Lydia is an actress born and based in Athens, Greece.
She began her journey at The American College of Greece, Deree, from where she holds a Bachelor in Arts (Theatre Arts/ Acting). She then moved to London where she lived for 13 years, completed a Master in Arts in Acting (Theatre) at East 15 Acting School (University of Essex) and worked constantly as an actress and voice over artist. She was a member of The Unseen Acting School (2016-18) where she developed her craft, expanded her screen acting techniques, performed in film productions and prestigious showcases at Soho House (London). Lydia was an artistic associate of Goblin Baby Theatre Co., a London based activist theatre company, from 2014-2017. She was also actively involved with Sibling Productions/Short Cuts Festival from 2012 till 2014. Furthermore she is part of the One Billion Rising campaign and a great supporter of Eve Ensler’s activist work. She was a member of the Actor's Guild (2017-2022) where she attended acting workshops regularly. She is now back living in Athens since 2023, working and pursuing her acting passion. She attended weekly workshops on individual improvisation for four months (February - March 2023) under the guidance of the prestigious director Eleni Skoti at Theatre Epi Kolono (Athens). Work credits include theatre productions Father's Day (Theatre 503) Welcome to England (Bread and Roses Theatre), The Devil and Stepashka (The Space Theatre), Timeshare (Hen and Chickens), Last Man in Watford (Southwark Playhouse), Under The Skin (Tristan Bates), Agamemnon (Courtyard Theatre), films Instinct (Branwen Summers), Poison (London Film Studios), Caring For Mother (Future Focus Films), commercials for EUROJACKPOT (Filmiki Production) and PHILIPS (Odelay Films). |
Reviews |
‘Lydia is wonderfully precise and pernickety as Zhenya’s doting wife, Lisa…Whether she is folding sheets or inquiring incessantly after Stepashka’s child (who looks suspiciously like Zhenya) she has the harassed, loving, frantic possessiveness of a woman fearing, but refusing to believe, that she has been replaced. Lydia makes it clear that Lisa finds validation only in Zhenya’s approval. This is excruciatingly obvious when she appears with a red scarf identical to Stepashka’s and tries, awkward as a ballerina in a music box, to please him by dancing a sensual ‘peasant dance’, just like her rival’. 'I particularly enjoyed Lydia...’s monologues and their characters voices have really stuck with me’. 'The chorus are tightly choreographed and powerful in their delivery of key elements of narrative throughout the performance.’ |
Training |
2018 The Unseen Acting School (Screen and TV Acting)
2010 University of Essex, East 15 Acting School, MASTER OF ARTS in Acting for Theatre 2007 Deree, The American College of Greece, BACHELOR OF ARTS in Acting for Theatre |
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