About me
I am a NYC based actor and singer and my homeland is Greece. The cedar, the thyme, the olive tree, the stone, the sea and the sun; I always carry them along.
I grew up in two islands, Crete and Rhodes. This and being a Sagittarius is why my friends call me an “aeriko”, a pixie; with a mind often being somewhere up in the skies. I grew up with Max, a dog, a collie. He was the reason that I know what unconditional love is. Books, dreams, music and coffee are inseparable parts of my everyday life.
From an early age I have had the need to tell a story one way or another. I either wrote stories myself, or I visualized them from the books that I read and chose to perform the roles in them. I also remember spending endless hours with my father, singing together and listening to Deep Purple, Eric Clapton, Manos Hatzidakis, Dimitris Papadimitriou, Elton John, Mikis Theodorakis, Jules Dassin, Bob Dylan and many more. I love them all.
Theater and Music for me is the same thing. All I have to think about is the story I want to tell, whether it is accompanied by notes or not.
If I had to pick a reason and at the same time a purpose for performing, this would be to understand and connect with each other, way deeper than the surface that everyone easily sees.
Thanks for visiting!
"Let's be free like the birds"
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Projects
SOFIA VEMBO
I REMEMBER YOU
Eleanna has taken on the lead role of Sofia Vembo, in the Off-Broadway musical theater production SOFIA VEMBO I REMEMBER YOU, for which she has received rave reviews. SOFIA VEMBO I REMEMBER YOU, directed by George Stamou, premiered on April 12 2024, at THESPIS theater of the Hellenic Cultural Center NYC, as part of the GRis Festival, a celebratory cultural festival with artistic events supporting the town-twinning between New York and Greece.
Read the review, by E. Sakellis on The National Herald.
Read the review, by D. Tsakas on Anamniseis.
Read Eleanna's interview, by E. Sakellis on The National Herald.
Photographs by V. Skentzos