Doretta Papadimitriou

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Doretta Papadimitriou
Ντορέττα Παπαδημητρίου
Born
Theodora Papadimitriou

(1979-10-15) 15 October 1979 (age 44)
Athens, Greece
NationalityGreece Greek
Alma materNational and Kapodistrian University of Athens
Occupations
  • Actress
  • presenterl
Years activeearly 2000s-present
Known forDancing with the Stars (Greek season 3), Alter Ego (2007 film), To Megalo Pazari, Survivor Greece
SpouseKonstantinos Piladakis (2004-2009)
Children2

Theodora Papadimitriou (born 15 October 1979) known as Doretta Papadimitriou is a Greek actress, presenter and former athlete.

Early life[edit]

She was born in Athens on October 15, 1979, where she spent her childhood years. After finishing school she started studying at the department of political science and public administration of the school of economics and political sciences of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens. Along with her studies at university, she also studied acting at the Iasmos Drama School of Vasilis Diamantopoulos.[1] During her teenage years until the age of 22, she was a champion in rhythmic gymnastics and athletics.[2] During her sporting career, she represented the national team until 2002, participating in the European Championships, while she was named Balkan Champion with the Junior team in 1992.[3]

Career[edit]

Television actress[edit]

She made her television debut as an actress in the early 2000s in Mega Channel's daily series Forbidden Love, playing a small role. In April 2003, she appeared in an episode of the ANT1 comedy series Lefkos Oikos, playing a saleswoman. Her first starring television role came in the 2003–2004 season in the NET comedy series Shedon Pote, directed by Nikos Perakis. There she played Vanda Pappa, a young up-and-coming actress, co-starring with Anna-Maria Papacharalambous, Vana Rabota and Annita Koulis in the first cycle of the series. Alongside Almost Never, from March to May 2004 he had a key role in the cast of the third cycle of Christoforos Papakaliatis's drama series Close Your Eyes.[4]

She returned to television in the 2005–2006 season with a double appearance. On the one hand, she joined the lead cast of the second cycle of the daily series of Elena Akrita and Giorgos Kyritsis Vera sto Dexi on Mega Channel, having the role of Anna Damianou, while on the other hand she starred with Thanasis Efthimiadis in the comedy series of Alpha TV Confusions. This was followed by the episode "To Lamogio Keratas" of the series Honorable Cuckolds where she starred together with Alexis Georgoulis. In 2007, she starred with Nikos Galanos in the episode "Question of Life and Death" of the police series The Stories of Police Officer Beka .[5] In 2008, she starred in stories of the series of self-contained episodes I Saw You and True Loves. In 2009 she had a key role in the youth series Wild Children playing Danae, a lawyer. In the same year, he made a guest appearance in the first episode of the series Talk Dirty to Me. In 2010, she again played a lawyer in four episodes of the second cycle of the series Lakis o glukoulis, while she also appeared as a guest in the comedy series Mr. & Mrs. Pels.[6][7]

In October 2012, it was announced that she was one of the participants in the third cycle of ΑΝΤ1's show Dancing with the Stars.[8] There she competed with professional partner Pavlos Manogiannakis and on February 17, 2013, she was declared the winner of the season.[9] After several seasons of presenting TV shows, she announced in December 2018 that she is going to star in Alpha TV's black comedy Are you keeping a secret?.[10] There she played Angeliki Asteriou, a flight attendant who has an extramarital affair, co-starring with, among others, Elisavet Konstantinidou, Meleti Ilias, Traiana Anania and Konstantinos Aspiotis.[11] In 2022, she participated in an episode of Alpha's neoclassical series. In 2023-2024 she works in On the Wires on ERT1.

Television presenter[edit]

After the end of Dancing with the Stars, she took over the presentation of Skai's infotainment show Xtypa Xylos from September to December 2013, which was about children and the prevention of child accidents.[12] At the same time, from September of the same year until February 2014, she was the backstage presenter of the fourth cycle of Dancing with the Stars, with Doukissa Nomikou as the main presenter.[13]

In July 2014 she signed a contract with Mega channel.[14] From September to December 2014 she was the presenter of the musical talent show for children The Music School.[15] After it ended she presented the 2015 Eurovision final for NERIT along Mary Synatsakis.[16] In March 2015, she presented Mega Channel's game show Greece S'Agapo in the station's prime time zone.[17] In July 2015, Mega Channel announced that would be the presenter of the station's morning entertainment zone in the 2015–2016 season. So from September 2015 she started presenting the daily show Kalimeroudias.[18]

On April 27, 2016, shortly before the end of the show, she announced that "Kalimeroudia" was temporarily suspended due to the financial problems faced by the television station Mega Channel.[19] The show never aired again, as did the rest of the station's schedule. In January 2017, she signed a cooperation contract with Skai. There, from February of the same year, she started presenting a game show based on the American show Let's make a deal.[20]

Then she presented the entertainment show Here in 2017-2018 together with Dimitris Milioglou and Konstantinos Vassalos.[21] At the same time, from January 2018, she presented Here Survivor, which was soon renamed Survivor Panorama and presented exclusive material, interviews and backstage from Survivor Greece.[22] In the summer of 2018, it was announced the end of her collaboration with the station.[23] That year she also appeared as a guest judge on Dancing with the Stars 6, and made an appearance on MadWalk - The Fashion Music Project. In 2020-2021 she presented the show Roomies with Katerina Zarifi and Maria Solomou on Mega. In 2021 she presented the cooking reality show Game of Chefs on ANT1.

Theater[edit]

Her first well-known work in the theater took place in the 2009–10 season, with the show The Black Box staged at the Jeni Karezi Theater. At the same time, in 2010, she also participated in The 24 hour plays at the Kappa Theatre. In the winter of 2010–2011, she played in the play Sheer Madness, at the Warehouse Theatre.

This was followed by the performances Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown by Yiannis Kakleas (2011–2012, Mikro Pallas Theatre),[24] Master Puntila and his servant Matti (2012–2013, Jenny Karezi Theatre),[25] The Hangover 4[26] and Trojan War (2013–2014),[27] Ghost in Heels by Stamatis Fassoulis (2014–2015, Gloria Theatre), Chet Walker's Sweet Charity (2015–2016, Badminton Theatre), Nikos Moutsinas' Above (2016–2017, Piraeus 131 Theatre), Marihuana Stop in adaptation /directed by Giorgos Valaris (2018–2019, Gazi Live Theater), Hair Spray! (2019–2020, Acropolis Theatre), Mamma Mia (2022, City Garden Festival).

Movies[edit]

In the cinema, he has participated in a total of seven films. Her first appearance was in Nikos Perakis' comedy "Lisa and everyone else" in 2003, where she had a leading role. There she played the close friend of the protagonist, Claire, with the film selling 70,000 tickets nationwide and coming first among 20 films. Her next appearance on the big screen was in 2007 in Nikolas Dimitropoulos' film "Alter ego" where she starred alongside Sakis Rouvas. In 2009, she took part in the comedy "Nisos", directed by Christos Dimas, playing a lawyer. In 2010, she collaborated again with Nikolas Dimitropoulos in the comedy "180 degrees". This was followed by the fantasy film 'Dos' in 2011.

In 2013, she gave her voice to the Greek version of the animated film The Smurfs 2 in the role of Vexi. In 2016, she participated in the Greek-American adventure "Short Fuse", playing Athena.[28][29]

Personal life[edit]

From 2004 to 2009 she was married to businessman Konstantinos Piladakis, with whom she had two sons, Dionysis (born December 31, 2004) and Filippos (born March 23, 2006).

References[edit]

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  2. ^ "Ντορέττα Παπαδημητρίου: "Δεν ζούσα με την ανεμελιά και την ξεγνοιασιά των άλλων παιδιών"".
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  4. ^ "Φινάλε για το σίριαλ "Kλείσε τα μάτια"". tanea.gr. 17 May 2004. Retrieved 8 August 2020.
  5. ^ "Ντορέττα Παπαδημητρίου: Αγνώριστη πριν χρόνια στο πλευρό του… αστυνόμου Μπέκα!". youweekly.gr. 25 November 2015. Retrieved 8 August 2020.
  6. ^ "Ντορέττα Παπαδημητρίου: Μια δυναμική δικηγόρος στο πλευρό του "Λάκη του γλυκούλη"". yupiii.gr. 6 April 2010. Retrieved 8 August 2020.
  7. ^ "Η Ντορέττα Παπαδημητρίου στον Κύριο & την Κυρία Πελς". newsit.gr. 19 February 2010. Retrieved 8 August 2020.
  8. ^ "Αυτά είναι τα ζευγάρια του Dancing with the stars!". gossip-tv.gr. 29 October 2012. Retrieved 8 August 2020.
  9. ^ "Νικήτρια του "Dancing with the Stars" η Ντορέττα Παπαδημητρίου". star.gr. 18 February 2013. Retrieved 8 August 2020.
  10. ^ "Είναι οριστικό! Η Ντορέττα Παπαδημητρίου μιλάει για τη νέα της τηλεοπτική στέγη". peoplegreece.com (in Greek). 2019-01-11. Archived from the original on 2019-11-01. Retrieved 2019-01-11.
  11. ^ "Η Ντορέττα Παπαδημητρίου σε σίριαλ στον Alpha (vid)". ethnos.gr (in Greek). 2018-12-23. Retrieved 2019-04-09.
  12. ^ "Η Ντορέττα Παπαδημητρίου με δική της εκπομπή στον ΣΚΑΙ". tlife.gr. 30 July 2013. Retrieved 8 August 2020.
  13. ^ "Dancing With The Stars 4: Η επίσημη ανακοίνωση & η φωτογράφιση των συντελεστών". yupiii.gr. 8 October 2013. Retrieved 8 August 2020.
  14. ^ "Η Ντορέττα Παπαδημητρίου είναι η νέα παρουσιάστρια του Mega!". tlife.gr. 8 July 2014. Retrieved 8 August 2020.
  15. ^ ""Music School": Το μήνυμα του Mega για την Ντορέττα Παπαδημητρίου και η επιτροπή του σόου!". tlife.gr. 10 July 2014. Retrieved 8 August 2020.
  16. ^ "Eurovision 2015: Η βραδιά του ελληνικού τελικού και όσα δήλωσαν οι παρουσιάστριες στο TLIFE!". tlife.gr. 27 February 2015. Retrieved 8 August 2020.
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  18. ^ "Ντορέττα Παπαδημητρίου: Αυτός είναι ο τίτλος της εκπομπής της στο πρωινό του Mega". must.com.cy. 22 September 2015. Retrieved 8 August 2020.
  19. ^ "Πρόωρο τέλος για τα "Καλημερούδια" ανακοίνωσε η Ντορέττα". newsbeast.gr. 27 April 2016. Retrieved 8 August 2020.
  20. ^ ""Κάνε Παζάρι": Η επίσημη ανακοίνωση για το νέο παιχνίδι του Σκάι". Archived from the original on 2017-01-25. Retrieved 2018-10-23.
  21. ^ "Έκλεισε η Ντορέττα Παπαδημητρίου στον ΣΚΑΪ: Τι θα συμβεί για πρώτη φορά στην ελληνική τηλεόραση;". Archived from the original on 2018-10-23. Retrieved 2018-10-23.
  22. ^ "Οι αλλαγές στο πρόγραμμα του ΣΚΑΪ: Κ. Βασάλος και Ευ. Βαλαβάνη μαζί στην εκπομπή "Εδώ Survivor"!".
  23. ^ "Η Ντορέττα Παπαδημητρίου εξήγησε τους λόγους που έφυγε από τον ΣΚΑΪ".
  24. ^ ""Γυναίκες στα πρόθυρα νευρικής κρίσης" η Κωνσταντάκη και η Παπαδημητρίου".
  25. ^ "Ντορέττα Παπαδημητρίου: Συνεργασία με τον Κώστα Καζάκο για δεύτερη φορά".
  26. ^ "Πλήθος επωνύμων στο ελληνικό… Hangover! Το TLIFE ήταν εκεί".
  27. ^ "Ντ. Παπαδημητρίου: H selfie φωτογραφία μετά από 7 παραστάσεις μέσα σε 2 μέρες!".
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  29. ^ "Ντορέττα Παπαδημητρίου - Νίκος Ψαρράς: Στην παραλία για τα γυρίσματα του Short Fuse". fthis.gr (in Greek). 2013-07-19. Retrieved 2013-07-19.
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