Smaragda Karydi

Smaragda Karydi
Σμαράγδα Καρύδη
Smaragda Karydi; Σμαράγδα Καρύδη
Born	9 August 1969 (age 55); Athens, Greece
Nationality	Greek
Citizenship	Greece
Education	National Theatre of Greece Drama School
Years active	1988–present
Television	Sto Para Pente
Partner	Thodoris Atheridis
Parent(s)	Dinos Karydis ; Julia Argyropoulou

Smaragda Karydi (Greek: Σμαράγδα Καρύδη) is a Greek TV and stage actress. She came into prominence playing the role of Dahlia in the TV series Sto Para Pente^[1] and later the TV series Fila ton vatraho sou^[2] (Frog or not) co-starring with Τhodoris Atheridis.

Early days

Smaragda was born on 9 August 1969, and is the daughter of actors Dinos Karydis (1938–2024) (whom she later starred with in Fila ton vatraho sou) (Frog or not) and Tzoulia Argyropoulos.

She graduated from the Drama School of the Greek National Theatre and has worked as an actress in the Greek television in primary and secondary roles in the series. From 2005 until 2007 she has had one of the main roles in the popular TV series Sto Para Pente.

She has also starred in the films Thiliki Etairia written by Nikos Perakis in 1999, O kalyteros mou filos written by Lakis Lazopoulos and the cinema adaptation of the theatrical play Mia melissa ton Avgousto written by Thodoris Atheridis in 2007.

In the theatre she has starred in the plays Apo erota, Mia melissa ton Avgousto, and Sinevi kai opoios thelei to pistevei written and directed by Thodoris Atheridis.

Selected filmography

Television

1992-1993 – Vamena kokkina mallia (Βαμμένα κόκκινα μαλλιά; Dyed red hair)
1994 – To Harama (Το χάραμα)
1996 – To Hroma tou fengariou] (Το χρώμα το φεγγαριού; The colour of the moon)
1996 – Logo timis ("Λόγω τιμής"; Because of Honour)
1996 – Dipli Alithia (Διπλή αλήθεια; Double truth)
1998 – Gia sena (Για σένα; For you)
1999 – Eroica
2002 – Ah ke na 'kseres (Αχ! και να 'ξερες; If you only knew!)
2003 – Lefkos Ikos (Λευκός Οίκος; White house)
2004 – Babballoo (Μπαμπαλού)
2005 – Sto Para Pente (Στο Παρά Πέντε, In the nick of time)
2007 – Fila to vatraho sou (Φίλα τον βατραχό σου; Kiss your frog)
2015 – Ethniki Ellados (Εθνική Ελλάδος; The Greece national football team)
2020 – Min Arxizeis Tin Mourmoura (Μην Αρχίζεις Την Μουρμούρα; Don't start your whingeing)