Olympia Dukakis

Award won Role or nomination

1. 1931 age 0

   Born

2. 1974 age 43

   CreditDeath Wish

3. 1987 age 56

   CreditMoonstruck

4. 1988 age 57

   CreditWorking Girl

5. 1989 age 58

   CreditLook Who's Talking

   CreditSteel Magnolias

6. 1990 age 59

   CreditLook Who's Talking Too

7. 1994 age 63

   CreditI Love Trouble

   CreditNaked Gun 33⅓: The Final Insult

8. 1995 age 64

   CreditMighty Aphrodite

9. 2006 age 75

   CreditAway from Her

10. 2021 age 89

    Died

• JTJohn Travolta2 titles
• DDDon S. Davis2 titles
• NDNora Dunn2 titles
• TRThomas Del Ruth2 titles
• AAAmy Aquino2 titles
• RGRobert Greenhut2 titles
• JGJoe Grifasi2 titles
• JRJulia Roberts2 titles
• DKDavid Kitay2 titles
• NINeal Israel2 titles

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  Photo:Montclair FilmCC BY 2.0

• Growing up I was always feeling like an outsider, being Greek in communities that were not very ethnic. I felt like an outsider in the Greek community, too, because women were expected to behave and socialize in a certain way, and I didn't. Also being an actor I felt like an outsider, because not many Greek American women were actors then. But once you realize that you are an outsider, there can be a freedom in that. You can find your own way.

  Olympia Dukakis, CC BY-SA 4.0

• [https://www.broadwayworld.com/boston/article/An-Interview-with-Olympia-Dukakis-20070110] Olympia speak about growing up in 2007.

  Olympia Dukakis, CC BY-SA 4.0

• I believe that in the theater you really can't do anything that doesn't have some political consequence. My work has been about finding my own voice and a way to express myself.

  Olympia Dukakis, CC BY-SA 4.0

• If you are convinced this is what you want to do, don't be afraid, go forward. You have to know what you want and go for it. Don't let the money be an issue. You can always pay your bills if you're willing to work.

  Olympia Dukakis, CC BY-SA 4.0

• Critics were surprised that I was convincing as the southern Clarey in Steel Magnolias. The bias is still there but not as much.

  Olympia Dukakis, CC BY-SA 4.0

• I really enjoy that sort of exploration in a community of people. That's what I really like. All those people come, and sit together, and then we all go through this experience, and some aspect of our humanity is touched.

  Olympia Dukakis, CC BY-SA 4.0