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Irene Papas (Greek language|Greek Ειρήνη
Πάππας, b. September 3 1929) is a
Greece|Greek-born actor|actress who has starred in
over seventy films in a career spanning more than
fifty  years.

Irene Papas was born Irene Lelekou (Ειρήνη
Λελέκου) in Chiliomodi outside Corinth,
Greece. She began her early career in Greece,
achieving widespread fame there, before starring
in internationally renowned films such as The Guns
of Navarone and Zorba the Greek, and critically
acclaimed films such as Z_(film)|Z and Elektra
(movie)|Elektra.

She has recently appeared in the film, Captain
Corelli's Mandolin, and is currently working in
theatre in Portugal.

==International awards and honours==
*1962: Thessaloniki International Film
Festival'(Best Actress, for the film Electra)
— won
*1962: Union of Greek Film Critics (Best Actress,
for the film Electra) — won
*1969: New York Film Critics Circle (Best
Supporting Actress, for the film Z) —
nominated
*1971: National Board of Review (Best Actress, for
the film The Trojan Women) — won
*1985: Fennecus Awards (Best Actress in a limited
role, for the film Into the Night) —
nominated
*1989: Australian Film Institute (Best Actress,
for the film Island) — nominated
*1993: Hamptons International Film Festival
(Distinguished Achievement Award) — won
*1993: Flaiano Prize for Theatre (Career Award)
— won
*2000: Madrid National Arts Institution (Career
Award) — won
*2000: International Festival Women’s films
(Career Award) — won
*2001: University of Rome (Doctorate in Arts and
Letters) — won
*2002: Woman of Europe Award (Career Award)
— won

==Trivia==
*She was discovered by Elia Kazan.
*Federico Fellini was a huge admirerer of her
work.
*She was a close friend of Katharine Hepburn, with
whom she co-starred in The Trojan Women. Hepburn
once said that Papas was "one of the best
actresses in the history of cinema".

==Quotations==
*"Falling in love is like death... they are both
facts".
*"Melina Mercouri was a star. I am a struggling
idealist".
*"I never wanted to play sensational parts, or
those of desirable women. I wanted to play me...
the independent fighter...".
*"I never won an Oscar... and the Oscars never won
Irene Papas".

==External links==
*imdb name|id=0660327|name=Irene Papas
*http://www.infoplease.com/ipea/A0761833.html
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