Zoe Laskari

Acting

Zoe Laskari

Overview

Known for
Acting
Gender
Other
Birthday
Dec 12, 1944 (80 years old)
Death date
Aug 18, 2017

Zoe Laskari

Known For

The Republic
1h 52m
Movie 2015

The Republic

A photojournalist and surveillance expert decides to go up against...

Front Page Woman
5h 55m
Movie 1987

Front Page Woman

What was this woman? The tragic victim of the SS...

Reverse course
1h 25m
Movie 1987

Reverse course

As a coincidental event unites a publisher and a hospital...

Biography

Zoe Laskari (Greek: Ζωή Λάσκαρη, 12 December 1942 – 18 August 2017) was a Greek film and stage actress. Due to her success at the beauty pageant, director Giannis Dalianidis, offered her the starring role in O katiforos, a 1961 film, whose success gave her a rapid popularity and she shortly signed an exclusive contract with the biggest Greek film production company at the time, Finos Film.The films in which she appeared ranged from dramas to comedies and musicals. Some of her later movies were Stefania (1966) and Oi Thalassies oi Hadres (1967). Other Laskari film hits were Nomos 4000, Merikoi to protimoun kryo, Koritsia gia filima, Dakrya gia tin Ilektra, Mia kyria sta bouzoukia and Marihouana stop. Her stage work included famous plays like Edward Albee's Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, the ancient Greek tragedy The Trojan Women by Euripides and Neil Simon's Barefoot in the Park. Her theatrical hits include the play Oi erastes tou Oneirou which was also her first play in Athens. Laskari's first television appearance was her leading role in the TV series Romaios kai Ioulieta in 1976.