Olympia Mary Dukakis (Greek: Ολυμπία Î"ουκάκη, born June
20, 1931) is a Greek American actress. She started her career in
theater and won an Obie Award for Best Actress in 1963 for her
off-Broadway performance in Bertolt Brecht's Man Equals Man. She later
moved to film acting, and in 1987 she won an Academy Award, a Golden
Globe, and a BAFTA nomination for her performance in Moonstruck. She
received another Golden Globe nomination for Sinatra and Emmy Award
nominations for Lucky Day, More Tales of the City, and Joan of
Arc.Dukakis was born in Lowell, Massachusetts, the daughter of
Alexandra "Alec" (née Christos) (1901â€"1994) and Constantine "Costa"
S. Dukakis (1899â€"1975). Her parents were Greek emigrants, her father
originally from Anatolia and her mother from the Peloponnese. She has
a brother named Apollo and is a cousin of Michael Dukakis, former
Governor of Massachusetts and the Democratic nominee for President in
1988, for whom she was a delegate from New Jersey at the 1988
Democratic National Convention. She is an alumna of Arlington High
School in Arlington, Massachusetts, and was educated at Boston
University.Dukakis has appeared in a number of films, including Steel
Magnolias, Mr. Holland's Opus, Jane Austen's Mafia!, The Thing About
My Folks, and Moonstruck, for which she won an Oscar for Best
Supporting Actress. She also played the role of Anna Madrigal in the
Tales of the City television mini-series, which garnered her an Emmy
Award nomination, and appeared on Search for Tomorrow as Dr. Barbara
Moreno, who romanced Stu Bergman. She appears as Dolly Sinatra in the
mini-series of Frank Sinatra's life (1992). Her Broadway theatre
credits include Who's Who in Hell and Social Security. She appeared in
Martin Sherman's one-woman play Rose, about a woman who survived the
Warsaw Ghetto, in London and then on Broadway Her theater, film, and
television work has also won her an Obie Award, a Drama Desk Award, a
Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle Award, and a Golden Globe.
20, 1931) is a Greek American actress. She started her career in
theater and won an Obie Award for Best Actress in 1963 for her
off-Broadway performance in Bertolt Brecht's Man Equals Man. She later
moved to film acting, and in 1987 she won an Academy Award, a Golden
Globe, and a BAFTA nomination for her performance in Moonstruck. She
received another Golden Globe nomination for Sinatra and Emmy Award
nominations for Lucky Day, More Tales of the City, and Joan of
Arc.Dukakis was born in Lowell, Massachusetts, the daughter of
Alexandra "Alec" (née Christos) (1901â€"1994) and Constantine "Costa"
S. Dukakis (1899â€"1975). Her parents were Greek emigrants, her father
originally from Anatolia and her mother from the Peloponnese. She has
a brother named Apollo and is a cousin of Michael Dukakis, former
Governor of Massachusetts and the Democratic nominee for President in
1988, for whom she was a delegate from New Jersey at the 1988
Democratic National Convention. She is an alumna of Arlington High
School in Arlington, Massachusetts, and was educated at Boston
University.Dukakis has appeared in a number of films, including Steel
Magnolias, Mr. Holland's Opus, Jane Austen's Mafia!, The Thing About
My Folks, and Moonstruck, for which she won an Oscar for Best
Supporting Actress. She also played the role of Anna Madrigal in the
Tales of the City television mini-series, which garnered her an Emmy
Award nomination, and appeared on Search for Tomorrow as Dr. Barbara
Moreno, who romanced Stu Bergman. She appears as Dolly Sinatra in the
mini-series of Frank Sinatra's life (1992). Her Broadway theatre
credits include Who's Who in Hell and Social Security. She appeared in
Martin Sherman's one-woman play Rose, about a woman who survived the
Warsaw Ghetto, in London and then on Broadway Her theater, film, and
television work has also won her an Obie Award, a Drama Desk Award, a
Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle Award, and a Golden Globe.
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