Angeliki Papoulia

Angeliki Papoulia was born in Athens Greece She graduated from Athens University Theatre Studies and the Empros Theatre Drama School in 2000 She speaks English and French She has starred in the following films Matchbox Kiki Dir Yiannis Economides 2002 Dogtooth Older daughter Dir Yorgos Lanthimos which won the Prix Un Certain Regard at the 2009 Cannes Film Festival and was nominated for an Academy Award Best Foreign Language Film at the 83rd Academy Awards in 2011 Alps Nurse Dir Yorgos Lanthimos which won the Osella for Best Screenplay at the 68th Venice International Film Festival in 2011 A Blast Maria Dir Syllas Tzoumerkas which had its premiere in Locarno Film Festival in 2014 The Lobster Heartless Woman Dir Yorgos Lanthimos which won The Jury Prize at the 2015 Cannes Film Festival and was nominated for Best Original Screenplay at the 89th Academy Awards The miracle of the Sargasso Sea Elisabeth Dir Syllas Tzoumerkas which had its premiere at the Berlinale 2019 Film Festival Amulet woman Dir Romola Garai will have its premiere at Sundance Film Festival 2020 Green Sea Anna Dir Angeliki Antoniou 2018 For her role in Dogtooth she was awarded with Heart of Sarajevo for Best Actress at the Sarajevo Film Festival 2009 In 2004 she cofounded the blitz theatre group wwwtheblitzgr She has written directed and acted in all the groups performances until the most recent in 2017 The group has presented its performances in various important Festivals and Theatres in France Festival dAvignon Theatre de la Ville La Comedie de Reims The Netherlands Germany Schaubuhne Theatre Thalia Theatre Italy Belgium Poland Austria Norway Greece Athens and Epidaurus Festival Onassis Cultural Center Turkey Lebanon Lately she has codirected theatre performances at Luzerner Theater in Luzern Switzerland with Christos Passalis She has also appeared in performances directed by Michael Marmarinos Lefteris Vogiatzis as well as Greek National Theatre productions directed by Yorgos Houvardas and Yorgos Lanthimos