Princess Theodora of Greece and Denmark (, born 9 June 1983), also known under her

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Theodora Greece, is a British actress and member of the former Greek royal family and the Danish royal family.

Biography

Early life

Theodora was born on 9 June 1983 at

St Mary's Hospital, London St Mary's Hospital is an NHS hospital in Paddington, in the City of Westminster, London, founded in 1845. Since the UK's first academic health science centre was created in 2008, it has been operated by Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust, wh ...

. She is the younger daughter and fourth of the five children of the deposed Greek King Constantine II and Princess Anne-Marie of Denmark.de Badts de Cugnac, Chantal. Coutant de Saisseval, Guy. ''Le Petit Gotha''. Nouvelle Imprimerie Laballery, Paris 2002, p. 539 (French) On 20 October 1983, she was christened at the

Saint Sophia Cathedral, London Saint Sophia Cathedral ( el, Καθεδρικός ναός της Αγίας Σοφίας) is a Greek Orthodox church on Moscow Road in the Bayswater area of London. It was consecrated as the Church of the Holy Wisdom on 5 February 1882 by Ant ...

. Her godparents are Queen

Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom Elizabeth II (Elizabeth Alexandra Mary; 21 April 1926 – 8 September 2022) was Queen of the United Kingdom and other Commonwealth realms from 6 February 1952 until her death in 2022. She was queen regnant of 32 sovereign states during h ...

, Queen Margrethe II of Denmark (her maternal aunt), King Michael I of Romania and

Alexander, Crown Prince of Yugoslavia Alexander, Crown Prince of Yugoslavia ( sr, Александар Карађорђевић, Престолонаследник Југославије; born 17 July 1945 in London), is the head of the House of Karađorđević, the former royal h ...

Education

Theodora attended the all-girls boarding institution, Woldingham School, situated in

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, England, between 1994 and 2001. After a gap year spent at St Philip's College in

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, Australia, Theodora attended

Brown University Brown University is a private research university in Providence, Rhode Island. Brown is the seventh-oldest institution of higher education in the United States, founded in 1764 as the College in the English Colony of Rhode Island and Providenc ...

where she received her

Bachelor of Arts Bachelor of arts (BA or AB; from the Latin ', ', or ') is a bachelor's degree awarded for an undergraduate program in the arts, or, in some cases, other disciplines. A Bachelor of Arts degree course is generally completed in three or four years ...

on 28 May 2006 in Theatre Arts, having also attended

Northeastern University Northeastern University (NU) is a private university, private research university with its main campus in Boston. Established in 1898, the university offers undergraduate and graduate programs on its main campus as well as satellite campuses in ...

in Boston. Subsequently, she undertook graduate studies at Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design.

Career

In April 2010, Theodora moved to Los Angeles to pursue an acting career, appearing in supporting roles under the name Theodora Greece. She made her television debut as secretary Alison Montgomery in the long-running

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'' The Bold and the Beautiful'', on 5 December 2011.

Personal life

On 16 November 2018, it was announced that Princess Theodora is engaged to

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-based attorney Matthew "Matt" Jeremiah Kumar (born on 15 December 1983 in Ventura County, California). He is the son of Samuel "Sam" Kumar (''né'' Shalendra Kumar, born on 28 July 1954 in

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) and Yolanda '' "Lonnie" Sherry Richards (born on 10 November 1953). He has an older brother, Reggie Samuel Kumar (born on 17 April 1978 in

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). The wedding was due to take place in

Spetses Spetses ( el, Σπέτσες, grc, Πιτυούσσα "Pityussa", Arvanitika: Πετσε̱) is an upscale affluent island in Attica, Greece. It is included as one of the Saronic Islands. Until 1948, it was part of the old prefecture of Argolis ...

in May 2020, but was postponed due to the coronavirus pandemic.

Filmography

* ''The Great Awakening'' (2022) * ''Static''

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(2018) * ''Respect Greece'' (2017) * ''Gates of Hades'' (2017) * ''Blind Follow'' (2016) *''The Assistant'' (2016) *''June'' (2015) *''Little Boy'' (2015) *'' The Bold and the Beautiful'' (2011–2018) *''June'' (2014) *''Shang'' (2013) *''Nevan Saunders' Quest for Fame: A Documentary by Kip Griffen'' (2011) *''Sroloc'' (2010) *''The Lightkeepers'' (2009) *''De vilde svaner'' (2009)

Titles and styles

* 9 June 1983 – present: ''Her Royal Highness'' Princess Theodora of Greece and Denmark.

Honours

* : **Dame 1st Class of the Order of Saints Olga and Sophia

Ancestry

Her paternal grandparents were King

Paul of Greece Paul ( el, Παύλος, ''Pávlos''; 14 December 1901 – 6 March 1964) was King of Greece from 1 April 1947 until his death in 1964. He was succeeded by his son, Constantine II. Paul was first cousin to Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh and ...

and

Frederica of Hanover Frederica of Hanover (''Friederike Luise''; ; 18 April 1917 – 6 February 1981) was Queen consort of Greece from 1947 until 1964 as the wife of King Paul, thereafter Queen mother during the reign of her son, King Constantine II. Early life Bo ...

. Her maternal grandparents are

Frederick IX of Denmark Frederick IX ( da, Christian Frederik Franz Michael Carl Valdemar Georg; 11 March 1899 – 14 January 1972) was List of Danish monarchs, King of Denmark from 1947 to 1972. Born into the House of Glücksburg, Frederick was the elder son of Ch ...

and Ingrid of Sweden.Willis, Daniel A., ''The Descendants of King George I of Great Britain'', Clearfield Company, 2002, p. 414. As an

agnatic Patrilineality, also known as the male line, the spear side or agnatic kinship, is a common kinship system in which an individual's family membership derives from and is recorded through their father's lineage. It generally involves the inheritanc ...

descendant of Christian IX of Denmark Theodora is a Danish princess, and because King Christian's second son,

Prince William of Denmark Prince William of Denmark and Norway or Prince Vilhelm (21 February 1687 – 23 November 1705) was the youngest son of Christian V of Denmark and Charlotte Amalie of Hesse-Kassel Charlotte Amalie of Hesse-Kassel (27 April 1650 – 27 March 1714) ...

, was elected "George I, King of the Hellenes" in 1863, her father (George's great-grandson) inherited the throne of Greece in 1964.

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Theodora of Greece And Denmark, Princess Danish princesses Greek princesses British film actresses British television actresses People from Paddington House of Glücksburg (Greece) 1983 births Living people Brown University alumni People educated at Woldingham School Greek exiles Members of the Church of Greece Daughters of kings