Rika Vagiani, artist name for Marika Zoula (Greek: ÎœÎ±Ï Î¯ÎºÎ±
Î–Î¿Ï Î»Î±; 1962 â€" 7 August 2018), was a Greek actress, journalist,
politician, editor of magazines and children's book writer.She was
born in Athens district of Pangrati from journalist Odysseas Zoulas
and Varvara Drakou. Her career as actress began on 1979 and graduated
from National Theatre of Greece Drama School on 1982. Soon she started
to work as editor-in-chief in the magazines Cosmopolitan and Colt, and
the newspapers Apogevmatini and Ethnos as a daily columnist.She began
presenting on TV in shows on Mega Channel, Star, Seven X, Channel X
and ERT. She co-founded the news site Protagon, where published two
children's books. In 1986, she began presenting on television, with
featuring in shows on Mega, Star, Seven X, Channel 5 and, since 1997,
with the state broadcaster ERT, which she has remained until 2012. She
also contributed to the Protagon website and penned two children’s
books.Her artistic name "Rika Vagiani" came from the first syllable of
the name of Barbara's mother "Va-" and the name of Yiannis
Diakoyiannis' father-yanis. Her husband was Nikos Stefanis, with whom
she had a son, Odysseus. She died on 7 August 2018 of lung cancer.
Î–Î¿Ï Î»Î±; 1962 â€" 7 August 2018), was a Greek actress, journalist,
politician, editor of magazines and children's book writer.She was
born in Athens district of Pangrati from journalist Odysseas Zoulas
and Varvara Drakou. Her career as actress began on 1979 and graduated
from National Theatre of Greece Drama School on 1982. Soon she started
to work as editor-in-chief in the magazines Cosmopolitan and Colt, and
the newspapers Apogevmatini and Ethnos as a daily columnist.She began
presenting on TV in shows on Mega Channel, Star, Seven X, Channel X
and ERT. She co-founded the news site Protagon, where published two
children's books. In 1986, she began presenting on television, with
featuring in shows on Mega, Star, Seven X, Channel 5 and, since 1997,
with the state broadcaster ERT, which she has remained until 2012. She
also contributed to the Protagon website and penned two children’s
books.Her artistic name "Rika Vagiani" came from the first syllable of
the name of Barbara's mother "Va-" and the name of Yiannis
Diakoyiannis' father-yanis. Her husband was Nikos Stefanis, with whom
she had a son, Odysseus. She died on 7 August 2018 of lung cancer.
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