Biography

Maria Solomou (born 1 October 1974 in Athens) is a Greek actress. She is best known for her roles in the MEGA television series Breathing Distance (2003–2004) and Singles (2005–2008). She studied economics at the American College of Greece "Deree". She worked for a short time as a flight attendant and then studied at the "Iasmos" Drama School of Vasilis Diamantopoulos. He has acted in many theatrical productions, including "Myriel Gets Married" (1999, directed by Nikos Karageorgos) at Studio Below Zero - Open Theater, "Bachelor Party" (2000-01, directed by Nikos Karageorgos) at the Foundry Theater, "A New Red" (2001-02, directed by Konstantinos Arvanitakis) at the Porta Theater, "Is That So?" (2003, directed by Nikos Karageorgos) at the Altera Pars Theater, "Delicate Balance" (2003-05, directed by Athanasia Karagiannopoulou) at the Athinais Theater, "Nights" (2004-05, directed by Vana Pefani) at the Bar Theater Kelsos, "The Bath" (2006, directed by Minas Adamakis) at the Topos Allou Theater, "Diamonds and Blues" (2006-07, directed by Athanasia Karagiannopoulou) at the Athinais Theater, "Betrayal" (2008, directed by Minas Adamakis) at the Topos Allou Theater, "Courage or Truth" (2008-09, directed by Yannis Vourou) at the Admiral Theater, "I Sprayed Eliza" (2011-12, directed by Zoi Xanthopoulou & Nikos Moutsinas) at the Chora Theater, “The Baptisms” (2012, directed by Zoi Xanthopoulou & Nikos Moutsinas) on tour, “She Took Her Life Into Her Hands” (2012-13, directed by Giorgos Paloumpis) at the “Hellenic World” Cultural Center, “The Addams Family” (2016, directed by Themida Marsellou) at the Vembo Theater, “A Dog Called Horror” (2017-18, directed by Dimitris Kouroumbalis) at the Ilisia-Volanakis Theater, “Ververitsa” (2018-19, directed by Nikos Moutsinas) at the Bretania Theater, “Get Well Soon” (2019-20, dir. Petrou Filippidis) at the Vretania Theatre and “M.A.I.R.O.Y.L.A.” (2024, dir. Frosos Lytra) at the Mikro Horn Theatre. In recent years, she has also been actively involved in social media. Specifically, since 2022 she has been presenting the podcast “What Maria Knows” on the Pod channel (YouTube and Spotify) and since 2024 she has been presenting the interview show “Maria at Night” on the MariaTiNixta channel (YouTube).