Zoe Mavroudi

Biography:

Zoe Mavroudi is a native Greek actress, playwright and screenwriter, who is writing and performing in the English language. Her solo play Beauty is Prison-Time received three nominations at the Off West End Theatre Awards for 2011 for its run at the Lion and Unicorn Theatre in London, including nominations for most promising new playwright and best female performance. The play marked her debut as a solo performer and playwright. Zoe graduated with honors from the Athens Conservatory of Drama in Athens, Greece and from the American Academy of Dramatic Arts in New York, where she studied on a Fulbright scholarship. She has performed in theatre and film in the UK, New York, Cyprus and in her native Athens, Greece. Zoe’s second play The Stenographer was produced at the Venus Theatre in Laurel, Maryland in the US in September 2011. Zoe’s screenplays have won numerous awards and honorable mentions in festivals and competitions internationally. Her screenplay Safeword has won best screenplay at the 2013 Berlin Independent Film Festival and second place at the 2012 London Film Awards and is currently under option by American producer Miles Maker. Her screenplay Amazona has won best screenplay at the 2012 Evolution International Film Festival, Palma De Mallorca.