Despina Mirou

About Despina Mirou

Strikingly lovely,and exotic Greek-American brunette beauty Despina Andromeda Mirou, is an established actress, writer and Stand-Up comedian. She began her dynamic career as a child actor,and she received two writing awards as a writer when she was 13 years old.She is known for her performances across genres. The famous Greek actress the last 6 years moved to USA, she became American citizen, and she received many Awards from USA and Europe.Despina started her career while she was a child doing an improve stand up, she was discovered by the famous comic creator from the TV series "Akros Oikogeneiakon" for Ant1 TV. The TV sitcom became a huge success, and Despina became a teen idol while playing the nerdy and goofy "Aristea". The following years she participated in many T.V series, such as the Greek adaptation of the comedy "The Nanny ",the drama series "Archipelagos" she performed the sultry character of Tanzout and overnight she became a"sex symbol ",and many more series. In cinema after her first film with Peter Bogdanovich "The cats meow', she played in many Greek films too. In Greek theater Despina had a classic theater repertoire including "Kon/nos Palaiologos" by Nikos Kazantzakis,"The Maids" by Jean Genet,"The Bear-The Proposal " by Anton Chekhov, where Despina played the role of Natalya Stepanovna,"The Odd Couple" by Neil Simon, and "Uncle Vanya" by Anton Chekhov, where she played Sonya.Despina started her international career when she was a child,with Peter Bogdanovich"s film "The cats meow" when he cast her for a small part. It was her first work in cinema. In 2013 she received an award from the U.S Congress' "Excellence in Innovations " for her speech about "The Historically Importance of Women in Ancient Times and Modern Women of Our Times " at the White House in Washington D.C. After she decided finally to leave her ongoing career in Europe and moved to the US in 2015. She participated in a a seminar with Al Pacino and took acting classes with John Strasberg in New York. In 2015 in New York she did stand-up at the N. Y. Comedy club, where she impersonated Lucille Ball and the show aired on HBO. She played the character of Cassandra in the play Oresteia" by Aeschylus at the "Kirk Theater" Off Broadway, directed by L. Loizidis. Same time in 2015 she took part in the HBO TV series 'Show me a Hero" directed by Paul Haggis. Because of her international background and her ability to play drama and comedy, Despina caught the attention of casting directors and she was cast ed in many films and channels. In 2016 she did a video "Californication" with Farah Mokrani for MTV. In 2016 she played the character of Georgia alive in "Vox Influx" a TV drama film by Adrian Fulle. In 2015 she played in the drama film "Vamp Bikers Dos" the character of Queen Fellini, directed by Eric Spade Rivas.End of 2017 Despina finished a TV family drama movie for Lifetime channel "A Mother's Sacrifice". In 2017 she played the nurse Amber in the comedy film "Nurses do it better" directed by Stephan Pacheco. In 2017 she finished another drama action film "The American connection" starring Faye Dunaway, Michael Madsen, Darryl Hannah. The film was directed by Jeff Espanol and Despina played a Nun-Spy. Recently in 2019 she finished the comedy film 'Tango Shalom" written by Joseph Bologna and directed by Gabriel Bologna. The cast includes Renee Taylor, Joseph Bologna, Laine Kazan, and produced by Joel Zwick. Despina played Susan Schulman a Hasidic Jewish woman. ...

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Despina Mirou interview for her new future comedy film “Tango Shalom” film on MEGA channel

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