Anthoula Katsimatides
Anthoula Katsimatides is an actor, writer, producer and voice-over artist. She has had the pleasure of working on screen with directors Ang Lee, Barry Levinson, Luc Besson, Ritesh Batra; actors Robert DeNiro, Michelle Pfeiffer, Jane Fonda, Rose Byrne, Jane Seymour and other incredibly talented individuals.
Passionate about theatre work, Anthoula has performed off-Broadway opposite Tony nominated actors. She has developed a solo show and has had sold out performances at various solo theatre festivals in NYC. Awarded best autobiographical script by the United Solo festival, Anthoula is planning to tour with it nationwide and abroad.
Having earned a Bachelors degree in Business Administration at Baruch College, a Masters degree in Secondary Education at Queens College, and working in various fields before becoming an actor, Anthoula gained the skill sets of a producer. She is putting this to good use as a producer on her passion project the official documentary film about Oscar-winning actress Olympia Dukakis.
Anthoula is a proud New Yorker and involved in many charitable endeavors. After September 11th, 2001, Anthoula worked at the Lower Manhattan Development Corporation on the massive rebuilding effort. She is currently a member of the board of directors of The National September 11th Memorial & Museum, serving voluntarily in memory of her brother John Katsimatides, who died on September 11, 2001. She is also an avid supporter of The Samaritans in NYC, an organization solely devoted to preventing suicide and helping people in crisis, in memory of her brother Michael who took his own life in May 1999.
A true artist at heart, Anthoula has been described as "endearing, vivacious, edgy, bursting with the desire to grab life!"
She does voice-overs & commercials & has her own radio show titled "Color Your Life" on Thursdays @7pm on Hellenic Public Radio Cosmos 91.5FM. For more, please visit anthoula and follow her on Twitter & Instagram: AnthoulaKats.