Clio Danae Othoneou ( el, Κλειώ Δανάη Οθωναίου born 30 September 1979) is a Greek actress,

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and

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Family and early life

She was born September 30, 1979 in

Thessaloniki Thessaloniki (; el, Θεσσαλονίκη, , also known as Thessalonica (), Saloniki, or Salonica (), is the second-largest city in Greece, with over one million inhabitants in its Thessaloniki metropolitan area, metropolitan area, and the capi ...

, Greece, where her parents studied, and is the oldest of three daughters. At age two, they moved to

Xanthi Xanthi ( el, Ξάνθη, ''Xánthi'', ) is a city in the region of Western Thrace, northeastern Greece. It is the capital of the Xanthi (regional unit), Xanthi regional unit of the modern regions of Greece, region of East Macedonia and Thrace. A ...

, her mother's hometown. There she began the first courses of piano in the National Conservatoire of Xanthi at five and a half. A few years later, she moved to

Athens Athens ( ; el, Αθήνα, Athína ; grc, Ἀθῆναι, Athênai (pl.) ) is both the capital and largest city of Greece. With a population close to four million, it is also the seventh largest city in the European Union. Athens dominates ...

suburb of

Cholargos Holargos ( el, Χολαργός, also: ''Cholargos'') is a suburb of Athens, Greece, located northeast of the city center and about away from Syntagma Square. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Papagou-Cholargo ...

, her father's hometown.

Music education

She continued piano studies in the National Conservatoire, in

Athens Conservatoire The Athens Conservatoire () is the oldest educational institution for the performing arts in modern Greece. It was founded in 1871 by the non-profit organization Music and Drama Association. History Initially, the musical instruments that were ta ...

and the Attica Conservatoire, where she studied with Marina Lamprinoudi, Parry Derempei-Papastavrou and Dionyssis Malloychos. She gave her first public performance at age seven in "Parnassos Hall" in Athens, playing

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. From 1996 she appeared in many piano concerts, in various Greek cities. In 1998 she received her degree in piano and in 2000 a diploma Soloist, studying under Dimitris Toufexis.

Theatre education

She studied for one year in the Superior Dramatic Faculty “ARCHI" of Nelli Karra. The next year she passed through examinations to enroll in the Superior Dramatic Faculty of National Theatre. The same period, she studied lyrical music with

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Irini Karayianni. In 2005 she graduated from the Superior Dramatic Faculty of National Theatre.

References

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