Efi Papatheodorou

Acting

Efi Papatheodorou

Born 1938-08-26 · Sitaralona, Thermo, Greece

Efthymia (Efi) Papatheodorou (Sitaralona Trichonidos, August 28, 1938) is a Greek actress. A student of Dimitris Rontiris, she has co-starred with Elli Lampeti and was a member of the group that started the "Amore Theater". On television, she has participated, among others, in the children's series Tou Koutiou ta Paramythia on ERT and the series Doureios Ippos on ANT1. Despite her 40-year career, an important milestone in her career was her participation in the series Sto Para 5, when her friend Irini Koumarianou suggested her for the role of Theopoula. In 2005, she participated in the Greek-American films The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants and Opa! (Opa!), with the second being filmed in Patmos and other Greek islands. In the same year, she participated in the English TV movie My Family and Other Animals, which was filmed in Corfu and broadcast by the BBC. She also starred in the 1st Season of the TV series My Beloved Neighbors. In 2015, she participated in the remake of the Greek film "The Grooms of Happiness". In 2022, she played Athena in the OPEN series "Erotas figas".

Acting credits

Minore poster
4.2

When mysterious creatures invade a Greek seaside port, a misfit band of musicians, tourists, bodybuilders, and grannies unite to save the city in this quirky action-comedy.

Minore

2024

The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants poster
6.5

Four best friends (Tibby, Lena, Carmen & Bridget) who buy a mysterious pair of pants that fits each of them, despite their differing sizes, and makes whoever wears them feel fabulous. When faced with the prospect of spending their first summer apart, the pals decide they'll swap the pants so that each girl in turn can enjoy the magic.

The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants

2005

The Dress poster
6.4

1957, Drapetsona, a working-class suburb of Piraeus. Katy feels stifled by her futile, enervating and almost ridiculous day-to-day life. An old dress becomes the pretext for the young girl to attempt what her mother dared not: to claim the right to living and not merely existing, or at least a simple stroll in the port.

The Dress

2001

Testosterone poster
5.1

Peter, the hero, aged 20, finds himself on a deserted Greek island with no other men in sight. The women of the island, regardless of age harass him sexually. What starts off as a typical male sexual fantasy turns out into a nightmare

Testosterone

2005

Larisa Confidential poster
5.2

Life in Pezoula and Vrysoula flowed harmoniously. Of course, it helped that there was a wall between the two villages, built from one end to the other, so that no one interfered in the other's business. But when Kallikrates comes to unite the two villages, everything is turned upside down! A prominent journalist dies, the biological treatment plant divides opinion, the minister is bribed, the starters come and go, the SDOE gets involved, the night owls are disturbed, individual and local interests get tangled up, while surprises and hilarious situations follow one after another...

Larisa Confidential

2012

Opa! poster
6.0

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

Opa!

2005

In the Nick of Time - 20 Years Later poster
NR

An unforgettable evening, a birthday party for a legendary series. Everything is ready for the Reunion of “In the Nick of Time - 20 Years Later”. The comedy inspired by Giorgos Kapoutzidis premiered in September 2005 and although it formally completed its cycle two years later, it never stopped being a part of our lives. Viewers, social media users, new and older generations kept “Sto Para Pente” alive all these 20 years, using the lines that made history in their everyday lives. This constant and uninterrupted love of the audience is what made this unique evening imperative. "Sto Para Pente – 20 years later" is exactly that: A party, a multi-thematic television tribute to celebrate this moving birthday together with the fans of the comedy series.

In the Nick of Time - 20 Years Later

2025

Liveloula poster
NR

A brother and a sister struggle in order to find money for their mothers chemotherapy.

Liveloula

2015

The Island of Secrets poster
6.8

It was supposed to be just an ordinary holiday on sunny Kos, but Toni has to rescue a beautiful local girl, a talented free-diver, from the clutches of kidnappers. When it appears that nobody else can be trusted, Toni must reluctantly rely on his step-brothers' assistance.

The Island of Secrets

2014

The Ride poster
8.0

A taxi driver rushes to finish his last fare so he can watch a football game, but a 90-year-old grandmother slows him down and inspires him to rethink his priorities.

The Ride

2021

What Will Become Of Us poster
5.8

A coming-of-age tale about three 18-year-olds just out of high school who go to a Greek island following one of the boys' older girlfriend.

What Will Become Of Us

2004

The Tough Guy poster
8.0

A diamond of inestimable value will become the apple of discord and the cause of an incredible mess between a gang of criminals, the police, the priests of a parish, and... the savages of a jungle tribe!

The Tough Guy

1961

The Road poster
6.0

Kaiti, an employee at a small hair salon, and Irini, the owner of a lingerie store, have been friends since childhood and decide to leave Didymoteicho for a trip to Mykonos. The clever and energetic Kaiti convinces the oppressed Irini to take this trip, which they have been dreaming of for years. Irini pretends she has a lingerie exhibition in Athens, and the trip to Mykonos begins. In Kaiti's old car, they set off for Rafina, where the ferry awaits to take them to Mykonos. For both women, it is the first time they will leave their small world. Through comical and dramatic situations, their journey will bring them face to face with danger, fear, but also the joy of life. Hidden secrets, dreams, and fears will come to light along the way, and this journey will change their lives forever. In the end, they arrive at the port, where the ferry is waiting to take them to the island they have been dreaming of. But for them, the real journey has already begun...

The Road

2005

No artwork available
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Μιλώντας για το Τέλος

2025

The Winter poster
6.0

Niko is a romantic, young Greek writer living in London. When his finances go astray, Niko hides out in his neglected family house in the Greek mountain town of Siatista. Surrounded by the ghosts of the past, Niko must uncover the mystery of his father’s death and retain his grasp on reality.

The Winter

2013

Everything Will Be Fine poster
4.4

Fani and Gina, an illicit couple, are drawn into a strange and poorly planned kidnapping by Miltiadis, Gina's official fiancé. Their plan to kidnap the corrupt lawyer Giotis Mathiopoulos fails miserably, as they end up kidnapping his aunt, Elenitsa, instead.

Everything Will Be Fine

2009

The Charioteer poster
7.3

A social drama covering fifty years of Greece’s recent history, using the statue of the Delphi charioteer as a symbolic image, with the young hero embodied in a modern counterpart.

The Charioteer

1995

Quo Vadis? poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Quo Vadis?

2004

5 Ways 2 Die poster
NR

How many ways are there to commit suicide? Can a suicide attempt be considered successful? Makis over-analyzes this subject, struggling to achieve the most ideal result.

5 Ways 2 Die

2013