My Story
Only after I lost two brothers tragically did I finally realize I needed to let my creative side take over full time. I’m so glad I did. Acting is hard. It’s challenging. It’s competitive. It’s frustrating. But I keep at it because it makes me so very happy. It fills me up. Fuels me. Fulfills me. I feel blessed every time I walk onto a set or a stage, every time I’m given the opportunity to audition, every time I’m in a booth voicing a commercial.
Life is too short to spend time doing anything else other than what you love. Total cliche, right? Well, it’s true. Unfortunately, I learned this the hard way and yet I’m better and stronger because of those experiences. They propel me forward in a way that nothing else could. I’m proud of how far I’ve come and I’m looking forward to where I’m going! I’d like to share that journey with you here.
Three adjectives that can describe me (among others) are vicious, ambitious and delicious!
Please contact me and let me know your three adjectives and anything else you’d like to share!
Hugs,
AnthoulaHey guys! Thanks for checking out my website! My “official” bio is below but here’s my story, the real deal. I started acting when I was 36 years old! Pretty late for this business. Lots of people thought I was crazy but they and so many others supported me and encouraged it.
I say that I started acting by accident but I was always an artist at heart. I wasn’t a shy kid. School plays, Greek folk dance performances, the ability to talk in front of large audiences without fear, and even all my careers before this actually led me to this path. I was always presenting, always on some sort of a stage… whether it was pushing creative work to clients, teaching high school or representing a politician.
Official Bio
Anthoula Katsimatides is an actor, writer, producer and voice-over artist. A member of SAGAFTRA and AEA, a true artist at heart, her passion for theatre work is matched by her love for performing on screen.
Anthoula is an accomplished on-screen actor. Currently you may catch her on NBC recurring as Meryl Smith, defense attorney, on “Law and Order SVU”, or as Sarah T, lead NSA agent on “FBI”. She has had other recurring television roles on “Severance” (Apple TV) , “Jessica Jones” (Netflix), “Seven Seconds” (Netflix), and co-star roles on “The Blacklist”, “Manifest”, “Little America”. She has appeared opposite Jane Fonda in the Netflix movie “Our Souls at Night” and opposite Michelle Pfeiffer in the HBO film “The Wizard of Lies”.
On the large screen, she had once again appeared opposite Michelle Pfeiffer (& RobertDeNiro) in the film “The Family”. Additional principal film roles were opposite Rose Byrne in “Adult Beginners”, opposite Jane Seymour in “Bereave”, opposite Demetri Martin in “Taking Woodstock”, and opposite Olympia Dukakis in the independent short film “Irene and Marie”.
Anthoula was proud to serve an Executive Producer of the official documentary film about Oscar winning actress Olympia Dukakis (also her mentor), titled “Olympia”. See www.OlympiatheFilm.com for more information.
In addition to her screen work, Anthoula made her own off-Broadway debut in “Murder in The First” (59E59 Theater), has performed at St. Luke’s Theater in “My Big Gay Italian Wedding”, and has had the pleasure of working with Eclipses Group Theatre, notably as Andromache and Hecuba, as well as part of an ensemble in several original works in NYC. She has developed an autobiographical solo show called “What Will People Think” and has performed it Off-Broadway in solo festivals to sold-out audiences.
Having earned a Bachelors degree in Business Administration and a Masters degree in Education, Anthoula was an account executive in the advertising world and then a high school English teacher. Later she worked with former Governor George Pataki as a Community Affairs assistant. After September 11th, 2001, the Governor appointed Anthoula to the Lower Manhattan Development Corporation where she worked on the massive rebuilding effort. Subsequently, she was appointed by Mayor Bloomberg to the board of directors of The National September 11th Memorial & Museum (www.911memorial.org) where she continues to volunteer in the effort to never forget.
Anthoula has been involved in many charitable endeavors. Specifically, she is proud of the JaM Foundation for Life, that she led for ten years. Created in memory of her loving brothers, John and Michael (www.Jamfoundation.org) John died on September 11, 2001 and Michael committed suicide one year earlier. She is a staunch supporter of the Samaritans in NYC (www.samaritansnyc.org), an organization solely devoted to preventing suicide and helping people in crisis. She is an active member of the parish council of St. Nicholas Greek Orthodox National Shrine, (www.stnicholaswtc.org) resurrected 20 years after being the only house of worship that was destroyed on September 11th, 2001.