Gia Carides
Biography
Gia Carides is an Australian actress who was born in Sydney, began performing at 12, and made her first film, The Love Letters from Teralba Road. Her early work included the role of Helena Angelopolous on the Australian TV series Police Rescue, and she drew acclaim for Strictly Ballroom (1992) and Brilliant Lies (1996), earning AFI Award nominations for each. Her role as Robin Swallows came in Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me (1999). She also portrayed Cousin Nikki in the My Big Fat Greek Wedding series, including My Big Fat Greek Wedding (2002), the television follow-up My Big Fat Greek Life, My Big Fat Greek Wedding 2 (2016) and My Big Fat Greek Wedding 3 (2023). Her screen credits also take in East of Everything, Primary Colors and Year One (2009), and she works in both America and Australia.
62years old
Turns 63 on June 7in 238 days
- Born Sydney
- Star sign: GeminiThe sign runs May 21 to June 20
Movie Career
- Films
- 16
- Career span
- 42 years1983 to 2025
Genres
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First role
Carides started acting when she was 12. The drama The Love Letters from Teralba Road was the first film she appeared in.
Gia Carides movies on Netflix
Best known for
The films on Netflix they are best known for, with the part played in each.
- Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me1999 Action, Adventure, Comedyas Robin Swallows
IMDb rating 6.7265K votes
Most often with
Six actors appear in three of them each. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.
Films together
Louis Mandylor's page
Andrea Martin's page
John Corbett's page
Lainie Kazan's page
Nia Vardalos's page
Joey Fatone's page
Box office
What Gia Carides's films earned in cinemas worldwide.
Combined worldwide box office
$903 million
7 of the 16 films have a worldwide figure.
Of the 16 films: 7 worldwide figure; 4 us gross only; 2 streaming, short cinema run; 3 figure not found.
- 7Worldwide figure
- 4US gross only
- 2Streaming, short cinema run
- 3Figure not found
Highest grossing
The seven biggest films earned 100% of the total. The bars are drawn to scale.
- 1$369M40.8% of the total
- 2$312M34.5% of the total
- 3$91M10.0% of the total
- 4$62M6.9% of the total
- 5$35M3.9% of the total
- 6$34M3.8% of the total
- 7$661K0.1% of the total
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Official profiles and reference pages.