Evy Poumpouras

Evyenia "Evy" Poumpouras is a Greek American journalist and author. She was a special agent, polygraph examiner, and interrogator with the United States Secret Service from 2000 to 2012.

Poumpouras was a co-host of the Bravo TV series, Spy Games. She authored the memoir, Becoming Bulletproof (2020), and is an adjunct professor of criminal justice and criminology at the City University of New York.

Early life Poumpouras was born in the United States to immigrant parents from Greece. Her father is from Mesta and her mother is from Kilkis, Greece. She grew up in Queens, New York City. As a child, she and her brother spent most of their summers in Greece with extended family members. She graduated from Hofstra University. Poumpouras earned an M.A. in forensic psychology from Argosy University.

Career Poumpouras worked in the insurance industry after college. At the time, over 90 percent of special agents were males. For her first eight years in the service, Poumpouras worked in the New York Field Office as a polygraph examiner and interrogator in the polygraph unit. She is a journalist and co-hosted the Bravo TV series, Spy Games. In 2022, Pompouras gave birth to their first child, a daughter. In June 2026, they welcomed their second child.

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