Danae Skiadi is a Greek artist born in Athens, Greece and has also Russian roots due to the fact that her great grandfather was Russian. She is perfectly trilingual in Greek, French and English. She is a theatrologist, actress, voice-over actress and singer. She is a graduate of the Theatre Studies Department of the School of Philosophy of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece and studied acting at the Contemporary Theatre of Athens Drama School in Athens, Greece. Her first role came when she was still a student at the university and in drama school and was one of the two leading roles in Denis Iliadis' film Hardcore which won the German Independence Award - Audience Award at the Oldenburg Film Festival (2004).
Since that, she has starred in some of the most successful TV series of Greek television, movies and theatre shows. She has worked for several years with the National Theatre of Greece and Epidaurus Festival among others and some of the most well-known and critically acclaimed theatre directors in Greece. She has also taken part in international productions, such as Jeremy Podeswa' s Fugitive Pieces and Tony Krawitz' s Dead Europe receiving enthusiastic international reviews.She was nominee for the Best Actress In leading Role Award in Thessaloniki Film Festival for her performance in films Hardcore and Alter Ego. She won the Best Actress In Leading Role award for her performance in short film Beware of Bear at MIS ME BINGA International Women’s Film Festival in Cameroon (2010).
FEATURE FILM
ECHOES OF THE PAST / FOSS PRODUCTIONS / DIR.NICHOLAS DIMITROPOULOS
KATAFYGIO II : THE ICE PATH / PNEVMA PRODUCTIONS / DIR.CHRISTOS NIKOLERIS
DEAD EUROPE / SEE-SAW FILMS - PORCHLIGHT FILMS / DIR.TONY KRAWITZ
ALTER EGO /VILLAGE ROADSHOW PRODUCTIONS / DIR.NICHOLAS DIMITROPOULOS
FUGITIVE PIECES / ROBERT LANTOS – CINEGRAM/ DIR.JEREMY PODESWA
HARDCORE / IDEEFIXE PRODUCTIONS / DIR.DENNIS ILIADIS
SHORT FILM
THROUGH MARIAS EYES / SPYROS KOPANITSAS/ DIR.SPYROS KOPANITSAS
BEWARE OF BEAR / CINEGRAM / DIR.VICTORIA VELLOPOULOU
THEATRE
CLEVER LITTLE LIES / KATIA DANDOULAKI THEATRE / DIR.PETROS PHILIPIDIS
DEFTERI PHONI / APOTHIKI THEATRE / DIR.KONSTANTINOS MARKOULAKIS
THE STRANGERS / NATIONAL THEATRE OF GREECE / DIR.NIKOS MASTORAKIS
CRIME AND PUNISHMENT / NATIONAL THEATRE OF GREECE /DIR. SOTIRIS HATZAKIS
ASSEMBLYWOMEN / NATIONAL THEATRE OF GREECE-EPIDAVRUS FESTIVAL / DIR.YANNIS BEZOS
SECRET ENGAGEMENTS / NATIONAL THEATRE OF GREECE / DIR.SOTIRIS HATZAKIS
FITTING THE WEDDING DRESS / NATIONAL THEATRE OF GREECE / DIR.SOTIRIS HATZAKIS
THE GOVERNMENT INSPECTOR / ACROPOL THEATRE / DIR.SPYROS EVANGELATOS
QUARTETT / EX MACHINA THEATRE / DIR.ANGELA BROUSKOU
AMADEUS / VRETANIA THEATRE / DIR.DIMITRIS LIGNADIS
OMONIA 3 / IFA D’ATHENES / DIR.ELENA PENGA
BOADBIL SYNDROM / CHORA THEATRE – 24HOUR PLAY FESTIVAL / DIR.YOLANDA MARKOPOULOU
WITHOUT YOU / AMORE THEATRE / DIR.FRYNI LALA
HOLY MONSTERS / ALMA THEATRE / DIR.YANNIS MOSCHOS
A NIGHT WITH SHAKESPEARE - ROMEO AND JULIET / PROSKINIO THEATRE / DIR.ANTONIS KALOGRIDIS
KING LEAR / NATIONAL THEATRE OF GREECE / DIR.SLOBODAN UNKOVSKI
HONOUR / ALMA THEATRE / DIR.ATHANASIA KARAGIANNOPOULOU
TELEVISION
UNKNOWN WOMAN / PEDIO PRODUCTIONS / DIR.VICKY MANOL-LINOS CHRISTODOULOU
OU FONEFSEIS / FRENZY FILMS / DIR.CHRISTOS GEORGIOU
KOKKINO NYFIKO / MAKE IT PRODUCTIONS / DIR.ANDREAS GEORGIOU
ONEIRO ITAN / MEGA CYPRUS / DIR.PANOS KOUTRAS
4 / ON PRODUCTIONS / DIR.CHRISTOPHER PAPAKALIATIS-YORGOS GIKAPEPAS-SERGIOS KONSTANTINIDIS
AGRIA PAIDIA / N-ORASIS AUDIOVISUAL / CHRISTOS NIKOLERIS
SE EIDA... / ARGONAUTS PRODUCTIONS S.A. / LEFTERIS CHARITOS
TO 10 / CINEGRAM / PIGI DIMITRAKOPOULOU
10I ENTOLI / FRENZY FILMS / CHRISTOS DIMAS
MOV-ROZ / PLD PRODUCTIONS / LAMBIS ZAROUTIADIS
VOICE IN GREEK
RALPH BREAKS THE INTERNET / WALT DISNEY ANIMATION STUDIOS/ PHIL JOHNSTON- RICH MOORE
CARS 3 / PIXAR ANIMATION STUDIOS / BRIAN FEE
THE SECRET LIFE OF PETS (1&2) / UNIVERSAL PICTURES / CHRIS RENAUD
THE BOY AND THE TREE/ TIME LAPSE PRODUCTIONS / PANAGIOTIS RAPPAS