Victoria Haralabidou (Greek: Βικτώρια Χαραλαμπίδου) is a Greek Australian actress.

Victoria Haralabidou
Born
Leningrad, Soviet Union
OccupationActress
Years active1996-

Early life and education

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Victoria Haralabidou was born in Saint Petersburg, USSR. When she was 15 years old, her family moved to Athens, Greece.[citation needed]

In 2005, she moved to Sydney, Australia.[citation needed]

Career

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Haralabidou's stage acting credits include Dear Elena, a contemporary Russian play by Lyudmila Razumovskaya, which she also translated, in 2017 at the Theatre of the Society for Macedonian Studies in Thessaloniki, Greece.[1] She also appeared in Curse of the Starving Class, by Sam Shepard.[citation needed]

She featured in the 2012 Australian drama film Thirst, directed by Robert Carter.[2]

Haralabidou was cast as Lena in the 2022 TV series The Tourist, with the character also appearing in the second season in 2024.[3]

In 2023 she appeared in SBS drama series Erotic Stories[4] and in 2024 she was named as part of the cast for Black Snow series 2.[5]

She was cast in the leading role as Natalia in the 2024 film The Moon Is Upside Down.[6]

Filmography

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Film

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Year Title Role Notes
1996 Inepoli
2000 A Bright Shining Sun Short
2004 Brides Niki Douka Won – Greek Competition Award at TIFF for Best Actress
2009 Blessed Gina
2009 Deep Soul Giannoula
2009 Apricot Marcel's Aunt Short
2010 The Love Song of Iskra Prufrock Iskra Short
2012 Thirst Minna
2015 Deszcz Magda Short
2016 Here Is Now Jessica Short
2016 Adult Elena Short
2020 I Want to Make a Film About Women Esfir Shub Short
2021 The Drover's Wife Elpida Savva
2024 The Moon Is Upside Down Natalia Main role in feature film

Television

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Year Title Role Notes
2000 Kokkinos kyklos Mary "To klouvi"
2004 Etsi xafnika Anna TV series
2008 All Saints Ashleigh Wellburn "The Hand You're Dealt"
2008 The Strip Lena Ivanova "1.9"
2008 East West 101 Helena Tadic "Haunted by the Past"
2008 The Informant Vanessa Nikitin TV film
2009 My Place Mama "1978 Mike", "1968 Sofia", "1958 Michaelis"
2009–11 Home and Away Jody Walker Recurring role
2011 East West 101 Saja "Behold a Pale Horse", "Revelation"
2014–16 The Code Alilah Parande Recurring role
2016 Deep Water Anna Rexhaj TV miniseries
2016 Hyde & Seek Parisa Ruhani "1.6"
2016 Barracuda Stephanie Kelly TV miniseries
2017 The Leftovers Dr. Matti Bekker "3.4", "3.6", "3.8"
2020 Operation Buffalo Maria 1episode
2021 Wakefield Cath 7 episodes
2021 The Tailings Sharon 6 episodes
2021 Eden Drysdale's Mother 1 episode
2021 Born to Spy Harriett 1 episode
2022-24 The Tourist Lena Pascall 10 episodes
2022 The Secrets She Keeps Detective Cash 6 episodes
2023 The Lost Flowers of Alice Hart Jana 1 episode
Erotic Stories Toni 1 episode
Zombie Therapy Jacinta Brightface 2 episodes
2024 Prosper Selene Karras 1 episode
2025 Black Snow Nadja Season 2

References

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  1. ^ "Dear Elena". Κρατικό Θέατρο Βορείου Ελλάδος. Retrieved 27 July 2024.
  2. ^ "Australasian feature films". ozcin. 1 May 2014. Retrieved 27 July 2024.
  3. ^ Baxter-Wright, Dusty (3 January 2024). "The Tourist: Who is Lena?". Cosmopolitan. Retrieved 27 July 2024.
  4. ^ Knox, David (27 April 2023). "Production begins on Erotic Stories for SBS". TV Tonight.
  5. ^ "Jana McKinnon, Megan Smart, Alana Mansour on the scent in Queensland for 'Black Snow' S2". IF Magazine. 8 April 2024. Retrieved 9 April 2024.
  6. ^ Casey, Alex (2 May 2024). "The star-studded New Zealand movie you need to see as soon as possible". The Spinoff. Archived from the original on 5 July 2024. Retrieved 13 July 2024.
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