Andrea Demetriades (born 1987) is an Australian actress known for her television, theatre and film roles.

Personal life

Demetriades was born in

Perth Perth is the capital and largest city of the Australian state of Western Australia. It is the fourth most populous city in Australia and Oceania, with a population of 2.1 million (80% of the state) living in Greater Perth in 2020. Perth is ...

, the youngest of four sisters. Her father, Costas, emigrated from

Cyprus Cyprus ; tr, Kıbrıs (), officially the Republic of Cyprus,, , lit: Republic of Cyprus is an island country located south of the Anatolian Peninsula in the eastern Mediterranean Sea. Its continental position is disputed; while it is geo ...

in 1969 and met her mother, Athena. Athena was born in Perth, and her father was from Andros,

Greece Greece,, or , romanized: ', officially the Hellenic Republic, is a country in Southeast Europe. It is situated on the southern tip of the Balkans, and is located at the crossroads of Europe, Asia, and Africa. Greece shares land borders with ...

. Athena was an artist and Costas became a

Greek language Greek ( el, label=Modern Greek, Ελληνικά, Elliniká, ; grc, Ἑλληνική, Hellēnikḗ) is an independent branch of the Indo-European family of languages, native to Greece, Cyprus, southern Italy (Calabria and Salento), southern Al ...

teacher and a translator, helping people with legal matters and translating in

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s and

welfare Welfare, or commonly social welfare, is a type of government support intended to ensure that members of a society can meet basic human needs such as food and shelter. Social security may either be synonymous with welfare, or refer specificall ...

departments. Demetriades studied Dance at the

Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts The Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts (WAAPA) at Edith Cowan University (ECU) was established in 1980 to provide performing arts tuition. WAAPA (commonly pronounced "whopp-a") operates as a part of ECU, located at the ECU campus in ...

, and Communications and Cultural Studies at Curtin University. She graduated from the

National Institute of Dramatic Art The National Institute of Dramatic Art (NIDA) is an Australian educational institution for the performing arts is based in Sydney, New South Wales. Founded in 1958, many of Australia's leading actors and directors trained at NIDA, including Cat ...

(NIDA) with a Bachelor of Dramatic Art (Acting) degree in 2006.

Television

Demetriades is best known for her role as Lina Badir in the television series ''

Crownies ''Crownies'' is an Australian television drama series which was originally broadcast on ABC1 from 14 July until 1 December 2011. The series revolves around a group of solicitors fresh from law school, working with Crown Prosecutors, who are the ...

''. She reprised the role for the spin-off series '' Janet King'' in 2014 and 2016. Her television guest roles include '' All Saints'' as Felicity Summers in 2009, ''

Mr & Mrs Murder ''Mr & Mrs Murder'' is a 13-part Australian crime comedy television series produced by FremantleMedia Australia in association with Bravado Productions. It originally ran on Network Ten on from 20 February to 15 May 2013. The murder mystery ser ...

'' as Lola and '' Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries'' as Beatrice in 2013. Demetriades appeared in the critically acclaimed 2015 Australian drama series ''The Principal'' as Hafa Habeb. In 2017 she starred in both the Australian Broadcasting Corporation's TV series ''Seven Types of Ambiguity'', and ''Pulse'' as Doctor Lou Tannis. In 2018 she also starred in the Australian Broadcasting Corporation's TV series '' Squinters''.

Theatre

Demetriades has featured in the films ''

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'' and '' Around The Block''. Her theatre roles include

Bell Shakespeare Bell Shakespeare is an Australian theatre company specialising in the works of William Shakespeare, his contemporaries and other classics. It is based in Sydney. The Bell Shakespeare vision is to create theatre that allows audiences of all wa ...

's ''

Pericles Pericles (; grc-gre, Περικλῆς; c. 495 – 429 BC) was a Greek politician and general during the Golden Age of Athens. He was prominent and influential in Athenian politics, particularly between the Greco-Persian Wars and the Pelopo ...

'', for which she was nominated for a 2009

Green Room Award The Green Room Awards are peer awards which recognise excellence in cabaret, dance, drama, fringe theatre, musical theatre and opera in Melbourne. The awards were started in 1982 when Blair Edgar and Steven Tandy formed the Green Room Awards A ...

and she toured Australia in Bell Shakespeare's ''

Twelfth Night ''Twelfth Night'', or ''What You Will'' is a romantic comedy by William Shakespeare, believed to have been written around 1601–1602 as a Twelfth Night's entertainment for the close of the Christmas season. The play centres on the twins Vio ...

'' in 2010. She starred as Eliza Doolittle in Sydney Theatre Company's 2012 production of ''

Pygmalion Pygmalion or Pigmalion may refer to: Mythology * Pygmalion (mythology), a sculptor who fell in love with his statue Stage * ''Pigmalion'' (opera), a 1745 opera by Jean-Philippe Rameau * ''Pygmalion'' (Rousseau), a 1762 melodrama by Jean-Jacques ...

''. Film Demetriades is one of the main protagonists in the 2015 film ''

Alex & Eve ''Alex & Eve'' is a 2016 Australian comedy-drama and romance film, directed by Peter Andrikidis and written by Alex Lykos, based on his play of the same name. The film is about dating in a multicultural landscape when Greek Orthodox school teache ...

'' about dating between a Greek (Alex, played by

Richard Brancatisano Richard Peter Brancatisano (born 29 October 1983), also known by his stage name Richie Branco, is an Australian television actor and musician, best known for his roles as List of Power Rangers Mystic Force characters#Xander Bly, Xander Bly, the ...

) and a Muslim Lebanese (Eve, played by Demetriades).

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Demetriades, Andrea 1983 births Australian film actresses Australian people of Greek Cypriot descent Australian people of Greek descent Australian stage actresses Australian television actresses Living people National Institute of Dramatic Art alumni Actors from Perth, Western Australia

Personal life

Television

Theatre

References

Further reading

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