Mary Coustas
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Mary Coustas is an Australian television personality. Originally from Melbourne
, Coustas often performs as the character "Effie
": a stereotypical second-generation Greek Australian
. She completed a Bachelor of Arts at Deakin University in Melbourne, majoring in Performing Arts, and sub-majoring in Journalism.
Mary has won two awards for Best Comedy Performer, was voted by the Australian public for the Logie Award and voted by her industry peers for the Variety Heart Award.
. Since then she has frequented television commercials and as host of her own peculiar, short-lived, talk show called Greeks On The Roof
. She played straight dramatic roles in two police series: Skirts
(1990), Hercules Returns
(1993) and Wildside
(1998).
Melbourne
Melbourne is the capital and most populous city in the state of Victoria, and the second most populous city in Australia. The Melbourne City Centre is the hub of the greater metropolitan area and the Census statistical division—of which "Melbourne" is the common name. As of June 2009, the greater...
, Coustas often performs as the character "Effie
Effie
"Effie" is an outrageous comedic character played by Australian actress Mary Coustas. Coustas depicts a stereotypical second-generation Greek Australian....
": a stereotypical second-generation Greek Australian
Greek Australian
Greeks are the seventh-largest ethnic group in Australia, after those declaring their ancestry simply as "Australian". In the 2006 census, 365,147 persons declared having Greek ancestry, either alone or in conjunction with another ethnicity....
. She completed a Bachelor of Arts at Deakin University in Melbourne, majoring in Performing Arts, and sub-majoring in Journalism.
Mary has won two awards for Best Comedy Performer, was voted by the Australian public for the Logie Award and voted by her industry peers for the Variety Heart Award.
Television Career
Coustas' initial claim to fame was on the popular 1980s television sitcom Acropolis NowAcropolis Now
Acropolis Now was an Australian sitcom set in a Greek bar of the same name that ran for 63 episodes from 1989 to 1992 on the Seven Network. It was created by Nick Giannopoulos, George Kapiniaris and Simon Palomares, who also starred in the series. They were already quite well known for their comedy...
. Since then she has frequented television commercials and as host of her own peculiar, short-lived, talk show called Greeks On The Roof
Greeks on the Roof
Greeks on the Roof was an Australian television talk show that ran for 11 episodes on the Seven Network in 2003. It was hosted by Greek-Australian character Effie and her "family"....
. She played straight dramatic roles in two police series: Skirts
Skirts (TV series)
Skirts was an Australian television police drama broadcast on the Seven Network in 1990. Skirts was produced by Roger Le Mesurier and Roger Simpson. It was directed by Brendan Maher, Richard Sarell and Ian Gilmour....
(1990), Hercules Returns
Hercules Returns
Hercules Returns is a 1993 Australian comedy film directed by David Parker, starring David Argue, Michael Carman, Bruce Spence and Mary Coustas. The film has a cult following in Australia and other countries...
(1993) and Wildside
Wildside (TV drama)
Wildside is an Australian police procedural television series broadcast on the ABC from 1997 to 1999.The show consisted of a one hour format that followed police interactions in inner Sydney. It starred Rachael Blake, Tony Martin, Richard Carter and Alex Dimitriades...
(1998).