Zozo Zarpa

Acting

Zozo Zarpa

Born 1939-01-01

Zozo Zarpa (Ζωζώ Ζάρπα) (1939 – 19 April 2012) was a Greek television, film and stage actress. Zarpa studied at the National Theatre of Greece Drama School. She began her acting career by performing on stage in Ancient Greek dramatic plays. In addition to her long film and theater credits, Zarpa founded the Themelion theatre, and co-founded a Greek drama school with her Elda Dimopoulos (her sister) and Yannis Negrapontis. She achieved a degree of fame in the United States in 2010 and 2011, when she appeared in a television commercial campaign for Kraft Foods' Athenos brand of hummus and Greek yogurt. The ad campaign developed by Droga5, which was the first ever for the Athenos brand, featured the tagline, "Approved by Yiayia." The commercials were shot and cast in Greece, leading Zarpa's role as one of the Yiayias, or Greek grandmothers. In Zarpa's commercial, her Yiayia character asks a young, cohabiting couple if they were married. When the couple says no, Yiayia immediately tells them that they are going to hell. The spot earned Zarpa new fans throughout the United States and Greece. As of 2012, her Athenos commercial had received more than 1,200,000 hits on YouTube.

Acting credits

Κόκκορας στο χαρέμι του poster
9.0

No synopsis available yet.

Κόκκορας στο χαρέμι του

1985

Τράνζιτο poster
10.0

An extreme passion that overturns the balance and changes the life course of a woman. Anna is a successful journalist with impeccable image and perfectly organized life. However, it has reached a borderline where nothing fills it anymore. One night, during a reportage, he will accidentally encounter a strange, mysterious and dangerous stranger, who goes through transit from Greece. Between them a relationship will be exciting, but also nightmarish ...

Τράνζιτο

1995

Pos na klepsete tous klironomous sas poster
9.0

The play is a farce that follows the attempts of a spendthrift couple living in debt to get out of financial trouble by keeping the entire amount of an unexpected inheritance without giving anything to their creditors. Unbelievable disguises, entanglements, and twists go hand in hand with physical and verbal gags, mainly from the protagonist. There are many good laughs with the protagonist's sudden entrances. First, Tsivilikas hangs from the ceiling, covered in gunpowder, then Tsivilikas bursts in wearing a sombrero as a Mexican cousin and sings Baila morena, then appearing dressed in rags because he lost his clothes in the river, and later still dressed as a monk with a belly from fasting too much.

Pos na klepsete tous klironomous sas

2007

Opa! poster
6.0

A modern day treasure hunt for a mystical relic that turns into a love story for all time.

Opa!

2005

No artwork available
10.0

A young scientist, Andreas Karamanolis, starts to follow the singer Katia, who not only sparks off Andrea's revolution but also draws him into her strange world. On Katia's farm, Andreas lives in a totally absurd environment. He seems to live in a dream, but often dreams can become nightmares

Ο Παράδεισος είναι Προσωπική Υπόθεση

2001

Methysmena koufeta poster
10.0

In 2003–2004, Vasilis Tsivilikas adapted and directed Robin Howdon's comedy "Drunken Sweets" at the Gloria Theater. The performance was re-aired on August 20, 2006, as well as on ANT1 Pacific.

Methysmena koufeta

2005

Two Suns in the Sky poster
9.2

"4th century AD and a brilliant craftsman of Dionysus, Timothy, organizes a performance of Euripides' Bacchae, rousing the people against the emperor. Lazarus, the Cappadocian, is sent to suppress the rebellion and arrest the heretic. We are in the years of the total establishment of Christianity, in a climate full of sects, conspiracies, conflicts of power and personal ambitions, in the city of Antioch, which was the last cradle of the Greek education of the Gentiles."

Two Suns in the Sky

1991

A girl who wants it all poster
4.0

A beautiful young girl, Melita, finds herself entangled in a drug ring, dreaming of the high life, and her lust for wealth drives her to steal the gang's money. Her lover is forced to join the game, but is killed by a member of the ring. Thus, Melita is forced to seek the help of a friend of hers, Alexis. The two of them take refuge on an island, where Melita meets her cousin, Gisela, who lives with her wealthy lover, Nestor, who supports her. Nestor is fascinated by Melita, while Gisela tries to seduce Alexis. The two of them set up a casino, where Alexis robs his teammates, while Melita works as a photo model for Nestor's son. One night, Alexis discovers Melita dead and then tries to leave to avoid getting into trouble. He is arrested by the police, along with his girlfriend's murderer.

A girl who wants it all

1972

The Photograph poster
6.7

A young Greek man goes to Paris seeking help from a solitary and almost misanthropic distant relative who works as a furrier. With him, he takes nothing from his homeland but a photograph of a woman that he finds on the pavement. A misunderstanding regarding the photograph sets off a series of dramatic misunderstandings which trap him in a vicious circle of lies and fantasies.

The Photograph

1987

The Noose poster
7.8

In the fall of 1948, shortly before the end of the civil war in Greece, six young leftists traveled to Athens, boarded a plane to Thessaloniki, and forced the pilot to fly them to neighboring Yugoslavia, where they would seek political asylum along with other comrades. Their plan went off without a hitch and went down in history as the first hijacking ever.

The Noose

1987

John the Violent poster
6.5

The story of Ioannis Zachos, a young psychopath who commits a murder in Athens.

John the Violent

1973

Taxi, Mon Amour poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Taxi, Mon Amour

1986

The Crossing poster
6.0

Two soldiers are coming back home, an accident on their way will change their lives forever.

The Crossing

1989

Three seasons poster
10.0

An existential reflection on time and gender.

Three seasons

1996