Elena Topalidou
Born: 1975-06-22
Known For: Acting
Biography
Elena Topalidou was born in Athens. She studied dance at the State School of Orchestral Art and piano at the National Conservatory of Athens. As a dancer she was a key member of the OKTANA dance theater from 1993 to 2005 and participated in all its productions. She also collaborated with Dimitris Papaioannou and the Ground Team, the National Theatre, the State Theater of Northern Greece, the Rootless root group, etc. As an actor, she collaborated with the National Theatre, KTHBE, the Athens Festival, the House of Letters and Arts, etc. directed by Michael Marmarinou, Nikos Karathanos, Lefteris Vogiatzis, Lydias Koniordou, Kostantin Bogomolov, Akylla Karazisi, etc. In the cinema, she participated in Greek short and feature films. In 1999, she was awarded the prize for the best female performance for the performance The Lady with the Camellias, choreographed by Kostantinos Rigos. In 2020, she won the first female performance award for the short film Bella by Thelgia Petrakis. In 2022, she received the first female performance award at the Iris Awards of the Cinema Academy for the film Magnetic Fields by George Gousis. She has been teaching classical ballet at the National Opera School since 2011.
Filmography
2025
- The Carpenter's Son as The Old Fiend
- The Child
- Novak as Maria
- Mahi
- Kyuka: Before Summer's End as Anna
- ΝΙΚΗ (or The Impossible Hope of Trying)
2024
- Arcadia as Vicky
- Lula LeBlanc as Eleni
- SIX
2023
- Fonissa as Amersa
- Oi Pantheoi as Μιρέλλα
- Aerolin as Marina
- Firebug
- Highway of a Broken Heart as Mary
2022
2020
- Birds (Or How to Be One)
- Bella as Anthi
2018
- The Forest as Tour guide
2016
- Interruption as Participant
- Helga Is in Lund
- Deconstructing Interruption as Self
2006
- Dying in Athens as Dancer
2005
- The Woman Is... A Tough Person as Ypefthini nekrotomiou