Despina Mirou is a very well known Greek actress, writer and comedian. She began her dynamic career as a child actor and received two writing awards as a writer. She is known for her performances across genres. Despina started her career while she was doing an improve stand up, she was discovered by the famous comic creator and writer Rena Rigga of the TV series "Akros Oikogeneiakon" for Antenna TV. The TV sitcom became a huge success, and Despina became a teen idol while playing the nerdy and goofy "Aristea". The following years she participated in many T.V series, such as : "Ta paid ti's Niovis " , "Akrovatontas" , "Singles" ,the Greek adaptation of the comedy "The Nanny " ,"Erotas me episodes O.G.A" , "To Kokkino domino" ,"Efta Thanasimes Petheres" , "Ergazomeni woman" , "Life is a bicycle" , "Deikse moi to filo sou" , "True Love Stories", in the drama series "Archipelagos" she performed the sultry character of Tanzout and overnight she became a"sex symbol ",and the British comedy show "Bunny Poo salad". In cinema after her first film with Peter Bogdanovich "The cats meow" , she played in many filo such as : "Urania', "Beware the bear" , "Salome" , "The cleaning days", "Emma Blue ", "The Will of Father Jean Meslier", "The flight of the Swan" , "A Ship to Palestine", "Ellen Altamira" and many more. In theater Despina debuted in the comedy play "Von Dimitrakis" when she was 15 years old. She has a classic theater repertoire including "Konstantinos Palaiologos" by Nikos Kazantzakis, "I Ellada outcomes" by M.Rialdi, "The Little man" by D.Horne , "The Maids" by Jean Genet, where she played Solange , "The pretty mother " by G.Ksenopoulos, "The Bear-The Proposal " by Anton Chekhov, where Despina played the role of Natalya Stepanovna, "National News" by M.Pontika , "The Odd Couple" by Neil Simon, and "Uncle Vanya" by Anton Chekhov, where she played Sonya. Despina started her international career with Peter Bogdanovich"s film "The cats meow" when he cast her for a small part. It was her first work in cinema. In 2012 she received an award from the U.S Congress' "Excellence in Innovations " for her speech about "The Historically Importance of Women in Ancient Times and Modern Women of Our Times " at the White House in Washington D.C. After she decided finally to leave her ongoing career in Europe and moved to the US in 2015. She participated in a a seminar with Al Pacino and took acting classes with John Strasberg in New York. In 2015 in New York she did stand-up at the N. Y. Comedy club, where she impersonated Lucille Ball and the show aired on HBO. She played the character of Cassandra in the play "Oresteia" by Aeschylus at the "Kirk Theater" Off Broadway, directed by L. Loizidis. Same time in 2015 she took part in the HBO TV series 'Show me a Hero" directed by Paul Haggis. Because of her international background and her ability to play drama and comedy, Despina caught the attention of casting directors and she was cast ed in many films and channels. In 2016 she did a video "Californication" with Farah Mokrani for MTV. In 2016 she played the character of Georgia alive in "Vox Influx" a TV drama film by Adrian Fulle. In 2015 she played in the drama film "Vamp Bikers Dos" the character of Queen Fellini, directed by Eric Spade Rivas.End of 2017 Despina finished a TV family drama movie for Lifetime channel "A Mother's Sacrifice" directed by Trey Haley. In 2017 she played the nurse Amber in the comedy film "Nurses do it better" directed by Stephan Pacheco. In 2017 she finished another drama action film "The American connection" starring Faye Dunaway, Michael Madsen, Darryl Hannah. The film was directed by Jeff Espanol and Despina played a Nun-Spy. Recently in 2018 she finished the comedy film 'Tango Shalom" written by Joseph Bologna and directed by Gabriel Bologna. The cast includes Renee Taylor, Joseph Bologna, Lainie Kazan, and produced by Joel Zwick. Despina played Susan Schulman a Hasidic Jewish woman. In 2018 she finished the comedy film "The proposal". In 2018-19 she is cast to start shooting for the film "Gleichschaltung" in which she will play the Jewish girl Judith, directed by Patric Kilpatrick. In 2018 she played in the comedy film "The Light Touch" directed by Robert Mc Lean. In this film Despina plays the character of the crazy policewoman Gina, similar to a female Clouseau in "The Pink Panther". Since Despina moved to Los Angeles she established a Stand-up career at various Comedy clubs in LA and NY, like The Comedy Store, The Laugh Factory, New York Comedy club,The Flappers,The Ice house, the Comedy Union,and many more where she performs as a regular comedian. Her talent in impersonating and transforming herself to different personalities has made her stand out in the comedy world ,like Lucille Ball at the New York Comedy club, with her monologue "Lucy at Halloween". Also, she impersonated Joan Crawford at The Laugh Factory with her monologue "Kisses From Joan". Her new faces include Marilyn Monroe, Liz Taylor, Jessica Rabbit, Kim Kardashian, Lady Gaga ,and many more. In 2017 she presented the winning film at the Greek Los Angeles Film Festival.Since 2016 she is a student at Santa Monica College and has studied comedy directors Charlie Chaplin, Woody Allen and she received her diploma in Astronomy. - IMDb Mini Biography By: M.Pritcher
