My Big Fat Greek Wedding (2002)
Coming Out at 19 April 2002 in theaters.
Comedy, Drama, Romance
My Big Fat Greek Wedding is independent romantic comedy film directed by Joel Zwick and written by Nia Vardalos, who also stars in the film as Fotoula “Toula” Portokalos, a middle class Greek American woman who falls in love with non-Greek upper middle class White Anglo-Saxon Protestant Ian Miller. The film received generally positive reviews from critics and, at the 75th Academy Awards, it was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay.
A sleeper hit, the film became the highest-grossing romantic comedy of all time, and grossed $241.4 million in North America, despite never reaching number one at the box office during its release. It was the highest-grossing film to accomplish this feat for 14 years until the animated film Sing grossed $268 million in 2016.
Fotoula “Toula” Portokalos is her family’s black sheep. Her staunchly proud Greek immigrant parents, Gus and Maria, have raised their daughters to follow their cultural traditions of marriage and motherhood. Her older sister Athena met her family’s expectations by marrying young to another Greek and becoming, in Toula’s words, “a Greek baby-breeding machine”.
Director: Joel Zwick
Writer: Nia Vardalos
Stars: Nia Vardalos, John Corbett, Michael Constantine, Lainie Kazan, Andrea Martin, Louis Mandylor
Cast:
| Nia Vardalos | … | Toula Portokalos |
| Michael Constantine | … | Gus Portokalos |
| Christina Eleusiniotis | … | Toula Portokalos – Age 6 |
| Kaylee Vieira | … | Schoolgirl |
| John Kalangis | … | Greek Teacher |
| Lainie Kazan | … | Maria Portokalos |
| Marita Zouravlioff | … | Toula Portokalos – Age 12 |
| Sarah Osman | … | Athena Portokalos – Age 15 |
| Petra Wildgoose | … | Car Pool Friend |
| Melissa Todd | … | Car Pool Friend |
| Bess Meisler | … | Yiayia |
| Andrea Martin | … | Aunt Voula |
| Louis Mandylor | … | Nick Portokalos |
| Gerry Mendicino | … | Uncle Taki |
| Stavroula Logothettis | … | Athena |
| Constantine Tsapralis | … | Foti |
| Gia Carides | … | Cousin Nikki |
| Joey Fatone | … | Angelo |
| John Corbett | … | Ian Miller |
| Ian Gomez | … | Mike |
| Jayne Eastwood | … | Mrs. White |
| Frank Falcone | … | Suitor |
| Eugene Martel | … | Suitor |
| Joe Persechini | … | Suitor |
| Peter Xynnis | … | Suitor |
| Fiona Reid | … | Harriet Miller |
| Bruce Gray | … | Rodney Miller |
| Anthony Kandiotis | … | Priest |
| Nick Kutsukos | … | Bouzouki Player |
| Peter Tharos | … | Yianni |
| Chrissy Paraskevopoulos | … | Cousin Jennie |
| Maria Vacratsis | … | Aunt Freida |
| Kathryn Haggis | … | Cousin Marianthi |
| Gale Garnett | … | Aunt Lexy |
| Charlene Bitzas | … | Aunt Nota |
| Chris Savides | … | Greek Chanter |
| Constantine Vardalos | … | Greek Chanter |
| Scott Khouri | … | Waiter |
| John Tsifliklis | … | Wedding Singer |
| Peter Chalkiopoulos | … | Wedding Band Member |
| Peter Gogos | … | Wedding Band Member |
| Spiro Milankou | … | Wedding Band Member |
| Victor Politis | … | Wedding Band Member |
| Jim Rouvas | … | Wedding Band Member |
| Arielle Sugarman | … | Paris Miller |
| Matthew Galliford | … | Waiter at Wedding Reception |
| Thomas Kane | … | Dimo |
| Konstantine Kurelias | … | Waiter |
Sources: imdb & wikipedia