Efthymia (Efi) Papatheodorou (Sitaralona Trichonidos, August 28, 1938) is a Greek actress. A student of Dimitris Rontiris, she has co-starred with Elli Lampeti and was a member of the group that started the "Amore Theater". On television, she has participated, among others, in the children's series Tou Koutiou ta Paramythia on ERT and the series Doureios Ippos on ANT1. Despite her 40-year career, an important milestone in her career was her participation in the series Sto Para 5, when her friend Irini Koumarianou suggested her for the role of Theopoula. In 2005, she participated in the Greek-American films The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants and Opa! (Opa!), with the second being filmed in Patmos and other Greek islands. In the same year, she participated in the English TV movie My Family and Other Animals, which was filmed in Corfu and broadcast by the BBC. She also starred in the 1st Season of the TV series My Beloved Neighbors. In 2015, she participated in the remake of the Greek film "The Grooms of Happiness". In 2022, she played Athena in the OPEN series "Erotas figas".

Filmography

• 2025Άδικες διαδρομές — Χρύσα
• 2025Μιλώντας για το Τέλος
• 2024Minore — Granny
• Erotas Fygas — Yiayia
• 2021The Ride — Elli
• Bäckström — Farmor Romero
• 2015Liveloula — Old Lady
• 2014The Island of Secrets — Thekla
• 20135 Ways 2 Die — Deaf Lady
• Don't Start the Murmur — Grandma Elenitsa
• 2013The Winter — Philio
• Δια ταύτα — Παγώνα "Πάολα" Μακρή
• 2012Larisa Confidential — Melpo
• Ελεύθερος κι ωραίος — Ασπασία
• 2009Everything Will Be Fine — Elenitsa
• Everything in the Air — Έρρικα
• My Beloved Neighbours — Ζαμπέτα
• In the Nick of Time — Theopoula Tzini
• 2005Opa! — 3rd Yaya
• 2005Testosterone
• 2005The Road
• 2005The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants — Elderly Greek Woman
• 2004Quo Vadis?
• 2004What Will Become Of Us — Old Greek
• 2001The Dress
• 1995The Charioteer — Mother
• Psarokostoula Agapi Mou
• Απίστευτα κι Όμως... Ελληνικά
• 1961The Tough Guy

Appearances as themselves (1)

• 2025In the Nick of Time - 20 Years Later — Self