Nia Vardalos

Nia Vardalos is the Academy Award-, WGA-, SAG-, and Golden Globe-nominated, and People’s Choice Award and Independent Spirit Award-winning screenwriter and actor of the number one romantic comedy of all time My Big Fat Greek Wedding, as well as its sequels. She is the only woman to have solo-written an original film franchise. Selected acting, writing, directing credits include You, Me & Tuscany, Connie and Carla, I Hate Valentine’s Day, Guillermo Del Toro’s Guillermo del Toro's Cabinet of Curiosities, Chucky, Ivy + Bean, Motivated!, Star vs. the Forces of Evil, Wonder Woman, and Duck Tales. She is the New York Times Critic’s Pick playwright of Tiny Beautiful Things, the New York Times bestselling author of her memoir Instant Mom, and donates all proceeds to adoption charities, support which has placed over 2,000 children placed in permanent homes.