner and show tunes.
		NIA VARDALOS: I was pretty tough when I got to L.A., and it was still shocking [to hear] the things people said to me like, "You're not ethnic enough.
		VARDALOS: The one thing that has kept me sane through everything is my friends are the same since from my time in Winnipeg, in Toronto...
	www.cnn.com /2004/SHOWBIZ/Movies/04/20/nia.vardalos/index.html (823 words)

	CANOE -- JAM! Movies - Artists - Vardalos, Nia: Nia: Queen of comedy
		Today is the day Nia Vardalos returns to the big screen in Connie And Carla, another crowd pleaser from the woman behind My Big Fat Greek Wedding.
		Connie And Carla co-stars Vardalos and Toni Collette as dinner-theatre performers who must hide out in the world of drag queens, pretending to be cross-dressing men.
		Vardalos was careful to do her homework while she wrote Connie And Carla.
	jam.canoe.ca /Movies/Artists/V/Vardalos_Nia/2004/04/16/762397.html (521 words)

	Hellenic Forums Omogenia - YASOU - Hellenism: Tom Hanks' co. and Nia Vardalos sued over My Big Fat Greek Wedding profits
		MPH Entertainment Inc. originally bought the script from Vardalos for $60,000, then sold the rights to bigger producers in exchange for three per cent of the profits, according to a lawsuit filed late Tuesday in Los Angeles Superior Court.
		We are looking at all of Nia's possible actions in response to being improperly named and we think it was outrageous that they have attempted to drag her into this dispute."
		Vardalos, who grew up in Winnipeg, stars in the film, which she wrote based on her one-woman show, about the cultural clashes that occur when a Greek woman marries a non-Greek man. A sitcom spinoff, My Big Fat Greek Life, debuted on CBS in February.
	www.omogenia.com /forums/showthreaded.php/Number/9421 (605 words)

	Nia Vardalos Biography :: Hollywood.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		Born and raised in Winnepeg, Vardalos was raised in a quirky and eccentric family that proudly embraced its Greek heritage and encouraged her creative energies early on.
		Vardalos saved the day by convincing the producers she knew the show well enough to step into the part-which she did.
		Even with the backing of one of Hollywood's most powerful actors, Vardalos had to weather much attempted studio tinkering with her screenplay, with executives trying variously to cast a more bankable star, re-work the script and even change the ethnicity of the family.
	www.hollywood.com /celebs/fulldetail/id/1119408 (1047 words)

	Nia Vardalos Heads Back to Greece - Cinematical (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		Not long ago, Chris told us how Nia Vardalos was considering a sequel to her giganto smash hit My Big Fat Greek Wedding.
		Well, the good news (for Vardalos fans) is the writer-actress is once again teaming up with Tom Hanks (who is serving as executive producer) on a film called My Life in Ruins.
		Yes- Nia will always go down in hisotry as Greek-Girl, but who cares- she is millions richer, and atleast had her 15 min of fame.
	www.cinematical.com /2006/09/20/nia-vardalos-heads-back-to-greece (641 words)

	Borders - Feature - Grecian Formula: A Chat with Nia Vardalos
		A native of Winnipeg, Manitoba, Vardalos appeared on numerous sitcoms, including The Drew Carey Show, and enjoyed a successful six-year run with the famed Second City comedy troupe, first in Toronto and then Chicago, where she met and later married Ian Gomez in 1993.
		The couple moved to Los Angeles in 1995, and, seeking to give her career a boost, Vardalos opted to put on an anecdote-filled, one-woman stage show about her family and the chaos that ensued after she announced she was marrying a non-Greek.
		The husband-and-wife acting duo were more than happy to use Vardalos's own screenplay and let her fill the starring role opposite John Corbett in the big-screen version issued through their own Playtone company despite the fact that seemingly everyone else in Hollywood was convinced the film would succeed only with a more recognizable actress.
	www.bordersstores.com /features/feature.jsp?file=vardalos (1276 words)

	Nia Vardalos @ Celebrity-News.Net - News Rumors, Gossip - Movie, Music, Celebrities, Contacts, Download (via CobWeb/3.1 ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		Starring and written by the little-known Nia Vardalos and made for about $5 million, the film took in more than $240 million domestically.
		Canadian star Nia Vardalos, who scored a massive hit with My Big Fat Greek Wedding in 2002, is reportedly working on a sequel.
		My Big Fat Greek Wedding star Nia Vardalos is relieved she has finally started working on a sequel to her hit film because she had been suffering from a...
	www.celebrity-news.net.cob-web.org:8888 /nia_vardalos.html (1410 words)

	CBC.ca Arts - Nia Vardalos reteams with Tom Hanks
		Vardalos will write the screenplay for the new film, in addition to playing the lead.
		Vardalos will begin production later this month on Living in Neon Dreams, a modern retelling of Alice in Wonderland.
		Vardalos is also reportedly working on a documentary called A Taxi Odyssey.
	www.cbc.ca /arts/story/2004/10/08/vardalos041008.html (1287 words)

	Nia Vardalos Biography (Actor/Writer) — Infoplease.com
		Nia Vardalos is the writer and star of the movie My Big Fat Greek Wedding, a low-budget, independently produced feature that became one of the biggest box office hits of 2002.
		Based on her own family background, the screenplay was adapted from Vardalos's stage play (she received financial support from actors Tom Hanks and Rita Wilson).
		The film's success catapulted Vardalos to national fame, and spawned 2003's My Big Fat Greek Life, a television series based on the movie.
	www.infoplease.com /biography/var/niavardalos.html (151 words)

	Nia Vardalos - Northern Stars
		Nia Vardalos started out in life as Antonia Eugenia Vardalos, and had accomplished quite a bit before gaining almost overnight success with her movie My Big Fat Greek Wedding.
		A come-from-nowhere box office hit that launched her career both as an actor and screenwriter and brought instant fame with an Academy Award nomination for best screenplay.
		Vardalos is married to actor Ian Gomez, who appeared in My Big Fat Greek Wedding and she became a U.S. citizen in 1999.
	www.northernstars.ca /actorsvz/vardalos_nia.html (116 words)

	Interview - Nia Vardalos
		I had a chance to sit down and talk with Vardalos recently when she was in Atlanta to promote her new film.
		In the film Vardalos and Toni Collette play good friends who are on the run, and who sing together at a drag club.
		Nia Vardalos appears to be a real person, not a Hollywood product.
	www.jackiekcooper.com /MovieReviews/InterviewNiaVardalas.htm (446 words)

	Episode Reviews - Nia Vardalos / Eve
		Nia Vardalos is turning out to be pretty good.
		The unibrow on Nia was sexy kind of.
		Nia Vardalos was a great host, and the sketches were great.
	www.saturday-night-live.com /snl/reviews/02-03/vardalos/sarah.html (1332 words)

	Nia Vardalos - MovieActors.com
		Nia Vardalos was born on September 24, 1962 in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.
		In 2002, Nia Vardalos one-woman play MY BIG FAT GREEK WEDDING, was turned into a movie after Rita Wilson saw the play and recommended it to her husband Tom Hanks.
		MY BIG FAT GREEK WEDDING was a box office success made into a TV series in 2003 also written and co-executive producer by Nia Vardalos.
	www.movieactors.com /actors/niavardalos.htm (128 words)

	Episode Reviews - Nia Vardalos / Eve
		Dean made a cameo...with a picture of his face.
		Nia is proving to be a good host.
		Not much to say about this one, other than it was funny.
	www.saturday-night-live.com /snl/reviews/02-03/vardalos/funnyboy88.html (916 words)

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