Academy Award®, WGA, SAG, Critics Choice and Golden Globe nominated screenwriter and actor, New York Times bestselling author, New York Times Critic’s Pick playwright, Nia Vardalos recently directed and starred in her screenplay, My Big Fat Greek Wedding 3.

In the last year: Netflix’s three Ivy + Bean films directed by Elissa Down, and Guillermo Del Toro’s Cabinet Of Curiosities directed by Catherine Hardwicke, and The Curse Of Bridge Hollow feature directed by Jeff Wadlow. Also, creating and starring in an original Audible series, Motivated!.

Select TV roles include: Black Widow, Crazy Ex-Girlfriend, Jane The Virgin, The Catch, Graves, Law & Order: SVU, Grey's Anatomy, and voicing series regular characters on Star vs. The Forces of Evil, Wonder Woman, and Duck Tales.

Vardalos wrote and starred in one of the top romantic comedies of all time, My Big Fat Greek Wedding, receiving an Academy Award® nomination for Original Screenplay and a Golden Globe nomination for Best Actress, and winning the Independent Spirit and People’s Choice awards. She next wrote and starred in cult-hit Connie and Carla, wrote, starred in, and directed I Hate Valentine’s Day, co-wrote Larry Crowne, starred in My Life In Ruins, and wrote, and starred in My Big Fat Greek Wedding 2 and 3.

Born and raised in Canada, Vardalos holds dual citizenship, is classically trained in Shakespeare and musical theater, and performed in Twelfth Night and many musicals such as Kismet, Music Man and most recently Company, (winning the Broadway Award.) An alumnus of The Second City Toronto and Chicago, Nia Vardalos won Chicago’s Joseph Jefferson Best Actress award. She is a regular player in 24 Hour Plays on Broadway.

After starring in the play she wrote, the New York Times Critic’s Pick, Tiny Beautiful Things, it was published by Samuel French (Concord Theatricals) and is on the top ten list of Most Produced Plays.

Vardalos is also the New York Times Bestselling author of her memoir Instant Mom and donates all proceeds to adoption charities. To date, the information from the book has placed 1700 children in permanent homes.