Background
Zoe Laskari was born Zoi Kouroukli in Thessaloniki, from a middle class family which had a long tradition of service to the Hellenic Army.
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However, while her being in the United States, it was revealed that she was not an adult yet, as she had hidden her real age, and was asked to return to Greece. She refused to and managed to live alone in New York City for a while. Their marriage ended in 1971.
Because of her success at the beauty pageant, director Giannis Dalianidis, offered her the starring role in O katiforos, a 1961 film.
The success of the movie gave her a rapid popularity and she shortly signed an exclusive contract with the biggest Greek film production company at the time, Finos Film. Laskari, along with Tzeni Karezi and Aliki Vougiouklaki, were considered the three greatest divas and most commercially successful female stars of Greek cinema.
The films she starred in ranged from drama to comedy and musical. Some of her later movies were Stefania (1966) and Oi Thalassies oi Hadres (1967).
Other Laskari film hits were Nomos 4000, Merikoi to protimoun kryo, Koritsia gia filima, Dakrya gia tin Ilektra, Mia kyria sta bouzoukia and Marihouana stop.
Her stage work included famous plays like Edward Albee"s Who"s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, the ancient Greek tragedy The Trojan Women by Euripides and Neil Simon"s Barefoot in the Park. Her theatrical hits include the play Oi erastes tou Oneirou which was also her first play in Athens. Laskari"s first television appearance was her leading role in the television series Romaios kai Ioulieta in 1976.
