Angeliki Papoulia

Born in Athens, Angeliki Papoulia is a Greek actress who studied theater at Athens University and at the Empros Theatre Drama School, graduating in 2000. She appeared in Matchbox for Yiannis Economides, and worked with Yorgos Lanthimos on several films. In Dogtooth (2009) she played the older daughter; the picture won the Prix Un Certain Regard at Cannes and was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film, and Papoulia received the Heart of Sarajevo for Best Actress at the Sarajevo Film Festival. She was a nurse in Alps (2011), which took the Osella for Best Screenplay at the Venice International Film Festival. Her later screen work includes A Blast, The Lobster, Green Sea and Amulet (2020), directed by Romola Garai. In theater, she co-founded the blitz theater group in 2004 and wrote, directed and acted in its productions until 2017, touring internationally; she also performed in Greek National Theatre productions.