Marina Siotou
Actress I Director I Playwright
Marina Siotou
(b. 1995, Athens - Greece), is an actress, director and playwright. She studied International and European Studies at the University of Pireaus and Performing Arts in Arhi Drama School.
In theater, she staged her directorial debut along with Zoe Sigalou "Perseids or How to Party Hard" at Onassis Stegi Foundation, FUTURE NOW Festival in 2023. The text of the perfomance had been conducted by the Goethe Institut "New Stages Southeast" Program under the supervision of Jens Hillje and Prodromos Tsinikoris. Currently she is working on her second theater play "Dreamy Years" and preparing the text of the performance "Intergalactica".
In cinema, she made her first debut in the feature film "The City and the City" - Berlinale Encounters 2022, dir. Christos Passalis & Syllas Tzoumerkas. She starred in the short film "The Chaos She Left Behind", dir. Nikos Kolioukos was awarded at 77th Cannes Film Festival winning the 2nd Prize in La Cinef 2024. For her performance in the film she won the Best Leading Actress Award at the 46th Drama International Short Film Festival, in the National Student Competition. The film is distributed on Arte.tv and also received the Iris Award for Best Student Film from the Hellenic Film Academy (2024). She appeared in two official spots of the Greek Film Centre Organisation, which were commissioned to director Nikos Kolioukos after the success of his short film. She just wrapped shooting of the feature film “Don't Laugh Τhey'll See Us” dir. by Nicholas Dimitropoulos.
She is in pre-production of her first mini series along with Zoe Sigalou with Argonauts Production Company.
Marina was selected in the greek list of Forbes Under 30 for 2025.
ACTRESS
Theater
2023 - Perseids or How to Party Hard (role: Lia), directed by Marina Siotou & Zoe Sigalou for Onassis Stegi Foundarion, FUTURE NOW Festival 2023.
2020 - The Persians (role: Chorus), directed by Rinio Kyriazi, Arhi Theater, Athens.
2020 - Cherry Orchard (role: Yepikhodov), directed by Vicky Georgiadou at Arhi Theater, Athens.
2019 - Naked by Mike Leigh (role: Sophie), theatre adaptation and study, directed by Syllas Tzoumerkas at Arhi Theater, Athens.
2019 - Yerma (adaptation), directed by Marina Siotou & Zoe Sigalou.
Cinema
Feature Films:
2026 - My Soul Startled, dir. Syllas Tzoumerkas, production, Homemade Films.
2026 - Women of Smyrna, dir. Aris Kaplanidis, Ilias Roumeliotis production Soul Productions.
2025 - Don't Laught They'll See Us, dir. Nicholas Dimitropoulos production Laika Productions.
2022 - City And The City, dir. Christos Passalis & Syllas Tzoumerkas - Berlinale Encounters 2022, production Homemade Films.
Short Films:
2026 - Amnesia, dir. Nikos Kolioukos production Homemade Films
2023 -The Chaos She Left Behind, dir. Nikos Kolioukos - La Cinef - Festival de Cannes 2024.
2019 -The Last Day Everyday, dir. Monika Lima in Oxbelly Screenwriter and Director’s Lab.
Spots
2024 - Cinema with Emotion, dir. Nikos Kolioukos - Official Spot for Greek Film Centre - Greek Cinema National Day Campaign.
2023 - The Centre is on our Side, dir. Nikos Kolioukos - Official Representative Spot for Greek Film Centre Organisation at the 64th Thessaloniki International Film Festival.
SCRIPTWRITER
2025 - 2026: Mini Series 10 episodes - Argonauts Production.
2021 - The Beast Who Walks Like a Man - Short Film.
2020 - Corona Australis - Short Film.
2020 - Ode à Aphrodite - Short Film.
2020 - Tranparent - Short Film.
PLAYWRIGHTvf
2025 - Integalactica
2025 - Dreamy Years
2023 - Perseids or How to Party Hard - Theater Play conducted by Goethe Instut Thessaloniki "Newstages Southeast" Program 2021- 2022. Soon in Kapa Publications, Athens.
DIRECTOR
Theater:
2023 - Perseids or How to Party Hard - Onassis Foundation, FUTURE NOW Festival 2023.
2020 - Meta-Amour - Conteporary Dance/ Performance.
2019 -Yerma - Theater Adaptation.
Film:
2020 - Corona Australis - Short Film
2020 - Ode à Aphrodite - Short Film
2020 - Tranparent - Short Film
AWARDS
2023 - Best Leading Actress Award for her performance in "The Chaos she Left Behind" at the 46th Drama Internation Short Film Festival in National Student Competition.
2020 - Best Script - Hellenic Broadcasting Coorporation (ERT) Award and Grant, for The Beast Who Walks Like A Man at Olympia International Film Festival.
2020 - Corona Australis Short Film Script Award at Thessaloniki International Film Festival.
2020 - Transparent Short Film Excellence at Nespresso Talents 2020
PRODUCTION
2021 - Early Comes the Quiet Dusk - Short Film, pre -production for Akran Production Company, dir. Galaxy Spanos
2020 - Corona Australis - Short Film
2020 - Ode à Aphrodite - Short Film
2020 - Tranparent - Short Film
TRANSLATION
(2020) Translation (english, greek) One for Sorrow - Theater Play by Cordelia Lynn
INTERSHIP
(2017) Internship at the Representation of European Commision in Greece
RESIDENCIES
(2021) London Screenwriters Festival, Scriptwriting Online Residency
(2021) Nowy Teatr Summer School in collaboration with Athens Epidaurus Festival
(2021) Londons Screenwriters Festival, Scriptwriting Online Residency.
(2019) Collaboration with Ernst Bush Academy of Dramatic Arts & Arhi Drama School Summer Student Exchange.
WORKSHOPS
(2020-2021) Nicolai Demidov theater technique by Vicky Georgiadou.
(2020) Discourse on Artistic Research in the Field of Dance,TWIXTlab.
(2020) Improject Improvisation Workshop by Sofia Mavragani.
(2020) Theatre Directing Seminar by Alexis Alatsis
(2020) Hellenic American Union: Theater Master Class with Andreas Manolikakis.
(2017) Physical Theater with Yorgos Karamalegos.
(2011) Acting Workshop For 16-18 Years Old, University of the Arts London: Central Saint Martins.