Melissanthi Mahout: - The Greek actress who “won” Netflix
The talented actress was born in Canada from a Greek mother and a Canadian father so she’s capable to speak both languages fluently. She spent her childhood in Argos city in the Peloponnese, where she attended schools in the area and began her first artistic pursuits. “When I was a kid we went to Canada every summer, Christmas and Easter, so my childhood is inextricably linked to Canada. “Then I studied at the National Greek Theatre for three years and then in England for another three years at the School of Theater in London,” she said in a recent interview. Acting wasn’t actually in her mind, although her family seemed to have been waiting for this. This was probably evidenced by her obsession with cinema. “I may have watched 3 or 4 movies a day. The fiction was very intense, maybe that’s why I could not concentrate in school. “I was traveling elsewhere,” she said.
After passing through the National Theater and the Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts in London, and armed with her bilingual skills, Melissanthi began her journey into the world of theater and cinema. Her first stop was at the short films and performances in England, but also at the Vault Theater in Athens, with Dimitris Karatzias. Although she was a bit of anxious because of her young age, she won the impressions of the audience. Greek cinema followed (“Art Therapy”, “South”) and then came the global video game industry (Cassandra’s role in the famous Ubisoft video game earned her two nominations for the American and British “Oscars” of the genre). A little later came her collaboration with the director Sotiris Tsafoulias of the TV series “Eteros ego”. Her most recent appearance was in the ERT series “Postcard”.
