Evgenia Karpouzi was born in Athens, Greece, to a mathematician father and high school teacher mother. She studied under the direction of the Sisters of St. Joseph at a private French school in Thessaloniki, and later by the same Order in Athens. She learned French fluently. When she was a teenager, her father left the family and she continued to live with her mother. Her father died in a car accident in 1971. In 1951 she was accepted at the Greek National Theater, where she studied in the Drama School. The playwright Angelos Terzakis and the director Dimitris Rontiris were among her teachers. Upon graduation, in 1954, she was immediately thrust into starring roles in the theatre, playing alongside actors such as Alexis Minotis and Katina Paxinou.
Ναταλία φον Κράουζε
Niki
Hristina
Eleni Niculescu
Lila Vasileiou
Jenny Skoutari
Katina Barda
Λόλα
Diana Laniti / Mirka
Carla
Vasoula Liontou
Miranda
Alexia
Dona
Julia Karali
Margarita Kondostavrou
Καίτη
Kaiti
Kaiti Alexopoulou
Μπίλλυ Μαυρογιάννη
Foni Yeraka
Mika
Manto Mavrogenous
Eirini / Betty Stergiou
Jenny
Lysistrati
Anna
(archive footage)
Nina
Άννα Κολέτη
Gianna
Lena