Maria Moutsidis, known professionally as Maria Mercedes, is an Australian television,

film A film also called a movie, motion picture, moving picture, picture, photoplay or (slang) flick is a work of visual art that simulates experiences and otherwise communicates ideas, stories, perceptions, feelings, beauty, or atmosphere ...

and stage actress. Her notable roles include the original Australian productions of the musicals '' Nine'', '' Sunset Boulevard'' and '' Love Never Dies''.

Stage

In 2014/15, Mercedes played opera star

Maria Callas Maria Callas . (born Sophie Cecilia Kalos; December 2, 1923 – September 16, 1977) was an American-born Greek soprano who was one of the most renowned and influential opera singers of the 20th century. Many critics praised her ''bel cant ...

to critical acclaim and a sold out season of the Terrence McNally play '' Master Class'' at fortyfivedownstairs Melbourne. In March 2016, she joined the cast of a new play '' Taxithi'' by Helen Yotis Patterson, the telling of Greek women migrating to Australia during the 1950s, 1960s and 1970s. The play is a series of monologues, interspersed with traditional Greek music and songs of the time. The piece resonated deeply with Maria as her own parents' stories of migration resonated within the stories of ''Taxithi.'' For the first time in Maria's theatrical career she was given the opportunity to sing in Greek.

Filmography

FILM

Television

TELEVISION

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Mercedes, Maria Year of birth missing (living people) Living people Australian people of Greek descent Australian film actresses Australian musical theatre actresses Australian soap opera actresses 20th-century Australian actresses 21st-century Australian actresses