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Irene Papas (Greek Ειρήνη Παππά; born September 3 1926) is a Greek-born 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
and 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".
One of the more unusual moments in Papas' career came in 1970, when she guested on the album 666 (album) by Greek rock group Aphrodite's Child on the track "∞" (infinity). She chants "I was, I am, I am to come" repeatedly and wildly over a percussive backing. The track was considered lewd by record company executives, and resulted in the album being withheld from release for two years by Polydor Records. Upon its release in 1972, the song caused some furor in Greece and was again accused of lewdness and indecency by Greek religious figures and government authorities.

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".

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