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FANI GEMTOU
Actor


Born in Athens, she is a distinguished graduate of K. Koun's Art Theatre Drama Scholl and a graduate of the University of Athens, Department of Theatre Studies. She is also a graduate of the London Central School of Speech and Drama, Postgraduate Course on Music Theatre.

She took speech lessons (with professor K. Papalexopoulou) and singing lessons (with professors L. Angelopoulou, A. Tsolakou and N. Panagiotopoulos).She attended acting seminars with Aleta Chappelle, F. F. Coppola's head casting director, with Eugenio Barba's "Odin Theatret" in Denmark and with Lilo Baur. She has worked with the Art Theatre, the Greek National Theatre, The Theatre of Thessaly, Analiti Theatre, Old University Theatre, "Protes Iles" (Raw Material) Studio (she is a founding member of "Protes Iles" theatre company), and with many directors, such as M. Kougioumtzis, N. Kondouri, K. Tsianos, A. Milonas, G. Kalatzopoulos, Ev. Gavriilidis, Chr. Lingas, K. Spiropoulos, D. Henson et al. She has also taken part in musical recitals in London.