Episode 1
Lifelong Scars Take a Lifetime to Heal
Narrator: Zoe & Gia Carides
Gia Carides - ACTOR
Gia Carides is an Australian film television and theatre actress who is known for her roles in Baz Luhrmann's Strictly Ballroom, alongside Mike Myers in Austin Powers 2 as Robin Swallows. She is also known for her role as cousin Nikki in my Big Fat Greek Wedding one and two she is currently filming my Big Fat Greek Wedding three.
Gia was nominated for best supporting actress for Strictly Ballroom in the Australian AFI awards she was nominated again in the AFI awards for best actress in a lead role for Brilliant Lies a film based on a play written by David Williamson.
Zoe Carides - ACTOR
Zoe’s career has spanned four decades - on stage, screen and radio, here in Australia and internationally. Theatre highlights include Half Time with Nancye Hayes and Stefanie Jones, Blood Brothers with Chrissy Amphlett and Russell Crowe, Influence by David Williamson with John Waters, Tot Mom directed by Steven Soderbergh, Mike Leigh’s Greek Tragedy (Belvoir and Edinburgh Main Festival/ Theatre Royal Stratford East UK), and Stop The Virgens! with Karen O.
TV and film highlights include G.P., Grassroots, The Pacific, Janet King, Top of The Lake, Doctor Doctor, Rake, The Commons, Pieces of Her, Death In Brunswick, Brilliant Lies, Mystery Road, Alex & Eve, The PM’s Daughter, and most recently the Netflix thriller Interceptor.
A narrator of many audiobooks, she also paints, makes films and writes songs, releasing an album of her original material in 2018, as well as fronting a Nancy Sinatra tribute band.
Zoe was nominated for an AFI Award for Brilliant Lies by David Williamson, in which she starred with her sister Gia, who was also nominated. In 2005 Zoe won a Helpmann Award for her work in another David Williamson piece, Influence.