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Smaragda Karydi

Smaragda Karydi

Acting

Biography

Smaragda Karydi (Greek: Σμαράγδα Καρύδη) is a Greek actress. She came into prominence playing the role of Dahlia in the TV series Sto Para Pente. Smaragda was born on 9 August 1969, and is the daughter of actors Dinos Karydis (whom she later starred with in Fila ton vatraho sou) and Tzoulia Argyropoulou. She graduated from the Drama School of the Greek National Theatre and has worked as an actress in the Greek television in primary and secondary roles in the series. From 2005 until 2007 she has had one of the main roles in the popular TV series Sto Para Pente. She has also starred in the films Thiliki Etairia written by Nikos Perakis in 1999, O kalyteros mou filos written by Lakis Lazopoulos and the cinema adaptation of the theatrical play Mia melissa ton Avgousto written by Thodoris Atheridis in 2007 and later the TV series Fila ton vatraho sou (Kiss your Frog) co-starring with Τhodoris Atheridis. In the theatre she has starred in the plays Apo erota, Mia melissa ton Avgousto, and Sinevi kai opoios thelei to pistevei written and directed by Thodoris Atheridis.

Known For

Ghost of a Chance
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In the casino there is only one queen, the small ball that spins on the roulette table. None of the players pays the slightest attention to the female dealers. But Takis, a «perennial» med student, doesn't go to the casino to win millions but to earn a day's wages. Vera works in a gym but trains and gets a second job as a dealer. Her aim is to protect her mother since regulations forbid relatives of employees from entering the casino. Let her Dad knock himself out. There's no way he'll ever play roulette again! At some point, Takis and Vera become lovers. They rig a game at the roulette table, leave the money with her mother and hide out in a friend's house, where their romantic dream soon succumbs to the wretched conditions in which they live. When her father dies of a heart attack in his Jeep, Vera suddenly finds herself with money. At the funeral, the manager of the casino threatens to send her to prison...

Ghost of a Chance

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In the Nick of Time - 20 Years Later
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An unforgettable evening, a birthday party for a legendary series. Everything is ready for the Reunion of “In the Nick of Time - 20 Years Later”. The comedy inspired by Giorgos Kapoutzidis premiered in September 2005 and although it formally completed its cycle two years later, it never stopped being a part of our lives. Viewers, social media users, new and older generations kept “Sto Para Pente” alive all these 20 years, using the lines that made history in their everyday lives. This constant and uninterrupted love of the audience is what made this unique evening imperative. "Sto Para Pente – 20 years later" is exactly that: A party, a multi-thematic television tribute to celebrate this moving birthday together with the fans of the comedy series.

In the Nick of Time - 20 Years Later

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