Anna Rezan

Anna Rezan (; born Anna Hannah Rezan Kritseli, ; 12 December 1992) is a Greek American actress, singer and filmmaker. She began her career in her early teens by appearing in Greek films and television series, most notably in the 2010 comedy film Show Bitch which premiered at the Thessaloniki International Film Festival.

Her first international feature film role was in La Commedia di Amos Poe, a new translation of Dante's Divine Comedy by Amos Poe that premiered in the 2010 Venice Film Festival and starred Roberto Benigni. Her debut song, "Let There Be Rain", was released internationally in 2011 and in 2016, "Let There be Love" was released internationally by Universal Music Group. In 2018, she co-starred in Dance Fight Love Die: With Mikis On the Road by Asteris Koutoulas. The film premiered at the Hof International Film Festival. Rezan's directorial debut, My People, is a historical documentary film, co-produced with Mitchell Block and Kim Magnusson. It premiered in Los Angeles to positive reviews and was set for release in 2025. Since 2024 she co¬stars in viral comedy crime TV series Great Kills (TV series).

Early life She was born in Athens to Fotis Kritselis and Eva Matilda Kalamara, both of whom are interested in dramatic arts. Her father, who is of Smyrniote, Cretan and Peloponnesian descent, is a federal judge who had aspirations to be a director; her mother, a Greek-Jewish attorney of Spanish and Polish descent, studied at Karolos Koun's School of Dramatic Arts before going to law school. Her father died in August 2007.

Rezan was interested in the arts from an early age and decided to be an actress after watching Greek movies, musicals, Disney films, and comedies. She took classes at New York Film Academy and enrolled at Panteion University to study journalism in late 2009.

She starred as Hrysa, a teenage rock singer who turns into a rock star, in Nikos Zervo's Show Bitch in 2010. and appeared in magazines such as Cosmopolitan, Marie Claire and Esquire. The film premiered at the Hof International Film Festival in 2017 and was released in theaters in 2018. Mikis Theodorakis and George Dalaras praised her performance. In 2016, she hosted the first annual Hellas Filmbox festival awards ceremony in Berlin, the city's first-ever Greek film festival. The following year, she portrayed supermodel Kate Mosscowitz in Victoria Larimore's Open House.

Her feature directorial debut My People, which she wrote, directed, produced, and narrated, is a feature-length documentary about Jews in Greece & the Greek Resistance movement during World War II. The film premiered in Los Angeles in 2022 at the Los Angeles Greek Film Festival. In October 2022, it had its New York city premiere where it won the Audience Award for Best Film. The film had its Colorado premiere at the Vail Film Festival.

In January 2023 the Order of AHEPA Bergen Knights Chapter #285 hosted the New Jersey Premiere of "My People," to honor the Holocaust Remembrance Day as well as Rezan for promoting Hellenism across the world.

In September 2023 Rezan was honored by Brock Pierce and members of Congress for her contribution to history and culture, in Washington, DC. A week after, she returned on stage and starred at Giannis Ritsos play in her native Greece, which was directed by Asteris Kutulas In November she staged a musical theater piece, titled 'I am Calling my Old Friends...' to commemorate the 50 year anniversary of the Athens Polytechnic uprising.

Since 2024 she co¬stars in viral Tubi comedy crime TV series Great Kills (TV series). In October 2024 she is filming in Germany alongside Eric Roberts, portraying the lead role of "Nea" in sci-fi action franchise "City Rush 4" that is set to be released in 2025.

In November 2025 Rezan was on set in Pennsylvania for "Mr Blueshirt: The Inspiration" and the film is set to be released in 2026. In December she was on the cover of InStyle . Same month she appeared on Ranker.com's 'The Most Beautiful Greek Women' list and was voted number 1 among Zoe Kazan, Jennifer Aniston and Elena Kampouris.

In February 2026 Rezan in Belfast, Ireland costarring as Natasha O'Conell in "An Irish American Horror" by Irish filmmaker Olcan McSparron. In March 2026 she is in New York portraying the character of Max in the indie movie “The Water Thief” directed by Ben Tripp. Same year she is on set in Fresno for horror film “1209 Covenstead” by Freddy Falcon.

Music Rezan released her first song, "Let There Be Rain" from the film Show Bitch, in 2011 and co-produced the music video in Brooklyn, New York City. She covered the song "Happiness Is a Warm Gun" by the Beatles in a 2015 public service announcement directed by Amos Poe. as did her cover of Mikis Theodorakis' "The Honeymoon Song" in the style of the Beatles. The music video was released ahead of the film Dance Fight Love Die: With Mikis On the Road. She also performed "Day in May" in German and "The Bells Will Ring" in Greek and English during the film. In November 2023 she collaborated with Julio Iglesias and her cover of "Baila Morena" featuring Taavi Vartia was released by Universal Music Group She has been a patron of Models Against Addiction, an organization dedicated to ending the stigma of addiction, since 2013. In November 2022 Rezan was the head of Jury committee for the "Bridges" Peloponnese International Film Festival that was held in Loutraki, Greece. Rezan made optimistic remarks regarding the 2023 SAG-AFTRA strike which she supported actively.She said that "When people realise the great power that comes from unity, is always a big win for us all".

Personal life Rezan is largely private about her personal life but has made a concerted effort to be open about her struggles with depression, panic attacks, and anxiety and her recovery journey. She has spoken about different types of therapy and self-healing in the hope that it would inspire others to seek help. In 2011, she shared her life mottos: "love brings love" and "love is the greatest power of all" as the youngest member of the board of MMA Foundation in NYC" In 2009, she was thought to have dated The Durrells actor Alexis Georgoulis; in 2010, her Show Bitch co-star Nassos Papargyropoulos; and in 2011, Panagiotis Bougiouris. but she stated that he is a friend that she admires. In August 2023 Rezan was spotted on vacation with Yorgo Constantine on a Greek island.

Ernesto Guevara