Nia Vardalos’ Life in Ruins

By Jennifer M. Wood
URL: http://www.moviemaker.com/acting/article/nia_vardalos_my_life_in_ruins_my_big_fat_greek_wedding_20090602/
Prior to 2002, Nia Vardalos was best known as a television character actress with one-off appearances on such shows as “Curb Your Enthusiasm” and “Two Guys, a Girl and a Pizza Place.” But all that changed in the spring of 2002, when My Big Fat Greek Wedding, the family comedy she wrote and starred in, began a box office domination that lasted well into the next year and culminated in total grosses of more than $350 million worldwide.