Vera Krouska
Known For
Acting
Born
1949-01-01 in Athens, Greece
Biography
Varvara (Vera) Krouska (Athens, 1947) is a Greek actress. She began her career as a dancer in Fotis Metaxopoulos' ballet, and began appearing in films in small supporting roles in the early 1960s. Some of her most important roles are in the films: I Blame My Body (1969), Saint Nektarios (1969), The Last of the Comitatzes (1970), The Last of Roupel (1971) and Give Me Your Hands (1971). Vera Krouska, originally from Sparta, was born in Athens and raised in Agios Loukas in Patisia. At the age of 15, she received permission from the then "Exceptional Talents" committee to study at the Drama School of the Athens Conservatory of Music, while at the same time she began taking classical and modern dance lessons with teachers Sonia Morianova, Miriam Swazi and Kay Holden. She began her professional career initially as a dancer while also making her film debut with a small role in the film Taxi Driver (1962). She got her first leading role in 1967 with the film Love in Lesbos by producer James Parris, with whom Kruska signed a four-year collaboration contract. Her first appearance in the theater was in 1968 with the play "Forty Carats" alongside Elli Lampeti. She also took part as the leading actress in the plays: "The Cactus Flower" with the Elli Lampetis troupe and "Tavarits", "Picnic", "Oscar", with the Kostas Mousouris troupe. This was followed by her collaboration with the National Theatre and the plays "The Imaginary Patient" (1991), "The Criminals" (1992), "The Merchant of Venice" (1995), "Weighing in Anchors" (1997) and "Hamlet" (2003).
Most Known For
Dyed Red Hair
as Μέλπω
7 Deadly Mother-in-Laws
as Veronika
If You Existed I Would Divorce You
as Κορίνα
Γεώργιος Βιζυηνός: Η Σιωπή των Αγγέλων
Μεθυσμένη πολιτεία
as Ρένα
Someone like It Cold...
as dancer
Oi Epangelmaties
as Ελένη
Taxi Driver
The Greedy
as Dina Kapantai
My Best Friend
as Dafni
I Blame My Body
as Vera
NO
as Stella Salvatore
Death Steps in the Dark
as Ingrid Stelmosson
The last of the Komitadjis
Assignment Skybolt
28th October, 5:30
as Eleni
Thymisou, agapi mou...
as Vera
On the Border of Betrayal
as Mirella
Los heroes del patibulo
as Olga
