''Lola'' (

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: Λoλα, stylized as ΛΟΛΑ) was the

remake of the successful Argentine

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Lalola ''Lalola'' was an Argentine television comedy show that aired from 28 August 2007 to 29 April 2008. It was broadcast by TV channel América 2. It starred Carla Peterson and Luciano Castro as protagonists. The show won nine Martín Fierro Awards f ...

''. The series premiered on September 22, 2008 in Greece on

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and ran Monday through Friday. The last episode was released on July 7, 2009.

Plot

The TV series centers on the transformation of a

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into a

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, sharing with the audience the comical daily events of ''her'' new life. The story begins with Leonidas Lalos who is editor and director of "Mister", a typical men's lifestyle magazine. Young, successful and accomplished, he is an eligible bachelor who has the same attitude towards women as he portrays them in his magazine: expendable pleasure items. His philosophy on life can be summed up as follows: fast cars, fast internet, fast women! In his path he leaves many brokenhearted victims the last of which, the

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and mysterious Romina decides to teach him a lesson. With the help of a gypsy she casts a spell on him. On a night with a moon eclipse, the transformation takes places and Lalos wakes up the next day as a beautiful woman. Feeling lost and trapped in a body filled with unknown

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s, Lola asks Hara, her best friend for help. Hara was secretly in

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with Lalos for years. They look for Romina but can't find her. Lola is thus forced to adjust to her new identity and to address the world as a woman with Hara's help. So as to retain her authority in the magazine, Lola appears as Lalo's first cousin to replace him for as long as he is abroad. Lola is faced with the hard reality of being a woman in the 21st century. Although women have accomplished a lot, the structures of society still remain phallocratic. She thus learns first hand all about

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and

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work behaviour. At the same time she discovers the insanity experienced by a modern woman who has to be the professional, sexy, responsible, fashionable, and as well as a homemaker. On the one hand Lola wants to get rid of her new self, on the other hand she feels ever more like a woman. However, in all this mess Lola has an advantage: she knows first hand male psychology coupled with female intuition. Things get more complicated when she falls in

with her colleague Fotis, who falls in love with her at first sight. Thus Lola discovers the emotional

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s of the female nature. The series mostly follow the structure of Lalola, but the plot is extended with longer scenes at locations. For example, the plot timeline of 12 episodes of Lalola are equal to 17 episodes of Lola.

Cast

Anta Livitsanou Ada Livitsanou ( gr, Άντα Λιβιτσάνου; born July 23, 1979) is a Greek actress and singer. She is best known for her role as Lola in ''Lola'', the Greek edition of the television series ''Lalola''. Livitsanou is an actress who has sta ...

as Theodora "Lola" Lalou/Eva Ambatzoglou *

Thanasis Efthimiadis Thanasis (Θανάσης) is a Greek given name, short for Athanasios (Αθανάσιος), which can mean "eternal life" or "immortal". Notable people with the name Thanasis or Thanassis include: *Thanasis Antetokounmpo (born 1992), Greek baske ...

as Fotis Stergiou * Tasos Chalkias as Argiris Paraskevopoulos (Lola's Boss) *

Anna Andrianou Anna may refer to: People Surname and given name * Anna (name) Mononym * Anna the Prophetess, in the Gospel of Luke * Anna (wife of Artabasdos) (fl. 715–773) * Anna (daughter of Boris I) (9th–10th century) * Anna (Anisia) (fl. 1218 to 1221) ...

as Elvira Hatzifotiadi (Argiris's wife) *

Anna Rezan Anna Rezan ( el, Άννα Ρεζάν; born ''Anna Hannah Rezan Kritseli'', el, Άννα Χάνα Ρεζαν Κριτσέλη, links=no; 12 December 1992) is a Greek actress and singer. She began her career in her early teens by appearing in Gre ...

as Nadia *

Christos Vasilopoulos Christos Vasilopoulos (, born April 16, 1978) is a Greek theatre, television and film actor. He is best known for portraying Lefteri on ''Erotas''. He appeared as Olek in the first season of the Cinemax series ''Banshee A banshee ( ; Modern ...

as Grigoris Exarhos *

Irini Balta Irene is a name derived from εἰρήνη (eirēnē), the Greek for "peace". Irene, and related names, may refer to: * Irene (given name) Places * Irene, Gauteng, South Africa * Irene, South Dakota, United States * Irene, Texas, United States ...

as Hara Tsalikoglou (Lola's/Lalo's best friend) *

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as Teo Papas *

Sylvia Delikoura Sylvia may refer to: People *Sylvia (given name) *Sylvia (singer), American country music and country pop singer and songwriter *Sylvia Robinson, American singer, record producer, and record label executive *Sylvia Vrethammar, Swedish singer credi ...

as Natalia Paraskevopoulou-Hatzifotiadi (Teo's daughter) * Stavros Nikolaidis as Panos Nikolaou * Valeria Kouroupi as Victoria "Vicky" Douka * Vivian Kontomari as Ifigenia * Ioanna Asimakopoulou as Julia * Stelios Petrakis as Nikos * Odisseas Stamoulis as Yiorgos (Hara's ex-boyfriend) * Eleni Papadogia as Melina Stergiou (Foti's daughter) *

Stefanos Tsakirakis Stephanos or Stefanos, in Greek language, Greek , is a masculine given name derived from the Greek word (''stéphanos''), meaning "wreath, crown" and by extension "reward, honor, renown, fame", from the verb (''stéphein''), "to encircle, to wrea ...

as Stefanos (Hara's friend) * Rania Ioannidou as Eirini (Melina's grandmother)

Special Appearances

Giannis Aivazis Yannis, Yiannis, or Giannis (Γιάννης) is a common Greek given name, a variant of ''John'' (Hebrew) meaning "God is gracious." In formal Greek (e.g. all government documents and birth certificates) the name exists only as Ioannis (Ιωάνν� ...

as Leonidas Lalos/Adam Ambatzoglou * Tonia Sotiropoulou as Romina *

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as the gypsi-witch *

Aspasia Tzitzikaki Aspasia (; grc-gre, wikt:Ἀσπασία, Ἀσπασία ; after 428 BC) was a ''metic'' woman in Classical Athens. Born in Miletus, she moved to Athens and began a relationship with the statesman Pericles, with whom she had a son, Pericles t ...

as Susanna Lalou (Lola's/Lalo's mom) * Giorgos Lefas as Rihardos Lalos (Lola's/Lalo's dad) * Manos Pintzis as Periklis (Susanna's lover) *

Pavlos Kontogiannidis Pavlos () or Pávlos () is a masculine given name. It is a Greek form of Paul. It may refer to: *Pavlos Bakoyannis (1935–1989), a liberal Greek politician *Pavlos Carrer (1829–1896), a Greek composer *Pavlos, Crown Prince of Greece (bo ...

as Jim Aniston *

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as Sonia *

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as Toula * Daisy Sebekopoulou as Monika * Giannis Spaliaras as Alexandros Filippou * Giannis Dritsas as Alex (Natalia's friend) * Hara Zaronaki as Danai (Natalia's best friend) *

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as Dr. Koulios *

Fani Spana Fani may refer to: * Fani, Mali, a town in Mali * Fani, one of the Asia Islands in eastern Indonesia * Cyclone Fani, a North Indian Ocean tropical cyclone in 2019 People with the name * Fani Badayuni (1879-1961), Urdu poet * Fani Chalkia (born 19 ...

as Masa * Alexandros Parthenis as Vassilis (Billy) Giakoumopoulos (Hara's ex-boyfriend) * Magda Pensou as Maria Giannidou (Foti's ex-wife) * Giorgos Partsalakis as Kosmas Papaliakos * Isabella Vlasiadou as Jenny Ambatzoglou * Giorgos Dampasis as Sergios * Stella Giampoura as Evelina Ambatzoglou * Maro Mauri as Jennifer Aniston

External links

* {{IMDb title, 1291084, Λoλα 2008 Greek television series debuts 2009 Greek television series endings Greek-language television shows ANT1 original programming Greek comedy television series

Plot

Cast

Special Appearances

See also

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