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Anna Rezan (; born Anna Hannah Rezan Kritseli, ; 12 December 1992) is a Greek actress and singer. She began her career in her early teens by appearing in Greek films and television series, most notably in the 2010 comedy film Show Bitch which premiered at the Thessaloniki International Film Festival.
Her first international feature film role was in La Commedia di Amos Poe, a new translation of Dante's Divine Comedy by Amos Poe that premiered in the 2010 Venice Film Festival and starred Roberto Benigni. Her debut song, "Let There Be Rain", was released internationally in 2011 and in 2016, "Let There be Love" was released internationally by Universal Music Group. In 2018, she co-starred in Dance Fight Love Die: With Mikis On the Road by Asteris Koutoulas. The film premiered at the Hof International Film Festival. Rezan's directorial debut, My People, is a historical documentary film, co-produced with Mitchell Block and Kim Magnusson. It premiered in Los Angeles to positive reviews and was set for release in 2024.
Rezan was interested in the arts from an early age and decided to be an actress after watching Greek movies, musicals, Disney films, and comedies. She started performing at age 11 in a school play and later performed with Stagecoach Productions. She began writing lyrics at age 9 and started electric guitar lessons at 17. At age 11, she starred in a theatrical show performing Oops!... I Did It Again while on summer holiday with her family. The following year, she starred in The Hall of Fame of the Moon, which premiered at the Greek National Opera and was produced by Cyprus' Ministry of Culture. Greece's Minister of Education attended the performance. She took classes at New York Film Academy and enrolled at Panteion University to study journalism in late 2009. She also took acting courses at Lee Strasberg Theatre and Film Institute in Los Angeles, where she lived part-time. As a teenager, her articles, which centered on love, therapy, films, and musicians such as David Bowie, Nick Cave, and The Cure, were published in indie magazines.
She starred as Hrysa, a teenage rock singer who turns into a rock star, in Nikos Zervo's Show Bitch in 2010. It premiered at the Thessaloniki International Film Festival. From there, she starred in a number of TV shows and films including Ever Been to the Moon?, and appeared in magazines such as Cosmopolitan, Marie Claire and Esquire. In 2015, she filmed Dance Fight Love Die: With Mikis On the Road, a Mockumentary film by Asteris Koutoulas about composer Mikis Theodorakis. The film premiered at the Hof International Film Festival in 2017 and was released in theaters in 2018. Mikis Theodorakis and George Dalaras praised her performance. In 2016, she hosted the first annual Hellas Filmbox festival awards ceremony in Berlin, the city's first-ever Greek film festival. The following year, she portrayed supermodel Kate Mosscowitz in Victoria Larimore's Open House.
In 2019, Rezan began the production of Beauty Before Age, a British television sitcom comedy, that was set for release in 2024.In 2022, she co-produced The Re Education Camp, a short documentary focusing on the Makronisos concentration camp used during the Greek Civil War and the Greek junta.
Her feature directorial debut My People, which she wrote, directed, produced, and narrated, is a feature-length documentary about Jews in Greece & the Greek Resistance movement during World War II. The film premiered in Los Angeles in 2022 at the Los Angeles Greek Film Festival. In October 2022, it had its New York city premiere where it won the Audience Award for Best Film. The film had its Colorado premiere at the Vail Film Festival.
In January 2023 the Order of AHEPA Bergen Knights Chapter #285 hosted the New Jersey Premiere of "My People," to honor the Holocaust Remembrance Day as well as Rezan for promoting Hellenism across the world.
In September 2023 Rezan was honored by Brock Pierce and members of Congress for her contribution to history and culture, in Washington, DC. A week after, she returned on stage and starred at Giannis Ritsos play in her native Greece, which was directed by Asteris Kutulas In November she staged a musical theater piece, titled 'I am Calling my Old Friends...' to commemorate the 50 year anniversary of the Athens Polytechnic uprising.
In 2024 she co¬stars in viral Tubi comedy crime TV series Great Kills (TV series). In October 2024 she is filming in Germany alongside Eric Roberts, portraying the lead role of “Nea” in sci-fi action franchise “City Rush 4” that is set to be released in 2025.
but has made a concerted effort to be open about her struggles with depression, panic attacks, and anxiety and her recovery journey. She has spoken about different types of therapy and self-healing in the hope that it would inspire others to seek help. In 2011, she shared her life mottos: "love brings love" and "love is the greatest power of all” as the youngest member of the board of MMA Foundation in NYC" She also supports World Wildlife Foundation, and Action Aid and is the founder of the Love Brings Love organization.
Tabloids have been interested in Rezan's romantic life since her teenage years when she dated Panos Mouzourakis. In 2009, she was thought to have dated The Durrells actor Alexis Georgoulis; in 2010, her Show Bitch co-star Nassos Papargyropoulos; and in 2011, Panagiotis Bougiouris. In 2014, she denied rumors that she and Alexander Payne had a romantic relationship. but she stated that he is a friend that she admires. In August 2023 Rezan was spotted on vacation with Yorgo Constantine on a Greek island.
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