After some time away from the camera, Nia Vardalos finally returns to the big screen in My Life In Ruins. The Greek-American actress who scored a surprise hit with her debut in My Big Fat Greek Wedding plays a tour guide in Greece who’s lost her mojo – or as the Greeks say “kefi” – until she meets a handsome guy who changes her life.

Parade.com’s Jeanne Wolf found out why she connected with her character and how her battle with infertility and the adoption of her daughter played out on screen.

Looking for kefi.

“I had lost my own way. I’m a private person and I’m not comfortable grieving in public. But about five years ago I had to face the end of a long battle with infertility and I just had to grieve. So I gave up being on camera and dealt with it very quietly. I’m very, very happy I did it because it gave me a new perspective. I was hired to write scripts by Jonathan Demme and Tom Hanks, among others. So I wrote six scripts and just tried to get my kefi back.” …Read more…

Filed under: Parade by admin | 05.28.2009
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