Biography

Anna Kyriakou (Athens, January 17, 1929 - October 13, 2025) was a Greek actress She studied at the Drama School of the National Theater, but in 1954, having already begun her career in acting, she moved to Paris, where she attended two years of classes at the famous Charles Dulain School with professor Jean Villard. In 1945, as a first-year student at the National Theater School, she participated in Pelos Katselis' play "The Merchant of Venice" which was staged at the National Theater's summer theater in Klafthmonos Square. The famous director had chosen Kyriakou along with other young actors from the school to fill the roles. In the following years, and while she had graduated from the school, she met Vasilis Logothetidis with whom she collaborated in the plays “Miss 39”, “Delistavrou and Son”, “He Stepped on the Melon Peel”, “The Lady of Maxim” and “Neither Cat Nor Damage” in the role of Lolota. Upon her return from Paris, she starred alongside Dimitris Myrat, Alekos Alexandrakis, Dinos Iliopoulos and Mimis Fotopoulos in important plays by Greek and foreign authors, while from 1960 to 1981 she took part with great success in 34 plays by the National Theatre.