BIO

Fotini  Baxevani  was  born  in  Athens,  Greece.  She is  a  graduate  of  the  Greek Νational School of Dramatic Art (GNT Drama School) and a graduate of the National School of Music with a BA in music and composition. She is currently an MA student of the School of Film Studies (Fine Arts of the Aristotle University). Since 1992, she has appeared in more than 60 theatre productions in Greece and abroad, and starred in TV series and films. She also works as a theatre director and a film-theatre music composer. From 2010 she is teaching acting in drama schools. In 2009 she directed the play “Prime Numbers” by Gianni Skaragas  at  the  N.Y.  Greek  Cultural  Center  (New  York  Innovative  Theatre  Awards). Baxevani has  served  as  the  Deputy Artistic  Director  at  the  National  Theatre  of  Greece (2013-14)  and  has  received  the  Greek  Critics  Union  award  for  her  performance  in 2012 (Loxandra,  National  Theatre  of  Northern  Greece)  and  honorary distinction  for  an actress in a leading role for her performance in the film “Ourania” by Despoina Kourti (40th Greek Short Film Festival in Drama 2017).

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