Despina Tomazani

Despina Tomazani was a Greek actress who also worked as a writer and screenwriter. She began her screen career in Sweden with the television film Amala Kamala in 1971. Despina Tomazani went nude in Glykia Symmoria, the 1983 film that made her name in Greece. She was born on Chios in Greece on June 1, 1945. She studied theater in Athens and later at Stockholm University. Her first cinema role came in Jag heter Stelios in 1972. Her best known role was Sofia, the part she played for director Nikos Nikolaidis. She also appeared in Thriller: A Cruel Picture and Blood Tide. She wrote the screenplay for Free Diving, directed by Giorgos Panousopoulos in 1995.