
A Canadian actress, director, producer, and screenwriter by the name of Antonia Eugenia Vardalos was born on September 24, 1962. She gained nominations for the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay and the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Comedy or Musical for her roles as writer and actor in the romantic comedy My Big Fat Greek Wedding (2002).
She rose to stardom with her role in My Big Fat Greek Wedding, a film about a woman’s search for love. Both the critical and financial success of the movie. Vardalos had three nominations for the movie: a Screen Actors Guild nomination, a Golden Globe nomination for best actress in a motion picture musical or comedy, and an Academy Award nomination for best writing.
Nia Vardalos children: Meet Ilaria Gomez
Vardalos wed American actor Ian Gomez in September 1993. Vardalos and Gomez adopted Ilaria in 2008 after nine years of IVF and surrogacy failed to conceive them. Ilaria was a three-year-old child in the foster care system at the time.
Vardalos published a New York Times bestseller about the event in 2013 titled Instant Mom, and all revenues from it are donated to adoption organizations. In The Huffington Post, Vardalos also published a piece with tips on the adoption procedure.
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