Aggeliki Daliani (Greek: Αγγελική Δαλιάνη; born August 11, 1979) is a Greek actress and entrepreneur. She is best known for her role as Maria in '' Maria, i Aschimi'', the Greek edition of the television series ''

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Early life

Daliani was born on August 11, 1979, in

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even her origin is from

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. She has a 6-year younger sister Panagiota Daliani. She graduated the Department of Communication and Media Studies of the

National and Kapodistrian University of Athens The National and Kapodistrian University of Athens (NKUA; , ''Ethnikó kai Kapodistriakó Panepistímio Athinón''), usually referred to simply as the University of Athens (UoA), is a public university in Athens, Greece, with various campuses alo ...

and the Department of the Greek Culture of the

Hellenic Open University The Hellenic Open University (HOU; Greek: Ελληνικό Ανοικτό Πανεπιστήμιο, ΕΑΠ) was founded in 1992 in Patras and is the only online/distance-learning public university in Greece. Modelled on the British Open University ...

. She worked as a

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for 5 years in a gossip magazine. She left reporting for

acting Acting is an activity in which a story is told by means of its enactment by an actor who adopts a character—in theatre, television, film, radio, or any other medium that makes use of the mimetic mode. Acting involves a broad range of sk ...

Career

In 2005, she made her television debut in

ANT1 Antenna, better known as ANT1, is a free-to-air television network airing in Greece. The alternate spelling is wordplay in Greek; ''ena'' (ένα) is the Greek number ''1'' (one), thus ''ANT1'' is pronounced the same as ''Antenna'' (Αντένν ...

series "Min Mou Les Antio" with a recurring role of 10 episodes. In 2006 she had a guest role for 2 episodes in Mega series "Hrthe kai Edese". In 2006, she passed from audition for the role of ''Maria Papasotiriou'' in Mega series '' Maria, i Aschimi'', the Greek edition of the television series ''

''. It was her first main role in a television series. The series were viewed for 2 seasons between 2007 and 2008. But due to the success of the series, she decided with the channel to be appearing with her ugly look during the first time of the series viewing. However, the press found and showed old photographs with her normal look. This series made her known in the public and during that time, she was the most popular person in the country. After the end of the series, she appeared in her third Mega series called "Ola ston Aera" with a Guest role in 1 episode. During the episode filming, she was pregnant in her first child. In

theatre Theatre or theater is a collaborative form of performing art that uses live performers, usually actors to present experiences of a real or imagined event before a live audience in a specific place, often a Stage (theatre), stage. The performe ...

, she has appeared in numerous theatrical performances such as: "

The Bacchae ''The Bacchae'' (; , ''Bakkhai''; also known as ''The Bacchantes'' ) is an ancient Greek tragedy, written by the Athenian playwright Euripides during his final years in Macedonia, at the court of Archelaus I of Macedon. It premiered posthumou ...

" (2004-2005), "Erotika Paixnidia" (2006-2007), "To Asximopapo" (2007-2008), "Den Plirono, Den Plirono" (2008-2009), "Paizoun to Tragoudi Mas" (2010-2012), "

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" (2012-2013), "Pontikopagida" (2014-2015), "Boeing Boeing" (2016-2018) and " My Friend Lefterakis" (Summer 2018). In 2019, she returned to television after a 10-year absence with her second in her career and her first main role since ''Maria, i Aschimi'' in ANT1 series "H Epistrofi" in the role of "Athena Sideri". Her main role started from the 85th episode.

Personal life

In 2003, Daliani began dating actor Manos Papayiannis. On May 3, 2009, she gave birth to their first child, a daughter, Lydia Papayianni and on September 12, 2009, the couple married. On September 16, 2017, Daliani gave birth to their second child, a son, Nikitas Papayiannis, who was born earlier in 8 months.
In August 2013, Daliani and Papayiannis opened a Cafeteria-Bar called "

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Filmography

Television

Theatre

External links

Aggeliki's Official Website
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