Sotiria Leonardou

Known for

Acting

Born

June 28, 1941

Birthplace

Athens, Greece

Died

November 10, 2019 (aged 78)

Biography

Sotiria Leonardou (Greek: Σωτηρία Λεονάρδου, June 28, 1951 - November 9, 2019) was an award-winning Greek singer and actress.

She was born in Athens and studied music, theater, dance and martial arts. She was a student of Jerzy Grotowski in Southern Italy, attended a Katakali Indian theater seminar in India and "African ritual magic in theater" in South Africa where she lived for 4 years. She has participated in many concerts with the orchestra of Mikis Theodorakis. She also participated in the tapes of Nikolas Asimos (Illegal tape No. 000008 and The lantern of Diogenes).

She first became known from her participation in the film Rebetiko by Costas Ferris, in which she starred but also part...