Biography

Yota Argyropoulou was born in Athens and studied Theatre Performance at Goldsmiths College (University of London) and History of Art at East London University. She has performed in theatre plays in England, Spain, Italy and Greece in classical texts such as Ibsen's "Hedda Gabler" (Hedda), Shakespeare's "Hamlet" (Ophelia), Strindberg's "The Storm" (Gerda), in modern texts such as Martin Crimp's "Attempts on her life" and in performances such as "An Oak Tree" written and directed by Tim Crouch. She performed in the feature films "Before Midnight" by Richard Linklater, "Luton" by Michalis Konstantatos and in film installation "The Airport" by John Akomfrah, among others. She is the co-founder of the 'blindspot theatre group' in which she performs and contributes artistically in all its performances. She was invited as an artist-in-residency in Zurich in the festival «Zürcher Theater Spektakel». She wrote her first play "Hotel" which premiered in 2015-16 and it was among the finalists in the European competition of Berliner Festspiele 2017. She did a solo long-durational performance called "One Person at a Time" for Marina Abramovic Institute (MAI) and NEON exhibition entitled "As One" at Benaki Museum. Her performance "Blink" took place at the National Theatre of Oslo as part of the Ibsen Festival 2106. Recently she performed the leading role in a modern adaptation of "Ghosts" inspired by Henrik Ibsen that was presented at Athens & Epidaurus Festival 2018. She plays in the upcoming film "All the Pretty Little Horses" directed by Michalis Konstantatos.

- IMDb mini biography by: M.T.