Doretta Papadimitriou

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

Early life
Papadimitriou was born in Athens on 15 October 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. During her teenage years until the age of 22, she was a champion in rhythmic gymnastics and athletics. 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.

Television actress
Papadimitriou 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.

Papadimitriou 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. 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.

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. There she competed with professional partner Pavlos Manogiannakis and on 17 February 2013, she was declared the winner of the season. 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?. 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. 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
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. 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.

In July 2014 she signed a contract with Mega channel. From September to December 2014 she was the presenter of the musical talent show for children The Music School. After it ended she presented the 2015 Eurovision final for NERIT along Mary Synatsakis. In March 2015, she presented Mega Channel's game show Greece S'Agapo in the station's prime time zone. 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.

On 27 April 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. 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.

Then she presented the entertainment show Here in 2017-2018 together with Dimitris Milioglou and Konstantinos Vassalos. 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. In the summer of 2018, it was announced the end of her collaboration with the station. 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.

Theatre
Papadimitriou's first well-known work in the ttheatretook place in the 2009–10 season, with the show The Black Box staged at the Jeni Karezi Theatre. 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), Master Puntila and his servant Matti (2012–2013, Jenny Karezi Theatre), The Hangover 4 and Trojan War (2013–2014), 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
In the cinema, she 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.

Personal life
From 2004 to 2009 she was married to businessman Konstantinos Piladakis, with whom she had two sons.