Antonia Eugenia Vardalos is a Canadian actress, director, producer, and screenwriter born on September 24, 1962.
Greek Canadian Nia Vardalos is an actress, screenwriter, director, singer, and producer with a $10 million net worth.
Vardalos, a former member of the Second City comic repertory group in Chicago, created and starred in more than ten sketch comedy revues.
The next movie she appeared in was Connie and Carla, released in 2004 and a cult hit musical about two women who pose as drag queens.
The 2016 film My Big Fat Greek Wedding 2—in which Vardalos both starred and wrote—was released in March.
She wed American actor Ian Gomez in September 1993. Vardalos and Gomez adopted Ilaria in 2008 after nine years of IVF and surrogacy but failed to conceive a child for them.