Smaragda Karydi

Acting

Smaragda Karydi

Born August 9, 1969 · Athens, Greece (age 57)

Smaragda Karydi (Greek: Σμαράγδα Καρύδη) is a Greek actress. She came into prominence playing the role of Dahlia in the TV series Sto Para Pente. Smaragda was born on 9 August 1969, and is the daughter of actors Dinos Karydis (whom she later starred with in Fila ton vatraho sou) and Tzoulia Argyropoulou. She graduated from the Drama School of the Greek National Theatre and has worked as an actr…

Known For

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.
DodoDodo · 2022
Dodo
★ 5.02022
MovieDramaRomance
A dodo, a bird that disappeared 3000 years ago, makes its appearance in Athens in the luxurious residence of a family on the verge of ruin for which the countdown has begun: the 38 crucial and saving hours that separate them from the marriage of their daughter with a rich heir. The boundaries between reason and madness will be tested and the situation will soon be out of control.
Female CompanyFemale Company · 1999
Female Company
★ 4.91999
MovieComedy
High society women of a small Greek town try everything to have sex with the first male they can find.
More Than StrangersMore Than Strangers · 2023
More Than Strangers
★ 5.32023
MovieDrama
Five strangers of different nationalities share a car ride from Berlin to Paris. All of them have only one thing in common: wanting to reach their destination easily and cheaply. When it turns out that one passenger has a serious problem that could get them all into trouble, the trip becomes a little more complicated. The journey must go on. How it does is now up to them!
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.
DawnDawn · 1994
Dawn
★ 9.01994
MovieRomanceDrama
Love story between a famous singer and a women working in a boutique. She joins his group and replaces him as the singer, while he gradually falls for alcohol and drugs.
Enastros tholosEnastros tholos · 1993
Enastros tholos
★ 9.01993
MovieDrama
A free adaptation of the story of Oedipus. Antigone accompanies her father on a journey outside the borders of Greece. There she finds work with a group of wandering artists. Antigone tells the audience, with a magic lantern, the story of Oedipus. Ismene comes to Greece and begs Antigone to return, because Eteocles and Polynices are at odds. Antigone returns and finds her brothers killed. The wandering artists bring Oedipus back to Greece
Include Women OutInclude Women Out · 2014
Include Women Out
★ 6.02014
MovieComedy
A comic road movie about a late adulthood. On a summer weekend two old schoolmates in their early forties start a road journey in search of their old classmate Nadia, who has joined a convent somewhere in the south of Greece.

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Ghost of a ChanceGhost of a Chance · 2002
Ghost of a Chance
★ 4.92002
MovieDramaAction
In the casino there is only one queen, the small ball that spins on the roulette table. None of the players pays the slightest attention to the female dealers. But Takis, a «perennial» med student, doesn't go to the casino to win millions but to earn a day's wages. Vera works in a gym but trains and gets a second job as a dealer. Her aim is to protect her mother since regulations forbid relatives of employees from entering the casino. Let her Dad knock himself out. There's no way he'll ever play roulette again! At some point, Takis and Vera become lovers. They rig a game at the roulette table, leave the money with her mother and hide out in a friend's house, where their romantic dream soon succumbs to the wretched conditions in which they live. When her father dies of a heart attack in his Jeep, Vera suddenly finds herself with money. At the funeral, the manager of the casino threatens to send her to prison...

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BabalouBabalou · 2004
Babalou
★ 5.72004
SeriesComedy

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