Maria Theodorakis

Bio

Maria Theodorakis is an Australian actress who has many credits across film, television and theatre.  More recent screen work includes roles in the television series The Newsreader (ABC), My Life is Murder (Network Ten), Wentworth (Foxtel), Newton’s Law, Seven Types of Ambiguity (ABC), and The Ex PM (ABC). Other television roles include Whatever Happened to that Guy, Satisfaction, Rush, Crashburn, Stingers, Marshall Law, Blue Heelers, State Coroner & Halifax.  Theodorakis has also appeared in a number of films including Holding the Man, The Eye of the Storm, Evil Never Dies and Walking on Water, as well as the Australian all-time classic The Castle.

Stage work includes more recently Top Girls, Birthrights & Measure for Measure for MTC, This is Living, Because the Night, The Spook for Malthouse Theatre, Life of Byron for Kali Techni, and a production of The Furies that toured to New York City, to name a few.

Maria received the Best Actress Award from both the Australian Film Institute (AACTAs)  and also the Film Critics Circle Awards for her work in the feature film Walking on Water.