Evelina Papoulia

Evelina Papoulia (Greek: Εβελίνα Παπούλια; born 25 March 1971) is a Greek actress and dancer. She started her career in 1993 after she finished her studied as an actress and dancer and she decided to come back to Greece. After some years of smaller roles in different successful tv series and theatre plays she rose to fame with the role of Marina Kountouratou in huge MEGA romance hit Two Strangers (1997-1999) starting an a-list lead actress career. She has also appeared in successful films as Safe Sex, One plus One (2000), One time (2001), Brides (2004) and Guilt (2009).

Career In 1989 she moved to New York City to study dance at The Martha Graham School of Contemporary Dance and acting at The Lee Strasberg Theater Institute. During her time in New York City, she took part in several plays, such as West Side Story (1993), while participating in the Mega Dance Company. Originally she wanted to obtain the American citizenship, but failing to do so she returned to Athens in 1993 and continued working as an actress. Evelina first claimed stardom as the hysterical blond TV persona Marina Kountouratou, who fell in love with a man of classic education, in Dyo Xenoi in 1997.

Her film debut was in the successful Greek film Safe Sex in 1999.

While working on TV shows, she continued her career on stage with plays such as Waiting Till Dark (1999) and the rock musical Hedwig and the Angry Inch.

From 2006 until 2008, she was a judge at the Greek version of So You Think You Can Dance.

Personal life Papoulia has a daughter named Afroditi-Maria, from her first marriage to George Liantos. In May 2008, she married director Panagiotis Kravvas in Scotland and got divorced in 2008.

Filmography

Film

Year Title Role Notes 1999 Safe Sex Mary Film debut 2000 One plus One Catherine 2001 One time Vaso 2003 Billy, Gates and a ride Gely short film 2004 Brides Marion Gibson 2006 Illustration TV presenter 2007 First time godfather Alex's mother 2009 Guilt wife 2024 Buzzheart Sandra 2024 Six short film 2025 Fouetté short film

Television Year Title Role Notes Reference 1993 Moral Department Dora Afedaki Episode: "Plan" 1993 The Implementation Sophia Laskaridou 1 episode 1994 Love and Passion Episode: "Antigone" 1994 The Stockbrokers Dafne Deligiorgi 1 episode 1994 The Good Mother in Law Lia Kehayia 5 episodes 1994 Anatomy of a crime woman with rashes Episode: "The third commandment" 1994 Anatomy of a crime Claire Episode: "The Professional" 1994 Peter and his girls Renia Koropouli Episode: "Pythagorean theorem" 1994-1995 Taurus with Sagitarrius Katia Series regular, 32 episodes 1995 Daring Stories Liana Episode: "Maestro" 1995 Streets of the city Leda Episode: "Double game" 1995-1996 Correct Sophia Lora Katoumani Series regular, 16 episodes 1996 Scorpio Olga Valtinou Episode: "Carp" 1996-1997 Unusual Suspects Lena Main role, 35 episodes 1997-1999 Two Strangers Marina Koudouratou Lead role, 59 episodes 2000-2001 Crescendo Anna Theologou Lead role, 20 episodes 2001 Evelina Papoulia meets Ocean's Eleven Herself (host) MEGA TV special 2001-2002 Nirvana Aphrodite Lead role, 26 episodes 2002 Gulf Grosso Recurring role, 10 episodes 2002 Red Circle Hristina Episode: "Love died" 2002-2003 Educating Babis Julie Variheri Lead role, 11 episodes 2003 Almost Never Eva 1 episode 2003-2004 Finally you are so bum Lila Lead role, 13 episodes 2004 10th command Dina Episode: "A minute later" 2004 10th command Despoina Episode: "Without return" 2004 10th command Eleni Episode: "In deep waters" 2005 The Red Suite Artemis Episode: "Karma" 2006 10th command Leda Episode: "The sleeping queen" 2006 Honest Cuckolds Eve Episode: "The Oriole Cuckolds" 2006-2008 So You Think You Can Dance Herself (judge) Season 1-2 2007 If you love me Katerina Marni Lead role, 52 episodes 2007-2008 I bought red glasses Marianna Oikonomou Lead role, 29 episodes 2008 Safe Sex TV Stories Stella Nevi Episode: "The abduction" 2008 True Loves Marianna Episode: "The beast in the cage" 2012 My mother's sin Vagia Kastellanou Spencer 2 episodes (2 unaired) 2013-2017 Brousko Daphne Krontira Lead role, 772 episodes 2015 10th command Nina Episode: "Red" 2015 10th command Eleni Episode: "Alert" 2017-2019 The Tattoo Vera Damianou Lead role, 522 episodes 2019 MadWalk - The Fashion Music Project Herself (performance) TV special 2019-2020 Home Is Rania Anagnostou Lead role, 38 episodes (8 unaired) 2021-2022 The Sun Ioanna Galanou Recurring role, 45 episodes 2024-2025 Archelaus 5 Str. Kelly Komontaki Lead role, 80 episodes

Stage

Theater