Maria Kavoyianni

Acting

Maria Kavoyianni

Born January 13, 1958 · Athens, Greece (age 68)

Maria Kavoianni (Greek: Μαρία Καβογιάννη, Athens, January 13, 1958) is a Greek actress. She was born in 1958. She grew up in Byron, Attica. She studied economics at the Athens University of Economics and Education and pedagogy at the Maraslio Didaskalio. She worked for many years as a teacher. At the same time, she also studied at the Drama School of Karolos Koun, from where she graduated in 1986…

Known For

Safe SexSafe Sex · 1999
Safe Sex
6.51999
MovieComedy
A satire of life in modern Greece, presented through a series of different stories about sex. There are several couples and their relation with sex in parallel stories that come together in a hilarious way.
Worlds ApartWorlds Apart · 2015
Worlds Apart
6.52015
MovieRomanceDrama
Three separate narratives each following a love story between a foreigner and a Greek. Each story represents a different generation falling in love during a time of socioeconomic turmoil that dominates Southern Europe as a whole, only to connect as a single story in the end.
Thursday the 12thThursday the 12th · 2014
Thursday the 12th
5.72014
MovieComedy
Eftihis, after being fired from his job, tries to find a new one in Greece, while the economic crisis is at its peak. Along his 'adventure' he meets two people with different morals who mentor him through life.
Swell
Dec 24, 2026
Swell · 2026
Swell
2026
MovieDrama
The seasoned Captain Mitsos Avgoustis stubbornly refuses to retire. The ocean swell has lodged itself in his mind, and the sea simply will not give him back. For twelve years he has been away from Greece—estranged from his family, at odds with the shipping company, yet bound by unshakable ties to the 22 sailors aboard the cargo ship ATHOS III. Defiant and unwilling to obey, he somehow keeps finding cargo, calling at ports, loading and unloading, silently roaming the waters of the Pacific. Day and night, he battles the relentless gales on the lonely voyages of his mind and heart, where the secret he carries has long since dropped anchor.
Blackmail BoyBlackmail Boy · 2003
Blackmail Boy
5.32003
MovieDrama
In the small, closed community of a provincial town, Magda tries to maintain a balance within a family facing many serious problems. The families apparently normal, bourgeois, every-day life will crack open, bringing to the surface hatred and passions of the kind that lie well-hidden in the mists of the nearby lake. An intense plot and a totally unexpected ending make up this film, which features characters who are vulnerable, innocent and ordinary, but who become ruthless and callous, worrying only about protecting their financial resources. The offences are disproportionately serious compared to the financial benefits they try to secure
Crying... Silicon TearsCrying... Silicon Tears · 2001
Crying... Silicon Tears
6.92001
MovieComedy
This is the story of two Greek families, named Delafrangas and Bisbikides. The former family is very wealthy & lucky, the latter very poor and continually struck by fate. Poor but honest Martha is in love with Giakoumis, a young builder and bouzouki organist, but all her dreams fall apart when posh Tzela "steals" the love of her beloved one... A couple of flash backs, following their families roots back to WW2 and the Turkish domination, and a hidden secret will unfold the story's ending..
My Best FriendMy Best Friend · 2001
My Best Friend
4.82001
MovieComedy
My Best Friend is the outrageous story of two men, friends since childhood, who have spent their lives tormenting one another. It is only when Constantinos discovers Alekos in bed with his wife that their friendship and their respective marriages finally collapse into a death spiral of sex, deceit and irrepressible humor. As events unfold another deception, one concealed by both men's wives, opens the door to incredible erotic intrigue.
EglimataEglimata · 1998
Eglimata
6.51998
SeriesComedy
Achilleas' wife, Flora, is disappointed by her marriage and remembers nostalgia for her childhood love, Alekos. Fate brings them so they eventually reunite illegally. Alekos's wife, however, Soso understands the illegal relationship and tries to avenge her husband for his infidelity. A series of incredible "crimes" unfolds with our heroes victims.

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You Can’t Take From One Who Does Not HaveYou Can’t Take From One Who Does Not Have · 2010
You Can’t Take From One Who Does Not Have
6.82010
SeriesAnimationComedy
You Can’t Take From One Who Does No Have (Ouk an lavois para tou mi ehontos) is a Greek animated mini-series that aired in the 2010-2011 season on Mega. Ouk an lavois para tou mi ehontos develops in modern Athens where Charos goes, wanting to withdraw from his obligations. However, he is short an obolus on his books, what Menippus owes since he died. Hermes, as the carrier of souls and responsible for Menippus not having the obolus, together with Charus try to help Menippus make money to pay him the obolus. The series was scheduled to begin in the 2009–2010 season, but was eventually rescheduled for the following season’s schedule. The series consists of a total of one cycle with 14 episodes.

Various Characters

ZoeZoe · 2024
Zoe
8.02024
SeriesComedyDrama
Zoe is an everyday woman who lost her smile 25 years ago when her daughter passed away. She works two jobs to make ends meet while her husband and son do not contribute. One night, when a boat falls on her head, Zoe dies and has a metaphysical experience, just before the doctors bring her back to life. Two weeks later, Zoe, confused, is still living a miserable and predictable everyday life. Until an unknown man appears in front of her... Zoe has started to see people who left life unjustly and abruptly. She transforms into a channel of communication between two worlds and her mission is now to help these people close a backlog they left behind before they died. Gradually, she finds again her lost smile and her love for life through the acceptance of death and of others, but also of her personal loss.

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